Group Seeks Input on Valley Blueprint
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By Aaron Burgin, The Porterville Recorder, Calif.  Feb. 3--TULARE -- Several government officials on Friday urged public  involvement in the planning of two documents that will guide growth in the  Valley and the county for the next 50 years.
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A divided Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to start preliminary talks on a developer's plan to build a subdivision on county parkland in return for tens of millions of dollars in road improvements and a smaller park nearby.
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The future of the Urban Development Boundary is up for grabs in Miami-Dade County as farmers and environmentalists face off about new construction.
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By BARBARA WILLIAMS, STAFF WRITER  WEST MILFORD  The developer of a proposed 288-unit town-house project has asked to monitor 39 homeowners' wells to see if there is enough water for the development.  K.
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By The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Sep. 24--LOWER ARKANSAS Valley Water Conservancy District officials are on the right track, demonstrating leadership and independence in their quest to protect the region's rural water supplies from being lost to the urban Front Range.
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By Mark Havnes, The Salt Lake Tribune  Sep. 11--The powerful Outdoor Industry Association has weighed in against  a controversial growth plan for Washington County, just days before a  congressional subcommittee is scheduled to take up the matter.
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By Karen Holzmeister  CASTRO VALLEY -- Yet another former chicken ranch is in the news, facing the competing issues of preservation versus development.   Hayman Homes of Burlingame is temporarily shelving plans to subdivide 10.5 acres on Proctor Road for 22 homes.
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By Russell Clemings, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  May 27--Eleven years after it was proposed, the first big development across the San Joaquin River north of Fresno now needs only a July vote of approval from the Madera County Board of Supervisors.
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By Of, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Mar. 9--By Nicole Radzievich   Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley wants to build its largest affordable housing development just up the hill from where a proposed casino is expected to help rebuild the old steel town of Bethlehem.
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Environmental groups prepare to lobby a public inquiry into plans to expand airport.
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By Vera Haffey, The Montana Standard, Butte  Sep. 6--PHILIPSBURG -- Talk of a dense subdivision at the Georgetown Lake  Lodge is causing concerns for some lake residents who think Granite County  should rein in its development practices.
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Montgomery County ponders investment needed to expand health care initiative.
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By Lawrence Latane Iii, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 10--King William County authorities and Newport News Waterworks next week will begin raising the delicate issue of acquiring thousands of acres of private land for a proposed water reservoir.
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The Bureau of Land Management is asking Utahns interested in managing and conserving federal land to try out for a place on an advisory resource council.
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By Kerry Cavanaugh, Daily News, Los Angeles  Feb. 26--Since development is one of the most contentious and pressing  issues in the city, the Los Angeles Planning Department and neighborhood  councils have launched a pilot program to give communities a greater say in  land-use decisions.
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By Erica Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 25--Coeur d'Alene is taking the lead on finding answers to a problem some people characterize as a crisis in Kootenai County -- the ability of middle-class workers to buy a home.
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By By Mariecar Mendoza, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Sep. 12--In a move possibly without precedent, the Arroyo Grande City Council might take a contentious housing tract proposal out of planners' hands and decide itself whether it moves forward.