Annexation Could Pave Way for Thief River Falls Housing Development
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By Kevin Bonham, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 18--Thief River Falls is bursting at its seams.   In order to get some breathing room, the city is considering the annexation of 66 acres from neighboring Rocksbury Township for construction of as many as 100 new single-family homes.
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By Jared Page Deseret Morning News  The "back-up plan" to get a sewage-treatment plant built in Riverton is moving forward at the state Legislature.
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By Nicholas Azzara, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jun. 3--MANATEE -- An answer to the county's boat launch shortage could lie in the heart of a proposed community of 1,100 homes near Anna Maria Island.
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By Rick Steelhammer  rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com  Plans to relocate the sewage plant serving Pocahontas County's largest development onto the grounds of one of its smallest and oldest tourist stops came a step closer to becoming a reality on Wednesday.
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By Jessica Johnson, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Feb. 15--SUMMERVILLE -- The town just grew by 200 acres.    The Town Council's decision Wednesday to annex the area known as the  Limehouse tract was unanimous.
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By Henry J. Waters III, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Dec. 19--City government leaders plan to develop an inventory of the community's natural resources to protect the most valuable from development.
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By MARGARET K. COLLINS, STAFF WRITER  WAYNE  Township officials still hope for tax-generating development on the last big tract of available land in town. But after having butted their heads against state environmental restrictions in the past, they're now willing to go along to get along.
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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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The Prince George's County Council will consider additional public dollars for the $2 billion National Harbor development, where construction is already well underway.
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By Margie Wood, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 18--The Red Creek Land Co. is nearing completion of plans for a cluster development of 90 home sites in the Turtle Buttes area east of Beulah.
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Putting its money where its policy goals are, Arlington County is taking steps to enhance the dwindling local supply of affordable housing.
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By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Jun. 13--WOOD RIVER -- Anthony Schroeder and his brother Chris want to leave their old neighborhood better than they found it, so they plan to convert 170 acres into a 290 houses for other families while leaving minimal impact on the land.
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By Terrence Stutz, The Dallas Morning News  May 24--AUSTIN -- Impoverished inner-city neighborhoods would receive new protections when they are targeted for redevelopment under legislation adopted Wednesday by the Senate that imposes new requirements on eminent-domain projects.
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By Jay Conley, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 10--A development group's proposal to combine single-family homes and condominiums with commercial businesses and a health care center near Fincastle is facing opposition from Botetourt County residents and county officials.
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By JAN BARRY, STAFF WRITER  WANAQUE  The Borough Council has approved a state-ordered fair- housing plan that includes the proposed Water's Edge development, a proposal still under Planning Board review.
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By JIM SKEEN\\ Staff Writer  LANCASTER -- Lancaster homeowners could be asked to finance millions of dollars for additional work in a proposed expansion of the sewage treatment plant.
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For years, Dorothy English, 92, has wanted to subdivide and perhaps sell off the 19 acres she owns in the scenic hills 20 minutes from downtown Portland. But some of the strictest zoning restrictions in America prevented her from doing so. Now, she and thousands of Oregon property owners like her could well get their way when a new voter-passed state law takes effect on Thursday.