Land-Use Decisions in Providence Stalled
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A judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing Providence leaders from making any land-use decisions until a court can review plans for a housing development project.
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I read the March 4 story "Water woes" about Rhode Island's problems with fresh water with great interest. My view on this issue may be oversimplified, but there was no mention of harnessing the state's greatest resource, our proximity to the ocean.
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By Eric Ferreri, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 13--DURHAM -- A plan to bring 71 upscale homes to a 44-acre piece of southeastern Durham failed Monday night when county commissioners deadlocked on it.
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By Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Jun. 15--Plans for a proposed Stratford Greenway of walking and bicycle paths are, for the most part, still in the conceptual stage, but already residents of Lordship are finding fault with the plans.
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By Baltes, Sharon  Discussions began last week between a Des Moines planning firm and Ankeny landowners over the future of 1,100 acres of prime development land near Interstates 35/80.
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By Eric Ferreri, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 24--DURHAM -- In a lawsuit, a Durham man is disputing a January decision by county commissioners that blocked a townhouse development off Farrington Road.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Sep. 23--The community was polled, a task force was assembled and a vision was drawn up for the redevelopment of Destin's harbor --but that plan was not approved.
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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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A proposal to position a $300 million mixed-use development on a stretch of gritty, industrial waterfront in Providence, R.I., is meeting with strong opposition from local business owners.
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By Jared Paben, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  May 31--A property owner will delay building 45 houses spread over 700 acres on Squalicum Mountain while he tries to persuade county government to let him instead build a gated community on top of the mountain, his developer said.
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Two key votes on the municipal Wi-Fi project have been postponed and a city leader wants to amend the deal.
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By Peter B. Lord  Laura A. Meyerson, an assistant professor in the Department of Natural Resources at the University of Rhode Island, will give a talk  Thursday at 7:30 p.m. on the invasive phragmites plants that line much of Rhode Island's shoreline.
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IPSWICH -- With his ambitions to build homes around an award-winning golf course stalled and his financing depleted, a Boston developer is selling the unfinished project.
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Builders of a $275 million residential and retail complex on East Boston's waterfront unexpectedly delayed construction last month, a setback to a project critical to the neighborhood's economic future.
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For the Boston College women's basketball team, last night's game could not come soon enough. Providence might have preferred that it not come at all.
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Does Rhode Island have the answer to a major problem facing the Internet phone industry?
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SEATTLE -- Libertarians and land developers have found populist fodder in a contentious Supreme Court decision from last year that favors eminent domain over private property.