Manatee attorney advises no concessions on Long Bar settlement offer
“The Manatee County Attorney’s Office is expected to recommend Tuesday for the Manatee County Commission to stand by its decision last year involving development plans at Long Bar Pointe. County attorneys are advocating a written…
Save our community center! Advocates charge Mayor de Blasio has failed to help
“Mayor de Blasio has done nothing to negotiate a permanent solution to save a besieged Brooklyn seniors’ and day care center, despite promising to do so, advocates for the Williamsburg facility charged Monday. As a…
State Politicians Plan to Use Eminent Domain to Save Community Center
“State elected officials plan to overstep the mayor in the fight to save a 40-year-old Williamsburg community center if he doesn’t support using eminent domain, they said Monday. Assemblyman Joseph Lentol plans to reintroduce a…
Council to weigh downtown redevelopment tonight
“It looks like downtown will become the latest swath of local real estate to be declared a redevelopment zone, a legal definition that puts some teeth into the city’s efforts to pump new vitality into…
Denver gives preliminary OK to $48M subsidy for 9th and Colorado redo
“The former University of Colorado Health Sciences Center received a big boost Tuesday with preliminary approval of a $47.9 million city subsidy for redeveloping the east Denver site. A Denver City Council committee issued the…
Public Hearing on Montclair Center Redevelopment Area, Possibility of Eminent Domain (UPDATED)
“On November 24 7:30 pm at the Montclair Council Chambers, the Township of Montclair Planning Board will hold a public hearing to determine whether any properties should be included in and designated as an “area…
Fair Use? Players and the UT expansion machine
“On the day that the Dog & Duck Pub announced its imminent closure to make way for a parking garage, a grad school friend commented on Facebook that “it’s like Austin is actively working to…
Wheat Ridge determined to tap potential of its only FasTracks station
“Tuesday’s meeting will specifically focus on the future of West Ridge Road. It is considered the future lifeline connecting Ward Road station, at Ridge Road and Tabor Street, to Arvada Ridge station, the Gold Line’s…
TIF transforms cities, but at what cost?
“Most people stare blankly if someone says the words “tax-increment financing.” But without it, the Nuggets and Avalanche might not have a place to play, and we couldn’t scream our lungs out on the Mind…
Tracy Huggins of DURA explains TIF (Video)
“Tax-increment financing has been in use in Colorado for decades, in many cases boosting both property values and tax revenue for local government. But TIF doesn’t always work, and some counties complain it costs them…