Long Bar Pointe developers file suit against county
“The developers of Long Bar Pointe have filed a claim against Manatee County to recoup $18 million they say was lost when the commission voted last year to deny portions of the project. The 80-page…
Long Bar Pointe developers file suit against county
“The developers of Long Bar Pointe have filed a claim against Manatee County to recoup $18 million they say was lost when the commission voted last year to deny portions of the project. The 80-page…
Steamboat City Council moves to slow down downtown urban renewal funding talks
“Faced with some concerns from fellow elected officials and a long list of questions of its own, the Steamboat Springs City Council on Tuesday night hit pause on a proposal to use tax increment financing…
Controversial Monroe Bypass Leaves Property Owners with Questions, Concerns of Lost Value
“The Monroe Bypass, a highly controversial $800 million toll road designed to divert traffic from US 74, is currently slated to move forward after decades of shifting plans and delays, including recent lawsuits. For hundreds…
Orlando moves MLS stadium
“The city of Orlando, Fla., is dropping eminent domain proceedings against a church that had been holding up construction of a new downtown Major League Soccer stadium, and is opting instead to adjust its planned…
Interest keeps adding onto price of airpark
“So far the county owes $490,000 for land it got in a recent eminent domain lawsuit. Now add on to that another $9,011.10 in interest from a penalty levied by the courts in June and…
Water, property rights over pipeline profits
“Protesters drove up to nine hours to Leesburg, Georgia, on July 10, where Spectra Energy lost an eminent domain demand for its Sabal Trail 36-inch, hundred-foot right-of-way, natural gas pipeline, and local landowners countersued. Spectra…
York mayor: City will not take homes in northeast neighborhood through eminent domain
“Despite a flurry of public and private redevelopment interest in York’s northeast neighborhood, Mayor Kim Bracey said the city has no plans to use eminent domain to procure private homes in the area. “For lots…
Legislators are wary of pipeline plan
“Since state Rep. Sheila Harrington first learned about a proposed natural-gas pipeline across Massachusetts earlier this year, she’s received dozens of calls from constituents. Some are concerned about the environmental impacts to conservation lands that…
Planners, Chapman trade barbs
“At a July 22 joint training session for the Windham Town Council and Planning Board, tensions boiled over between members of the two bodies as they discussed a March 24 incident relating to an eminent…