Hagerstown Council discusses Community D [ The Herald-Mail ] May 8, 2008  HAGERSTOWN The Hagerstown City Council on Tuesday held a public hearing to discuss the way city officials plan to use federally funded Community Development Block Grants. Read More ...

Eden Park's redevelopment wins more mone [ Stuff ] May 8, 2008  Funding for Auckland's Eden Park redevelopment is now 95 per cent committed with an announcement today that the ASB Community Trust is to put $6.5 million into it. Read More ...

Long Island developer secures option to [ BizJournals ] May 07, 2008  City leaders in Amsterdam, N.Y., approved an option with developer Uri Kaufman to sell an abandoned textile mill for $138,000 that Kaufman wants to convert into upscale apartments. Read More ...

NAACP president requests redevelopment p [ The Leaf Chronicle ] May 07, 2008  Jimmie Garland, president of the local branch of the NAACP, has sent letters to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the state attorney general's office and national NAACP officials requesting an investigation of the Clarksville Center Redevelopment and Urban Renewal Plan. Read More ...

Wapak Redevelopment Committee Seeking Re [  ] 5/7/2008   Residents of Wapakoneta will have a chance in the coming week to have input on their community's comprehensive plan. For the past 18 months a committee of more than twenty members has worked to redevelop the city's comprehensive plan. Read More ...

New analysis on MP redevelopment to begi [ Waconia Patriot ] May 07, 2008  A detailed plan that city officials hope will initiate redevelopment action in Maple Plain is expected to be completed this December. Read More ...

New retail community a dream come true f [ The Southeast Sun ] May 07, 2008  Amorette and Max Lindsey considered last Wednesday's announcement of a new retail development community a dream come true - for their son. 'I know now he's rejoicing in heaven,' said Mrs. Lindsey of their son, Mark Paschal Lindsey, who died in 2005 at the age of 40. Read More ...

City, panel to streamline development pr [ The Gazette ] May 8, 2008  CEDAR RAPIDS and#8212; City staff and members of the local development community have come up with an assortment of changes to the city's regulatory process that they say will cut five to eight weeks off the time to get a project ready for construction.Eighteen individuals and#8212; both regulators and the regulated and#8212; spent an entire workweek together in April to figure out ways to ... Read More ...

Developer plans 'clothing optional' Roan [ WBIR-TV Knoxville ] May 8, 2008  A proposed nudist campground, which at one point marketed itself to the gay community, is causing a stir in Roane County. Read More ...

Developer will listen to community [ Vancouver Sun ] May 07, 2008  The developer selected to do a massive and potentially controversial makeover of Vancouver's oldest social-housing site says his first priority will be to pay attention to what the community wants for the site. Read More ...

OLPC Tries to Bridge Gap With Developer [ PC World via Yahoo! News ] May 06, 2008  A virtual uprising that broke out among developers questioning One Laptop Per Child's commitment to open-source software has... Read More ...

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 19th Jul [ New Mobile Computing ] May 07, 2008  Ubuntu Gutsy Tribe Alpha 3 has been released . 'The Ubuntu developers are moving very quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. Read More ...

MacIsland redevelopment [ Fort McMurray Today ] May 07, 2008  Wood Buffalo Regional Council early this morning almost unanimously agreed to increase the budget for the C.A. Knight Recreation Centre expansion by $21 million, bringing the total price tag of the redevelopment project to $170 million -- more than seven times the original projected cost. Read More ...

Sun Microsystems Announces Technology Pr [ SYS-CON Media ] May 07, 2008  Sun Microsystems and the GlassFish community announced the availability of the technology preview release of the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server version 3 and new Sun GlassFish Communications Server. Sun also announced a new GlassFish Partner initiative designed to provide developers, Independent Software Vendors and System Integrators with access to a large number of frameworks and ... Read More ...

Sun Microsystems and Liferay Launch Init [ SYS-CON Media ] May 07, 2008  Sun Microsystems and the OpenPortal community announced a new open source initiative with Liferay to develop a common Web presentation platform that incorporates portal and integration technologies from both companies. Developers will now have access to a new, stable, standards-based Web presentation platform. The Sun and Liferay products resulting from this initiative will bring developers ... Read More ...

Urban planners push for First Mariner Ar [ BizJournals ] May 07, 2008  While city leaders continue to wade through proposals to build a new arena, members of Baltimore's design community want to make sure redevelopment of the existing downtown venue isn't ignored. Read More ...

Ravinia Community Aims To Fill Niches [ Carollwood News & Tribune ] May 06, 2008  CARROLLWOOD Despite a rough housing market, developers for Ravinia Luxury Courtyard Villas say their product meets the right niche to do well. Read More ...

OLPC's capitulation to Windows A questio [ CNET ] May 8, 2008  Negroponte's decision to embrace Windows comes down to a belief that when community fails, default to whatever proprietary vendor makes the best interface. There's more at stake here than just a pretty UI. Read More ...