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City Council approves bonds plan | #citycouncil

Music Hall’s $125 expansion project is officially moving forward following a city council vote Tuesday. The council unanimously approved an $80 million nonprofit bonds arrangement for a seven-level, multipurpose music complex that officials say will reshape the city’s theater district and serve as gateway to Detroit’s Paradise Valley Cultural and Entertainment District. The Music Hall […]

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Southbank self-storage, affordable housing approved by City Council | #citycouncil

A controversial project will bring self-storage to Jacksonville’s Southbank after over a year of community criticism and will receive a city loan for its affordable housing component, City Council decided Tuesday. Council denied a previous version of the project last June, but the developer returned to the city with an altered proposal that also brought […]

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Plainfield is “The City of Tomorrow,” says Mayor Adrian Mapp

PLAINFIELD – Mayor Adrian Mapp envisions a city with expanded technology infrastructure and green initiatives while exploring new investments to attract more talent and innovation. Mapp delivered his vision during his 2024 State of the City address, “The City of Tomorrow, Today,” on Thursday at Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School. Mapp, in his 11th […]

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Salem City Council considers tax exemption for apartments | #citycouncil

The Salem City Council will vote Monday on giving a 10-year property tax exemption for an apartment complex planned for downtown. The complex will be built at the site of the former city hall, now a parking lot at 277 High St. NE. News of the project by Deacon Development, the developers involved in the […]

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Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln delivers 2024 State of the City address

During his State of the City addresses in 2022 and 2023, Mayor Kevin Lincoln vowed that “Stockton will become the best city in America to live, raise a family, and grow a business.” With eight months to go until his four-year term as mayor is over and a new mayor takes his place, Lincoln believes […]

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Naples City Council rejects more hotel rooms on Fifth Avenue South | #citycouncil

In a unanimous decision, city council denied plans for new hotel rooms on Fifth Avenue South in downtown Naples, seeing them as the wrong fit. The vote came Wednesday, just weeks after a city election, with three new faces on council. Much of the campaigning in the election centered around growth and development, with the […]

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Melbourne Margaritaville still ‘a go’ after construction delay, mayor says

Margaritaville is still “a go” after months of stalled construction and uncertainty amid rising costs, Melbourne Mayor Paul Alfrey said Monday. Construction on the Compass Landing by Margaritaville resort, planned for 4.6-acre riverfront site just south of Cherry Street on U.S. 1, has proceeded in fits and starts since it began in late 2022. Work […]

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Oak Ridge City Council ranks future projects | #citycouncil

Replacing or renovating the pool, increasing the amount of money spent on street improvements, building a new animal shelter: Oak Ridge City Council members recently ranked their priorities among large projects facing the city as the local government staff prepares the budget proposal for the upcoming year and looks to budget years ahead. Although City […]

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City Council postpones decision on Bastrop Gateway development | #citycouncil

Residents shared their concerns about a proposed mixed-use development called Bastrop Gateway with the Bastrop City Council on Tuesday after a community town hall on the project the week before. Ultimately, the council voted to refer the item back to city staff to better understand the development’s impact. The City Council moved its meeting from […]

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Barberton mayor recalls how city sought to block Babcock & Wilcox exit

Barberton Mayor William Judge on Wednesday revealed new details about the city’s futile attempt five years ago to dissuade Babcock & Wilcox from leaving the place it had called home since 1906. In his State of the City speech, Judge largely stuck to a nuts-and-bolts presentation of the current state of the Magic City, touching […]