Region's Builders Rein In Visions
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The real estate boom had long since burned a gilded path through Bethesda, Tysons Corner and Arlington. Now it was Springfield's turn, and up stepped a developer with a vision of creating a cosmopolitan oasis out of a disheveled 10-acre patch beneath a highway interchange.
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The future of the Urban Development Boundary is up for grabs in Miami-Dade County as farmers and environmentalists face off about new construction.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 5--North Carolina's popularity as a place to live -- a popularity that is drawing new residents in droves -- also means more and more land being eaten up for development.
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Developers are eying a piece of land known as the town's ''Golden Triangle&quot; as the site of a hotel and ''lifestyle shopping center.&quot; It would be anchored by a Kohl's department store, and filled with shoppers strolling along landscaped walkways lined with gas lamps, according to their vision.
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Housing starts have been very high relative to the number of homes that builders are trying to sell.
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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 Larissa Van Beurden-Doust, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 11--Some Nipomo residents who like the town's rural atmosphere are worried that open space left near some housing projects may actually lead to more development.
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The Vauban development has put into practice many ideas that were once dismissed as eco-fantasy.
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By Lena Warmack, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 17--Developers with one of Catawba County's largest proposed residential developments are expected to seek rezoning on more than 2,000 acres this spring.
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When farmer Greg Bryant first heard about plans for windmills along a swath of mountain ridges in this northeastern Vermont hamlet, he was all for it. The idea of tapping a plentiful natural resource for power was appealing.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Dec. 9--Golf courses and recreational centers are draws for many residential developments, but few can promise live theater and an art gallery at the front gate.
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The fight is on over a plan to build vast corridors for cars, trucks, trains -- and almost everything else
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When Eric Feichthaler became mayor three years ago, this town was booming. The city issued 800 permits that month to build single-family homes.
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As the state seeks to replace aging power sources with clean energy plans, wind-power developers fear Vermont's rural aesthetic is too strong to allow towers atop mountain ridges. Folks just don't want to spoil the view.
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By Paul Burgarino, STAFF WRITER  SAN RAMON -- A boisterous group of residents packed into City Council chambers this week, concerned about the environmental and aesthetic effects of a proposed land-use plan just outside the city's northwest border.
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By Melanie Marquez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 14--BRADENTON -- Concerns from a local environmental group didn't keep the Bradenton City Council from adopting amendments Wednesday that define how many units can be built along parts of the city's shorelines.
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The area's technology executives have again embraced the idea that Washington is a government town. Over the years when government work was not considered fashionable, some tried to develop a separate identity for the region built on ventures in software, telecom, the Internet -- the whole gamut.