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RUSTON, La., Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Clearzoning, a Michigan-based planning consulting and coding firm, assisted the city of Ruston, LA., located in Lincoln Parish, with development of a new zoning code, aimed at revitalizing the city's downtown and increasing connectivity with surrounding areas, preserving existing suburban neighborhoods, and encouraging business development through a faster, easier zoning process. Clearzoning President Rodney Arroyo made the...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new proposal to build a $50 million apartment building in downtown Ann Arbor will bring more student housing that will be better, safer and for which a need exists that also will encourage even greater walkability and density to the South University Downtown Area. The Gateway at 1320 S. University would be located next to the new LANDMARK (formerly 601 Forest) building near the corner of Washtenaw and South University. It will...

In just three steps, you can get fit in a blink by following the new ZONING program and your flashing light heart rate monitor - easy Blue, moderate Yellow, and high-hot-hard Red are the three zones to get fit and fitter. Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) July 18, 2012 ZONING, Fitness in a Blink introduces the new, high energy, hot and fun fitness program that gets individuals fit and does it fast and easy. ZONING® (http://zoningfitness.com) is also the 24th book title released by prolific...

Liberty Institute Files Appeal Asking Court to Grant an Injunction Prohibiting the City of Holly Springs from Excluding Churches from the Town Square HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss., March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Liberty Institute on behalf of Opulent Life Church and its pastor, Telsa DeBerry, filed an appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. It asks the court to reverse the District Court's decision and to grant the Church a preliminary injunction to...

Liberty Institute Files Appeal Asking Court to Grant an Injunction Prohibiting the City of Holly Springs from Excluding Churches from the Town Center HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss., March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Liberty Institute on behalf of Opulent Life Church and its pastor, Telsa DeBerry, filed an appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. It asks the court to reverse the District Court's decision and to grant the Church a preliminary injunction to...

Success Thwarted by State-Local Disconnect Maryland planners, developers and land-use advocates consider the state's smart growth tools too weak, frustrating their desire for development within existing urban areas, finds a new University of Maryland study based on interviews with a representative group of stakeholders. "Just about everyone feels squeezed between a rock and a hard place - wanting development where state laws intend to promote growth, but often seeing it thwarted by both...

Vanessa Hull evaluates the impacts of zoning on pandas in Wolong Nature Reserve in southwestern China The comings and goings of a pair of girls are helping breathe some life into a zoning policy that's aiming to protect the Chinese environment. The girls--Mei-Mei and Pan-Pan--are pandas outfitted with GPS collars. Vanessa Hull, a doctoral student from the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability at Michigan State University (MSU), is using the movement of collared pandas to...

As the world's biodiversity hotspots are increasingly stressed by their human neighbors, zoning is becoming a common strategy to balance environmental protection and human needs. But a recent study shows zoning for conservation demands reality checks. "Zoning ordinances are rarely evaluated for their ability to make positive changes using empirical data on both human and biodiversity characteristics." says Jianguo (Jack) Liu, an internationally recognized expert at Michigan State...

SAUGATUCK, Mich., Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Local community groups have filed a petition asking Chief U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney to reject the proposed consent decree approved by the Saugatuck Township Board on July 22, 2011. "The proposed consent decree is not fair, reasonable or legal, and it is not in the public interest. Saugatuck community residents and civic organizations have requested an opportunity to be heard by the Court in a formal legal 'fairness hearing'...

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A DC Zoning Commission Order published last week has created the Union Station North (USN) Zone District, encompassing local real estate developer Akridge's proposed mixed-use development, Burnham Place at Union Station. Akridge owns 14 acres of air rights above the railroad tracks immediately north of Union Station, and plans to develop up to three million square feet of office, retail, residential, and hotel space there. Named Burnham Place after...