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Long time Sandy Springs resident Howard Austin likes to see the old Target lot turned into a place that can draw more crowd instead of government offices. The city of Sandy Springs, founded six years ago as a protest to Fulton County governmet excesses, is committing millions of dollars to turn carve a city center out of commercial chaos. The city purchased the old Target site for $8 million to put in a new city hall and possibly some other buildings.
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Real Love
Over the years, Long Island has seen a glut of music venues come and go. Some fruitful like the esteemed My Father’s Place. The majority of others, like The Downtown or The Vanderbilt, have taken fatal nosedives almost immediately upon entering this unpr Read more »
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KCMO Celebrates Opening of Downtown Farmers' Market
Kansas City, MO - infoZine - The City of Kansas City, Mo., Active Living initiative and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services invite residents to celebrate the opening of the Downtown Farmers' Market on Thursday, May 31 at 11 a.m. The Downtown 5/30/12 from Kansas City Infozine Read more »
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Council approves DDA director's contract
The Garden City Council has approved the contract for a new, full-time executive director of the Garden City Downtown Development Authority. Stacey Tobar, a McKenna Associates consultant who has worked part time as the interim director for almost two yea from HometownLife.com Read more »
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Purple Line approved for tunneling under Beverly Hills High
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- L.A. County transportation officials voted Thursday to run the Purple Line subway extension underneath the property of Beverly Hills High School. It's a controversial route, and the city of Beverly Hills vows to keep fighti from KABC Los Angeles Read more »
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CALENDAR
Jay and The Americans will perform two concerts only on Saturday, June 2 at 5 and 8 p.m. at Bridgeport’s Downtown Cabaret Theatre.True to the title of one of their own hits, “Only in America,” the return of Jay and The Americans is one of the greatest tu from Minuteman News Center Read more »
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Lease agreement lets York serve on DDA board
Determined to appoint Garden City cable manager Dan York to the Garden City Downtown Development Authority, the mayor and city attorney have worked to help him qualify. York was always willing to serve but the city attorney was asked to determine if York from HometownLife.com Read more »
