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The Northwest Georgia Housing Authority plans to submit another request for a Choice Neighborhood planning grant of up to $1.3 million dollars. If the planning grant is awarded, it would put the housing authority in line for a potential implementation grant of upwards of $30 million. The authority submitted an application in 2016 but there was a problem with the application and Camiros, the Chicago- based consulting firm that wrote last year’s grant, is rewriting the 2017 application at no additional cost to the authority. Camiros was paid $8,000 for the 2016 application. NWGHA Executive Director Sandra Hudson said the agency is seeking to redevelop the Maple Street- East 12th Street community in East Rome with the funds. As part of the planning grant , the authority had to choose a small project to undertake as an example of the type of work that could be accomplished to completely turn around a community, and has chosen to do a streetscape project along East 12th. Last year,...

When Poliana Okimoto stepped onto the podium with a 10km open water Olympic bronze medal around her neck she thought her life was about to change forever. Gleefully accepting Brazil 's first ever swimming medal , the 34-year-old allowed herself to get caught up in euphoria sweeping the country. Fast forward 12 months , though, and things feel very different. After the athletes left Rio , so too did the optimism as political scandals, including millions of pounds of public money allegedly stolen in bribes for Olympic constructions projects , plunged the country into economic chaos.  Rio de Janeiro itself declared itself bankrupt just days after the Olympics closing ceremony , with no more money to pay suppliers to the Games, while hospitals, schools and the police have born the brunt of drastic cuts to public services . public money allegedly stolen in bribes for construction projects , which have plunged the country into economic chaos. Pictured: Brazilian athlete Poliana Oki...

The ACT major projects group and planning authority have approved JW Land 's new 12- storey building for the corner of Ainslie Avenue and Currong Street in the city, after initial designs were rejected. The approval clears the way for construction of 329 apartments on the former public housing block , along with some restaurant and retail space and a child care centre , plus three levels of basement parking . apartment block ." title="" src="https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/9/4/e/m/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gxylab.png/1503007705548.jpg" /> A view of the laneway off Cooyong Street in designs for a the apartment block .   The redevelopment has been controversial for the scale and prominence of the block and the scale of the building, which includes a 12-storey tower on the corner, and lower buildings behind facing the historic Gorman House precinct . The site was auctioned by the ACT government 18 months ago, with SH...

Marquette Mayor Dave Campana introduces Snyder at a press meet after his tour of the apartments, and explains the importance of providing affordable housing in close proximity to the downtown area. (Journal photo by Rachel Oakley) Marquette Mayor Dave Campana introduces Snyder at a press meet after his tour of the apartments, and explains the importance of providing affordable housing in close proximity to the downtown area. (Journal photo by Rachel Oakley) Snyder speaks with Roger Curtis, Director of Talent and Economic Development for the State of Michigan outside of the Grandview Marquette , which is still undergoing construction. The apartments are intended to give low-income individuals in Marquette easier access to opportunities in the downtown area. The project is expected to be completed this fall. (Journal photo by Rachel Oakley) MARQUETTE — Gov. Rick Snyder and other state officials Wednesday morning toured the affordable housing development Grandview Marquette , whi...

By Mark Zaretsky, mzaretsky@nhregister.com @markzar on Twitter Published 10:50 pm, Friday, August 11, 2017 WEST HAVEN >> Get ready kids — and parents: The Westies on Wheels bus is coming to a neighborhood near you Monday. The bus will be bringing school supplies and other necessities, especially for needy kids, to help families get ready for the new school year that starts later this month. The Westies on Wheels bus is an initiative bringing West Haven Public Schools staff directly to students to ensure they’re prepared for classes this fall. Buses will be at the following locations on Monday — all at 10 a.m.: • Meadow Landing Apartments , 397 Meadowbrook Court. • The Housing Authority office , 15 Glade St. • The Savin Rock Conference Center , 6 Rock St. The outreach effort began three years ago as a way to help West Haven students , especially those in need, get ready for the first day of school, which this year is Aug. 28, school officials said. It’s also a way to make a d...

That’s not the only message New Yorkers receive as we stand outside, say, the seven-foot- tall hedge running along East 46th Street that conceals a private 10,000-square- foot circular driveway for the residents of 50 United Nations Plaza . Another message we hear says: You’re on the wrong side of the red velvet rope , or, in this case, the green hedge. Photo A view of the building from East 56th Street . Credit Tony Cenicola/The New York Times These are private spaces — the public did not lose a park or a sidewalk bench for a driveway, but some of these spaces could have instead housed a restaurant or a shop, giving a New Yorker a reason to walk down the street and feel connected to the buildings towering above. Instead, a gate “sticks a big finger in people’s faces to say: ‘I’m better than you. I live here. I live in this luxury building with a giant gate that you can’t come past,’” said Richard Florida, the author of “The New Urban Crisis” (Basic, 2017). “It might make people pi...