Posted September 10, 200519 yr From the 9/6/05 Athens News: OU carves out more dorm space, moves ahead on student center 2005-09-06 By Nick Claussen Athens NEWS Associate Editor Ohio University did not build any new dorms, but it did add extra residence hall space over the summer as part of its active building program around campus. The university has its largest freshman class ever with around 4,200 students in the class this year. OU officials are discussing building a new residence hall, but no decisions have been made yet. Over the summer, though, the university was able to add more dorm rooms by converting one part of Scott Quad from office space into residence hall space. Tom Daniels, assistant to the provost and director of space for OU, said Friday that two floors on the northeast quadrant of Scott Quad had been turned into residence hall rooms. The two floors formerly housed the Ohio University Press, which moved onto the Ridges, and a few other offices that moved to Lindley Hall and other places on campus. Scott Quad originally was built as a residence hall, but over the years it has been used for dorm space and office space. Daniels said that OU has been recovering different parts of the building over the past few years to add bed space, and it will continue to do so in the next few years. Read more at http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=21469
September 11, 200519 yr The Student Center is looking awesome! I like how the spire on top is visible when you look down Court Street. There is also a good view of it from inside Peden Stadium.
September 12, 200519 yr Author ^ Any chance you can get some pics? I haven't been to Athens in a while.
September 30, 200519 yr Author This kind of stuff was unheard of when I lived in Athens. I barely recognize the place anymore, and it hasn't even been 10 years. University Estates in an 830-acre golf course/housing development being built off of OH-682 just NW of the intersection with OH-56 (west of the city). I honestly don't know very much about it. Maybe one of you Athens cats can fill us in? Pics? Anyway, I'm not too into these mega-developments, but I thought I'd post about it because, well, it's Athens, and because of its tremendous size. Here's the layout of Phase I, and also where it fits in to the whole project. The lots are all around half an acre. Yep, it looks like the typical golf lifestyle subdivison to me: Here's the project website: http://www.universityestatesoc.com/main.html
September 30, 200519 yr Author Here are a couple of stories from The Athens News. This first is from 9/19/05: University Estates to hold grand opening, start annexation process 2005-09-19 By Nick Claussen Athens NEWS Associate Editor The University Estates developers are holding the project's grand opening on Wednesday, and plan to restart annexation procedures in the near future. University Estates is a massive project being built in the Ohio Rt. 682/Armitage Road area just across the Hocking River from Athens west side. Being built on 830 acres of land, the project will feature 900 living units, including apartments, single-family homes, condominiums, upscale homes and assisted-living/continuing-care facilities. The development also will have a golf course and commercial businesses. The project was first announced in the 1990s, but it has been slowed down numerous times by various issues including how the project would be developed, who would provide water to the property and what land would be annexed into Athens with the development. Developer Richard Conard started annexation proceedings on the project four different times, but each time the annexation petitions had to be stopped for a different reason. Read more at http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=21694
October 16, 200519 yr Author From the 10/13/05 OU Post: Trustees to discuss university improvements by by Anna Maria Georgalis and Emily Tudor Staff Writers [email protected], [email protected] Future construction projects at Ohio University, its financial appropriations for the next seven years and a shift in authority delegation policy will be addressed at today's Board of Trustees Executive Committee meeting in Walter Hall. The board meets at 9:30 a.m. to discuss and approve a number of items from its priority agenda, a central issue being the capital improvement plans for fiscal years 2007 to 2012. Capital improvement dollars are construction funds developed through a capital bill from the Ohio General Assembly. For the fiscal year 2005-06, House Bill 16, the capital appropriations bill signed into law this July, appropriated about $20.9 million to OU. This is approximately 45 percent of the funding sufficient to accommodate the projected capital improvements, said John Kotowski, associate vice president of planning and implementation. The OU Board of Regents recommended last month that OU will need $23.4 million for capital improvement for the 2007-08 fiscal year. Read more at http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/show_news.php?article=N1&date=101305
October 16, 200519 yr ^ Any chance you can get some pics? I haven't been to Athens in a while. I will try to have some pic's within the next few days!...... I am down there about 3 days a week.
October 30, 200519 yr On my way back from a Halloween party this morning :laugh: I stopped and took this picture. It's not the best angle, but it gives you an idea of the new student center.
October 30, 200519 yr It's not poured concrete or limestone. It's a prefab material which does not stain as quickly as the materials you see elsewhere on campus. This building looks better from Park Place but overall it fits in well and should function well as a connector. I'm sure the Richland Ave bridge will see way less foot traffic after they fire up those escalators. There aren't any other major projects going on at OU. This isn't UC, after all.
October 30, 200519 yr Author Thanks for the pic, JEJustice. I see that they're staying with the standard style.
November 20, 200519 yr Author From the 11/17/05 Athens News: Developers ready to go to city board with plans for new Stimson/Palmer apartments 2005-11-17 By Nick Claussen Athens NEWS Associate Editor The Stimson Avenue/Palmer Street area in Athens may have lost the Landmark business, but it soon may gain a new landmark in the form of a six-story parking garage. The parking garage is one component of a student-housing complex proposed for the area. Local developers Brent Hayes and Les Cornwell own the Landmark and Bob's Supermarket properties, located near Stimson Avenue and Palmer Street. They previously announced that they were hoping to turn the adjoining sites into student housing, and now the plans seem to be moving ahead. The developers will discuss their plans for the project at the Athens Planning Commission meeting this afternoon. Hayes and Cornwell are partnering with an outside developer in the proposed apartment project, and have submitted preliminary plans on the project to Athens city officials. More at http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=22663
December 3, 200519 yr Author From the 11/29/05 OU Post: Board committee addresses new residence hall, projected university debt by Matt Burns Campus Editor [email protected] The future of residence hall capacity at Ohio University and its projected debt are leading issues for a Dec. 14 Board of Trustees meeting, the details and obstacles of which were discussed at a committee meeting Wednesday. The board's Audit, Finance, Facilities and Investment Committee met in Worthington to review future construction and development projects at the university that are proposed to be financed by $37.7 million in bonds. A central cost in future OU projects is a $24 million residence hall, to be built near Nelson Commons on South Green. Slated for completion in fall 2007, the first $2 million of the project will be financed through housing and dining auxiliary funds, the remainder by bonds. The new 350-bed residence hall will operate as a "swing building" to house students while residence halls, including Lincoln, Shively, Bush and Perkins, are taken offline for renovation. It should alleviate space issues as OU's undergraduate enrollment continues to grow, but only for about four years after its completion, Corrigan said. Read more at http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/show_news.php?article=N2&date=112905
December 3, 200519 yr ^ Every dorm room on campus has a computer. They're not bad models, although I use my own. My roommate uses the university one and has few problems with it. If any of you other OU guys have seen Biddle Hall lately, you'll know why they're projecting debt. The dorm has a 60" plasma TV in the lobby.
December 9, 200519 yr Author From the 12/5/05 Athens News: Developer: Stimson apt. project to mimic OU discipline 2005-12-05 By Jim Phillips Athens NEWS Senior Writer One of Athens' better-publicized problems is with rowdiness, violence and vandalism stemming from student rental neighborhoods. Richard H. Kirk of Edwards Communities says his company's proposed new apartment complex on Stimson Avenue won't add to that problem. Kirk's Columbus-based company, in partnership with a pair of local developers, wants to use a site of about 4-1/2 acres, now occupied by the abandoned Bob's grocery store and Landmark farm-supply buildings, to construct an apartment complex to house 560-580 students. http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=22823
December 9, 200519 yr Author This project has been in the works for many years and may or may not even happen. I have seen no renderings. From the 12/5/05 Athens News: Developer tries again with big south-side student apt. complex 2005-12-05 By Jim Phillips Athens NEWS Senior Writer When developer Tom Dowdy came to the Athens Planning Commission Thursday with plans for a student-apartment complex, he went back to an earlier version of a long-envisioned project that has gone through three sets of business partners and a couple of re-designs in eight years. In an informal straw poll in late 2003, members of Athens City Council indicated that they considered a roughly 900-bedroom complex too big for the site that Dowdy wants to develop on a ridge between Richland Avenue and Dairy Lane on Athens' south side. This prompted the developers to downsize their plans to around 600 bedrooms. Those plans have since been abandoned, however, and Dowdy's company, Milestone Developments of Roanoke, Va., is now going it alone to develop the site with help from Dowdy's sons. More at http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=22822
December 17, 200519 yr Author From the 12/12/05 Athens News: Huge development finally may be poised for annexation By Nick Claussen Athens NEWS Associate Editor Monday, December 12th, 2005 The University Estates project has started its annexation process once again, and developer Richard Conard says he hopes the fifth time is the charm. University Estates is a multi-faceted development under construction on 826 acres in the Ohio Rt. 682/Armitage Road area just across the Hocking River from Athens' west side. The development will include 900 living units, including apartments, single-family homes, condominiums, upscale homes and assisted-living, continuing- care residences. The development also will include an 18-hole "championship quality" golf course, clubhouse and conference center, restaurant, gift shop, pro shop, equestrian center, hotel and conference center, and a commercial business center. http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=22875
December 17, 200519 yr Author From the 12/12/05 Athens News: South-side group still not thrilled about huge apartment project By Jim Phillips Athens NEWS Senior Writer Monday, December 12th, 2005 After getting a frosty reception from a couple of Athens groups at a City Planning Commission meeting Dec. 1, a developer planning to build an 896-bedroom apartment complex on the near south side didn't fare much better at a meeting of a neighborhood group Thursday. Tom Dowdy, of the Roanoke, Va.-based Milestone Developments, told members of the South Side Community Association of Athens (SSCAA) that he welcomes citizen input on the Campus Edge apartment project, planned for a ridgetop between Richland Avenue and Dairy Lane. http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=22879
December 26, 200519 yr Author From the 12/19/05 Athens News: County approves latest annexation bid by University Estates developer Monday, December 19th, 2005 The Athens County Commissioners approved the annexation petition for the University Estates development last week, and now the Athens City Council must make the final decision on the annexation. http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=22925
December 26, 200519 yr Author From the 12/19/05 Athens News: OU Trustees approve funding for new dorm, discuss tuition increase Monday, December 19th, 2005 The Ohio University Board of Trustees met last week in Columbus to approve the issuance of bonds for several capital improvement projects, learn about enrollment projections, and reaffirm the land lease agreement for a proposed retirement community along the Hocking River near Stimson Avenue. The board also heard discussion from OU President Roderick McDavis on tuition levels. McDavis suggested that the university may have to raise tuition by up to 6 percent for the 2006-2007 academic year. Both bond proposals include funding for a new residence hall, a student information system and other projects. The proposal that the Trustees approved last week, though, called for considerably less money for the student information system, as OU officials are hoping to collaborate with other universities on the project and save money. According to a news release from OU, the $38 million in bonds will support the construction of a new residence hall to be used as swing space ($22 million), bridge funding for the new student center ($5.2 million), the first phase of the new student information system ($4 million), a performance contract ($3.3 million), College of Communication design work ($2.4 million) and partial design costs for the proposed Integrated Learning and Research Facility ($300,000). Read more at http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=22931
December 26, 200519 yr I'm glad I'm getting into an off-campus apartment next year. They've turned some doubles into triples to fit all of the new students on campus this year! That new dorm is going to be very imporant, and it should probably have a dining hall in it - although I doubt it will.
December 28, 200519 yr Author From the 12/19/05 Athens News: Can new local owners put University Mall on road to recovery? By Nick Claussen Athens NEWS Associate Editor Monday, December 19th, 2005 At the rate Brent Hayes and Tom Parfitt are going, the University Mall should be completely filled with businesses in, oh, just about two weeks. Parfitt and Hayes bought the mall for $4.2 million on Thursday, and had a new store open in the shopping complex that afternoon. Over the last few years, the University Mall has lost two of its three anchor tenants and seen countless other stores leave. Local developers Hayes and Parfitt, though, are hoping to reverse the trend in the shopping center, and they have some big plans for the site. Xtreme Mobile, a cell-phone business, opened in the mall on Thursday, and Parfitt and Hayes are working with a sit-down restaurant that is also interested in opening in the mall, Parfitt said. The developers are also having discussions with a second sit-down restaurant interested in locating there, he added. Parfitt and Hayes have talked to three "big-box stores" about locating in the University Mall, and have also spoken with representatives of a few smaller stores, Parfitt reported. Full story at http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=22921
January 7, 200619 yr Author From the 1/3/06 Athens News: Community groups to take a look at three big plans for city, OU By Nick Claussen Athens NEWS Associate Editor Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006 The Athens community is invited to an upcoming meeting to learn more about and discuss three major plans that will impact the city for years to come. On Wednesday, Jan.18, a meeting will be held in the Athens Community Center at 7 p.m. to discuss the city of Athens' new comprehensive plan, Ohio University's Vision Ohio plan, and OU's new facilities master plan. The city's comprehensive plan looks at issues such as how the city should grow, where new development should go, how the city should handle the growth of student rentals, and how areas of the city can be redeveloped. The Vision Ohio plan involves issues such as how OU should grow in enrollment, how it should progress academically, and how the university can continue to improve. OU's master plan, meanwhile, shows possibilities for how the physical campus can change and grow, and includes options such as new buildings on the Ridges, new residence halls around campus, and new academic buildings on the edges of the campus. Read more athttp://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=22999
January 16, 200619 yr Author From the 1/9/06 Athens News: City planners give initial OK to south-side complex By Jim Phillips Athens NEWS Senior Writer Monday, January 9th, 2006 Despite continued objections from some residents of Athens' south side, and one dissenting vote on the City Planning Commission, the board gave preliminary approval Thursday to a nearly 900-bedroom student apartment complex, to be built on a ridgetop between Richland Avenue and Dairy Lane. http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=23042
January 16, 200619 yr Author From the 1/9/06 Athens News: City planners raise questions about Stimson student housing project By Jim Phillips Athens NEWS Senior Writer Monday, January 9th, 2006 At the same meeting where the Athens Planning Commission gave preliminary approval to an 896-bedroom student apartment complex on the city's south side (see related story), it also asked to tour the site proposed for another student housing project on Stimson Avenue. Commission members questioned whether the project, with four buildings and 621 bedrooms, will have enough parking. They expressed concerns about the developer's plan to supplement spaces in a parking garage with some on-street spaces to meet the city's per-tenant parking requirements. http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=23032
January 16, 200619 yr I hope one of the two complexes gets built soon. McDavis has increased enrollment so much that when this year's freshman class is able to live off campus, it's going to be a nightmare. Hopefully the new apartments cause other landlords to pay more attention to their property. There are a LOT of terrible houses in Athens that get rented by students just because they don't have any other choice.
January 17, 200619 yr Some people would argue that living in a terrible house is part of college. However, I am not one of them. :-D
January 17, 200619 yr Author ^ That would be my argument. Living in a shitty house is part of college, IMO. To each his own, though. The worst one was probably 9 Brown Ave. I could go on and on about that one. The other ones weren't so bad, though the place I had on Mill got super-hot in the summertime.
January 17, 200619 yr I wouldn't be so against crappy houses if it wasn't for safety concerns. A lot of those houses don't even have smoke detectors in them. +Edited for my language lol.
January 18, 200619 yr Author 9 Brown didn't even have insulation. We used to party in coats. The punk rockers who lived next door had a room on the back with walls covered in cardboard. Our friends who lived in a basement apartment at Shafer and State had a plumbing disaster that left human waste on their floor for two weeks. One of the guys stayed with us while the other one continued to live there for some reason, calling the landlord every couple of hours and cursing out his 10-year-old son. I agree about the safety issues, though. I wouldn't live in a place like that now, but, when I was 20, what did I care?
January 20, 200619 yr Author From the 1/19/06 OU Post: PHOTO: Construction continues on the new student center, which is scheduled to open in January of 2007. Mitch Dillon/ Photo Editor Student center to open in one year by Bethany Furkin Staff Writer [email protected] After several years of planning and construction, the new Baker University Center is slated to open a year from now. "We're finishing the building from the first floor up," said Richard Shultz, director of implementation in the Department of University Planning and Implementation. "Construction will be completed Oct. 9, 2006," he said, adding that furniture will be moved in September and faculty and administrators with offices in the center will begin moving in November. In 2001, OU's Student Senate voted to fund two-thirds of the $60 million center with student fees, according to the Division of Student Affairs Web site, www.ohio.edu/universitycenter/timeline.cfm. Read more at http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/show_news.php?article=N1&date=011906
January 20, 200619 yr Author From the 1/12/06 Athens News: New restaurant next expected change in newly owned mall By Nick Claussen Athens NEWS Associate Editor Thursday, January 12th, 2006 An announcement on a new business for the University Mall should be coming soon. In December, Athens area residents Brent Hayes and Tom Parfitt purchased the University Mall on East State Street in Athens. In recent years, the mall has lost many of its businesses, including two of its three anchor stores and its stand-alone grocery store. Hayes and Parfitt have pledged to revive the shopping center, improving the mall facility while also working to bring in new businesses. One new business the two are currently working to bring to the mall is a sit-down restaurant. Hayes said Tuesday that he hopes he can make an announcement on this restaurant within a week or two. Hayes also owns the property just to the west of the University Mall, where another sit-down restaurant and a hotel are being built. That restaurant is a Bennigan's Restaurant, and the hotel is a Hampton Inn. Hayes said that the restaurant owners hope to have their business up and running by as early as May, while the hotel is not scheduled to open until January 2007. Full story at http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=23081
January 31, 200619 yr Author An ODOD press release, 1/23/06: TAFT ANNOUNCES ASSISTANCE TO BUSINESSES State Grants and Loan Will Help Create 459 Jobs for Ohioans FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2006 Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc. (DHI) will receive a $200,000 Business Development Grant to be used for the acquisition of machinery and equipment for DHI’s new operations center in Athens (Athens County). DHI develops and manufactures systems for clinical diagnosis of infectious and autoimmune diseases. The company will use the new location for bio-manufacturing, including clean room operations, distribution and administration. The $2 million investment by the company in machinery and equipment along with the land and building investment by the Athens County Port Authority of $6.5 million is expected to assist in the creation of 100 jobs and the retention of 140 jobs. Ohio was in competition with West Virginia for this project. The Business Development Account (412) is a grant program to assist companies and communities that are creating or retaining jobs in Ohio. The Research and Development Loan Fund targets large investments from companies involved in research and development projects with significant assets and sales, and assists in financing the acquisition, construction and related costs of technology, facilities and equipment. http://www.odod.state.oh.us/newsroom/releases/1400.asp
January 31, 200619 yr Author From the 1/23/06 Athens News: Plan meeting raises thorny town-gown issues By Jim Phillips Athens NEWS Senior Writer Monday, January 23rd, 2006 A public meeting Wednesday on three major local planning initiatives turned into a forum for the perennial town/gown issue, when Athens residents raised questions about the impact rising Ohio University enrollment and the growth of student housing projects will have on the city. "We kind of think we've got the city filled up, all right?" resident Joan Kraynanski told an OU official at the meeting, which attracted about 35 people to the Athens Community Center. Kraynanski asked whether future collaborations by OU with private developers to build student housing will be "off of your property or on your property." Read more at http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=23216
January 31, 200619 yr I'll try to get you guys another picture of the student center sometime this week. I keep forgetting to take my camera with me when I go to hockey games.
February 11, 200619 yr Author From the 2/6/06 Athens News: OU receives gifts to support building integrated research facility Monday, February 6th, 2006 Ohio University recently received two charitable gifts to support the building of the Integrated Learning and Research Facility on the Athens campus. An anonymous friend donated $200,000, and a civil engineering professor and his wife also made a contribution, according to a university news release. The gifts will support the design, construction and acquisition of equipment for the facility, which will bring together the Russ College, the College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-COM), and other Ohio University colleges in a state-of-the-art facility to enhance learning, advance research, and promote active collaboration. "The $30 million, 100,000-square-foot facility will unite students, faculty, staff, alumni, and collaborators for learning and discovery in the 21st century," the release said. http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=23338
March 1, 200619 yr Author From the 2/23/06 Athens News: More details emerge about Stimson projects; some neighbors raise doubts By Jonathan Hunt Athens NEWS Staff Writer Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 While NCR's proposed retirement complex remains under fire as the target of a referendum and a legal appeal to reverse city approval, Kirk's project got the heaviest scrutiny on Tuesday. The Edwards Communities development would cover parts of two city blocks and comprise six buildings with 572 beds plus a seven-story, 522-space parking garage. Structures holding 156 apartments would stretch from the former Bob's supermarket site across where the Landmark farm- and home-supply story used to operate. The garage would be located on the other side of Palmer Street behind the Athens Post Office. http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=23519
March 1, 200619 yr Some people would argue that living in a terrible house is part of college. However, I am not one of them. :-D I lived the upscale life in a basement apartment in Riverpark Towers :-D :drunk:
March 1, 200619 yr Author God, I feel old. Those were called the Lakeview Apartments when I went there....
March 2, 200619 yr God, I feel old. Those were called the Lakeview Apartments when I went there.... That's what they were called when my dad lived there too!! :laugh: (in 68-69)
March 9, 200619 yr Author From the 3/8/06 OU Post: Developer plans $35 million apartment complex by Kantele Franko City Senior Writer [email protected] A Virginia developer will submit his latest proposal for a $35 million apartment complex to the Athens Planning Commission in April, more than six years after he first set out to build on 32 acres of property off Richland Avenue. Thomas Dowdy of Milestone Development in Roanoke, Va., hopes to receive final commission approval for his proposed 21-acre, 896-bed Campus Edge gated apartment complex near the Dairy Barn and University Courtyard. The project then would go to City Council, which questioned details of a Campus Edge design previously passed by the Planning Commission, prompting Dowdy to reconsider details of the project. http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/show_news.php?article=N1&date=030806
March 9, 200619 yr Author From the 3/6/06 Athens News: RENDERING: Ohio University is developing a new campus facilities master plan. The master plan is expected to be finished this summer, but the planning firm of NNBBJ of Columbus presented some information on the plan to OU Board of Trustees last week. Seen above is and image of the plan on how the West Green will look in 2016 if the plan is followed. File Photo/Athens News New OU master plan calls for big changes on campus By Nick Claussen Athens NEWS Associate Editor Monday, March 6th, 2006 The Ohio University Board of Trustees discussed the progress of the new campus master plan last week, learning how the plan calls for building new facilities, purchasing new properties, and making some major changes on campus. The university is working with the planning firm of NBBJ of Columbus to develop the master plan, which is expected to be finished this summer. During a trustees' committee meeting, held on OU's Lancaster branch campus Wednesday, Larry Helman of NBBJ told the trustees how the master plan dovetails with ideas in the Vision Ohio plan, and will help the university become more efficient and effective. The master plan looks at several issues on campus, such as how the campus "greens" can be organized better, how the university can better incorporate the Ridges with the rest of the campus, where the university can grow, and how pedestrians and vehicles should travel around the university. Read more at http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=23592
March 21, 200619 yr Author From the 3/20/06 Athens News: Planning board gives prelim OK to Stimson apartments, despite citizen objections By Jonathan Hunt Athens NEWS Staff Writer Monday, March 20th, 2006 The Athens Planning Commission heard strong complaints Thursday from several city residents about a proposed student housing complex that would be built between Stimson Avenue and Mill Street. However, the commission granted preliminary approval for the apartments by a 3 to 1 vote. Neighbors' objections largely centered on a seven-story parking garage that's part of the project, but some also complained about its overall size and density. Columbus-based developer Edwards Communities wants to build six buildings holding about 150 apartment units, plus the garage. http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=23801
March 21, 200619 yr Author From the 3/20/06 Athens News: Tree Commission slams Campus Edge plans By Jonathan Hunt Athens NEWS Staff Writer Monday, March 20th, 2006 The chair of the Athens Shade Tree Commission explained Friday why her group sent a formal letter objecting to the proposed Campus Edge development off Richland Avenue. Alvi McWilliams said the six voting members on the commission unanimously found fault with the current project plans, and how the student housing complex would affect the area's natural environment. "We all voted that we protested the project," said McWilliams. http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=23790
March 31, 200619 yr Author From the 3/30/06 Athens News: Farmers market hoping to build pavilion, create space for more vendors By Nick Claussen Athens NEWS Associate Editor Thursday, March 30th, 2006 The University Mall could soon have a farmers market pavilion, trees in the parking lot, and a new store in the former J.C. Penney storefront. Leslie Schaller, who works with the Athens Farmers Market in her position with ACEnet, told Athens City Council on Monday evening about plans for a pavilion in the University Mall parking lot. Schaller explained that the pavilion would be an open-air facility, and that vendors would be able to use the shelter provided by the structure. ACEnet is putting together grant funding for the project and needs Athens City Council to designate ACEnet as the project manager, Schaller said. Monday's council session was a committee meeting and not an official full council meeting. The issue is expected to be brought up at the next regular meeting so council can discuss it and eventually vote on naming ACEnet as the project manager. Full story at http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=23897 From the 3/9/06 Athens News: Council OKs ordinance for new hotel Thursday, March 9th, 2006 Athens City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Monday evening authorizing Service-Safety Director Wayne Key to enter a development agreement with SJB Development, Inc. The company, owned by Athens residents Jack and Sandy Bortle, will build a Hampton Inn behind a planned Bennigan's restaurant on East State Street just to the west of the University Mall. Under the agreement, the city will provide utilities and other services, while SJB will seek annexation into city boundaries for the hotel site. Full story at http://www.athensnews.com/index.php?action=viewarticle§ion=news&story_id=23618
April 12, 200619 yr Author From the 4/11/06 OU Post: Construction of residence hall up for board approval The next phase of a new residence hall, the renaming of the College of Communication and the appointment of Ohio University’s treasurer are all up for approval at the board of trustees meeting. OU has six construction plans that the board is slated to authorize at its 9:30 a.m. meeting in Walter Hall room 104. The plans total $25.4 million and, if approved, the university will be able to begin accepting bids from contracting companies as long as the bids do not exceed the total budgets authorized for the projects. http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/articles/2006/04/11/news/12449.html
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