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If Donald Gardner Stadium is eventually converted into a multi-sport complex, none of the funding for the project will be provided by the St. Landry Parish School District. School Board members made that decision Thursday night, overwhelmingly defeating a proposal to contribute $1 million from the school system to redesign the stadium into a facility with an eight-lane outdoor track and an artificial turf field for football and soccer. Superintendent Patrick Jenkins, State Rep. Dustin Miller ...

REAL Trends 500 Report Places Company among the Highest-Performing Firms in the Nation Grand Junction, CO (May 3, 2021) - Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties is honored to once again be recognized by REAL Trends as one of the top 500 brokerages in the U.S.  This marks the 6th consecutive year that Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties has been included on the REAL Trends 500 list, an independently verified compilation of the nations leading residential real estate companies. Coldwell Ban...

Allen Park, Rochester, Royal Oak downtowns win awards for thriving through COVID-19 pandemic Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press They beat the pandemic odds against small business. Now they’re getting accolades along with cash prizes. In nationwide contests judging how downtowns big and small not only survived the pandemic, but even thrived through it, metro Detroit has three winners: Allen Park, Rochester and Royal Oak. Each won for playing creative defense against the nation...

Amazon robotics fulfillment center coming to Shreveport, Gov. Edwards announces An Amazon robotics fulfillment center will be built in north Shreveport at Hunter Industrial Park, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Friday, May 7, 2021. (Source: KSLA) By Rachael Thomas | May 6, 2021 at 4:38 PM CDT - Updated May 8 at 7:07 AM SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - An Amazon robotics fulfillment center will be built in Shreveport, Governor John Bel Edwards announced Friday, May 7 at a news conference. Constru...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Martin Cash | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, May. 6, 2021 Save to Read Later It looks like the notion of having a fancy restaurant in the middle of the Esplanade Riel linking St. Boniface with downtown Winnipeg may have run its course. It looks like the notion of having a fancy restaurant in the middle of the Esplanade Riel linking St. Boniface with downtown Winnipeg may have run its course. After three different r...

Popular downtown gathering spot Rosa Parks Circle closed until fall for renovations, improvements Updated May 07, 3:32 PM; Posted May 07, 3:32 PM Rosa Parks Circle is closed to the public through the fall while it undergoes a $2.8 million series of restorations and improvements. (Provided by Grand Rapids) Facebook Share GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Rosa Parks Circle, a popular downtown Grand Rapids park and gathering spot, is closed to the public until the fall. The closure is part of a $2.8 million p...

SECU Foundation Provides Grant to Assist with Affordable Workforce Housing Initiative Check Presentation SECU Foundation Executive Director Jama Campbell (first row, right) presents ceremonial grant check to City of Goldsboro Downtown Development Director Erin Fonseca (first row, left) with DGDC, Communities, Inc., and State Employees’ Credit Union representatives on hand. RALEIGH, N.C., May 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A Goldsboro non-profit focusing on addressing the lack of affordable ho...

The City Council, Planning Commission and Downtown Design Review Committee held a joint work session on Monday to review proposed revisions to the city’s Downtown Development and Design Standards.  The DDRC was tasked with reviewing and updating the standards as part of its mission and began work on draft regulations in January 2020. The DDRC met numerous times last year, mostly virtually, to craft the regulations, including in three joint work sessions with the Planning Commission, whi...

Downtown sculpture to honor Ron Kelley proposed The Hutchinson City Council approved the first step Tuesday toward accepting a statue for permanent display in front of the Wiley Building to honor late longtime downtown promotor and Hutchinson businessman Ron Kelley. The proposed art, a painted steel Eagle with a five-foot wingspan holding an American flag in its talons, is being purchased by the Kelley family and donated to the city. The sculpture will be seven feet tall, including its pedest...

There were 22 people ticketed for gathering violations at a house party on Jubilee Road last month; since then, the premier’s vitriol has primarily been directed towards the youth of the province, with a sprinkling of anti-Ontario hate on the side. “I wanted to thank everyone for following the protocols but there are still groups of people who aren’t,” he said Monday. “I have a serious question: What is wrong with you? How come you don’t take this as serious as you should?”...