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The new director says driving down development costs will be a key to fostering growth.

On-street parking may be coming back to East St. Germain Street in St. Cloud.

On-street parking may be coming back to East St. Germain Street in St. Cloud.

How did we get here? After reading both the article of July 1, “Funding requests traveled a bumpy road,” and Saturday’s letter to the editor by Lisa Konicki, I have

Berkeley council members voted to confirm Jen Louis as Berkeley Police Department’s chief of police May 9.

The plan identifies four themes for city leaders to focus on.

The Berkeley City Council has officially appointed Jen Louis as the city’s top cop -- the first woman, Asian-American and openly gay person to lead Berkeley’s police department -- despite controversy during her tenure and two pending misconduct investigations.

University of Minnesota Duluth plans to bring clinical research and education to the Medical District with a new facility. The university is also pursuing Lot D for a new water-research facility.

Back in the 1960s, Jackie Amato, now president of TowneBank Mortgage, probably never dreamed of becoming chief mortgage officer for TowneBank, one of Virginia's largest community banks.

From the column: "There are many ways to encourage vibrancy without further accommodating private cars and the need for their expensive storage."