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Work Has Changed, and That’s an Opportunity for Bedroom Communities Telecommuting is here to stay, and those workers are a built-in market for revitalizing your downtown — if you give them the right kind of place to go. Rod Stevens, Business Street   |   February 1, 2021   |  Opinion As the mayor or city manager of a suburban town, you may have spent years trying to revitalize your downtown, only to see many of your residents drive off ...

Marsha is correct that the Rockport short-term rental ordinance as written is a disaster.  There are short-term rental regulations in place all over the world now.  Most cities and towns popular with them, have good regulations in place.  I was in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, recently where they have very little safety incidents from short-term rentals  because they have smart rules in place.  So does Austin, Texas, so does Asheville, North Carolina.  And on and on.  Rockport’s is not writte...

The overhaul of the Champion House, a 1922 one-story Craftsman bungalow, was recently completed in the North College Historic District after a 15-month renovation that drew criticism from neighbors at

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Appeals court to determine if gender-neutral restrooms at Upper Arlington schools can be challenged ThisWeek group The 10th District Court of Appeals for the State of Ohio will determine if the mother of a Windermere Elementary School kindergarten student may challenge Upper Arlington Schools’ plans to install gender-neutral restrooms at the school. On Dec. 15, UA Schools and the district’s school board filed the appeal to a Nov. 30 ruling by Judge Gina Russo that would allow the woman, ide...

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 12/23/2020 3:37:09 PM Although there are ways for the seven cabins at the Walden Eco Village to get into compliance, former casita (or tiny house) resident Quinn Kelley acknowledged there was very little hope that he’d be able to return to his 140-square-foot rental. The nine similar rentals on site were not permitted, and don’t meet several criteria of the town’s building code for residences, including the 400-square-foot minimum for studio or one...

County approves building codes The Leavenworth Times Leavenworth County commissioners have approved building codes for unincorporated areas of the county. But commissioners have excluded two townships from the codes. Commissioner Jeff Culbertson asked Wednesday for Easton and Kickapoo townships to be excluded from the building codes. The two townships are in the district he represents. Culbertson said his district is the only one in the county that has seen population decreases in recent years....

Railing heights are built to code. the international building code and various other codes that piggyback off of the international building code. so we can start with the certainty, the railings at turner field meet code. they meet the minimum standard for public accommodations, such as stadiums and arenas. thats absolutely not a question. what is a question is, is that enough, given the way fans use public venues such as stadiums and given the sizes that different fans come in. so a railing has...