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Apartment project draws foesSunday, September 7, 2008 @ 4:15AMAn ambitious project just outside the Corsicana city limits is already creating controversy, and it hasn’t even been to the city planning and zoning commission yet.

Meeting roundupSunday, September 7, 2008 @ 3:51AMChartiers Township supervisors

Think greenSaturday, September 6, 2008 @ 8:24AMas in environmentally friendly-- can have a steam-rolling effect. Take, for instance, the concept of urban areas adopting green infrastructure. In some cases, it literally works on many levels. Studies have shown buildings with green roofs -- vegetation such as grass planted on the roof rather than [...]

Money talks, Gerretsen saysSaturday, September 6, 2008 @ 6:40AMOntario cities need more infrastructure money - not stricter laws - to stop the billions of litres of raw sewage that's spilled into the Great Lakes every year, the province's environment minister says. The Kingston and the Islands MPP made the comments yesterday while visiting a sewer upgrade [...]

City considers helping with steam heating costsSaturday, September 6, 2008 @ 12:33AMCEDAR RAPIDS and#8212; A flood-related spike in the costs to heat downtown buildings is prompting the City Council to consider subsidizing those heating costs this winter.In an hourlong session Friday morning, the council discussion about a short-term utility subsidy came with an acknowledgment that any solution to the downtown utility problems is a longer-term one that can't be solved by this ...