Fort Worth, Texas planners examine how to convert a train station to an upscale hotel.
"Under the plan, the authority would own the hotel and the developers would hire a hotel management company to run it. Within 10 years, the hotel could revert to private ownership and go back on the tax rolls. But city officials said their first priority is paying for the proposed Fort Worth Convention Center hotel, which is estimated to cost between $70 million and $80 million and is scheduled to be open in late 2003 or early 2004."
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FULL STORY: Fort Worth, Texas, Officials Look to Convert Train Station to Upscale Hotel

Florida Considers Legalizing ADUs
Current state law allows — but doesn’t require — cities to permit accessory dwelling units in single-family residential neighborhoods.

Manufactured Crisis: Losing the Nation’s Largest Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing
Manufactured housing communities have long been an affordable housing option for millions of people living in the U.S., but that affordability is disappearing rapidly. How did we get here?

HUD Announces Plan to Build Housing on Public Lands
The agency will identify federally owned parcels appropriate for housing development and streamline the regulatory process to lease or transfer land to housing authorities and nonprofit developers.

EPA Terminates $116 Million in Grants for Reducing Emissions from Construction Materials
C-MORE grants were earmarked for industry trade groups and universities.

BART Closes $35 Million Deficit
Cost control and revenue generation measures prevented service cuts.

The New Parisian Hearse is a Bicycle
Sleek, silent, and sustainable, a green trip to the graveyard has hit the streets of the French capital.
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