“If we’re going to operate as a fully functional 24-hour downtown, we need more than an elementary school. We need a middle school and a high school,” said Russell Claus, city planning director, about John W. Rex Elementary School, under construction at Sheridan and Walker avenues. The $14 million charter school is the result of […]
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An Oct. 9 community meeting called by Ward 2 Councilman Ed Shadid at the Crown Heights Christian Church featured presentations by city officials from public works, transit and planning. Institute for Quality Communities director Blair Humphreys also spoke. The corridor has been the site of several disputes brought to city officials over the past two […]
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A MAPS 3 subcommittee selects the designer for the planned convention center and sticks with the facility’s planned location. BY CLIFTON ADCOCK The MAPS 3 Convention Center Subcommittee voted last week to recommend that the companies responsible for selecting the site of the $252 million building also be hired to design it. The recommendation to […]