http://newsrack.in/rss/flenvcenter/Shelter-and-Housing_Regional/rss.xml This is a custom RSS feed generated by NewsRack for user flenvcenter for topic Shelter and Housing-Regional Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:22:01 GMT Shelter and Housing-Regional Shelter and Housing-Regional 2010-03-14T21:22:01Z http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/harry_reid_the_new_public_lands_enemy_no_1/C37/L37/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+newwest%2Ftopic%2Fpolitics+New+West+Topics%3A+Politics UPDATED Friday, March 12, 1 pm: I used this headline once before when writing about Mark Rey, former Bush Administration Undersecretary of Agriculture and boss of the Forest Service. Prior to Rey’s Reign of Terror, California Republican Congressmen Richard Pombo held the honor of being the biggest enemy of public lands. Voters booted him in 2006, but he’s back, running for Congress again this year. Now, we have a new Public Lands Enemy No. 1, none other than current Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). Policy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/harry_reid_the_new_public_lands_enemy_no_1/C37/L37/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+newwest%2Ftopic%2Fpolitics+New+West+Topics%3A+Politics 2010-03-11T18:30:00Z http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2010/03/11/20100311politics-immigration0311.html Dozens of demonstrators rallied Monday at the state Capitol against bills that would make it trespassing to be in the country illegally and require local law enforcement to assist in enforcing federal immigration laws. Policy Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2010/03/11/20100311politics-immigration0311.html Griselda Nevarez 2010-03-10T18:30:00Z http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/opinion/doc4b46963e7c176186204810.txt Stu Fraser/Mayor of Telluride [Editor’s note: Telluride Mayor Stu Fraser gave his State of the Town Address on Tuesday, and subsequently submitted it for publication.] Affordable Housing Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/opinion/doc4b46963e7c176186204810.txt 2010-01-07T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ac7c4637a696574253341.txt The year 2009 has been tough on town coffers. With major revenues tumbling, the town of Telluride cut major projects, laid off employees, whittled down expenditures and gave less in grants. Affordable Housing Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ac7c4637a696574253341.txt 2009-10-03T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4acbf52f8db12982487773.txt In the town of Telluride, development is often a game of exchange — applicants offer public benefits to the town in order to obtain more value from a project. Affordable Housing Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4acbf52f8db12982487773.txt 2009-10-06T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ace975387e1e384458865.txt The nine candidates vying for four seats on the Telluride Town Council represent a cross-section of the community — from a late-20s video store manager to a retired schools superintendent, from a glider-plane-flying incumbent to a computer tech taking his first stab at council. Affordable Housing Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ace975387e1e384458865.txt 2009-10-08T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ad120a6bb850771914381.txt Telluride Question 2C asks voters to overturn a PUD ordinance passed by the Telluride Town Council in April after a dramatic lifetime in Rebekah Hall. The ordinance had been passed, repealed, killed and loudly debated prior to passing. Policy Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ad120a6bb850771914381.txt 2009-10-10T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ad1233fa3482478310121.txt Bob Saunders sees himself as the working person’s voice on the town council. In addition to selling glider airplanes through his business based at the Telluride airport, Saunders also worked as a furniture-maker when he first moved to Durango in 1974. Affordable Housing Policy Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ad1233fa3482478310121.txt 2009-10-10T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ad123fe7f90b486021008.txt Telluride finds itself amid strange times. Our revenues are lean and our land scarce. Our challenges mount and our options, seemingly, dwindle. We have to fix our roads, find ways to create affordable housing and increase tourism. And we must do it all with less money than we’re used to. Certainly, it won’t be easy. Affordable Housing Policy Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ad123fe7f90b486021008.txt 2009-10-10T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ad7d09a8d41c644556829.txt Mountain Munchkins, an early childcare facility and program in Mountain Village, will celebrate its newly renovated preschool with a grand opening ceremony on Friday. Affordable Housing Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ad7d09a8d41c644556829.txt 2009-10-15T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ada6e62adb70897941007.txt The Telluride Town Council on Tuesday will take a first look at its draft 2010 budget, which has been carved up extensively to make up for falling revenues. Affordable Housing Policy Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ada6e62adb70897941007.txt 2009-10-17T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ade5d4356fb8566045884.txt Fifteen years ago, voters in Telluride authorized the town to sell $5 million in bonds for be used for finding, designing and building affordable housing projects. Affordable Housing Policy Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ade5d4356fb8566045884.txt 2009-10-20T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ae79cfee068f621926326.txt The Telluride Town Council voted on Tuesday to sell $3 million in bonds to create a nest egg for the development of affordable housing in town. Affordable Housing Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4ae79cfee068f621926326.txt 2009-10-27T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4aecd9624d8fc865681873.txt Gold Run — an affordable housing project planned for a quiet strip of land on the San Miguel River east of town — lurched forward this week with a spate of approvals related to construction and conveyances. Affordable Housing Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4aecd9624d8fc865681873.txt 2009-10-31T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4af10a4818029237326014.txt Telluride’s first medicinal marijuana dispensary opened last Wednesday, but no medicine has gone out the door yet. Policy Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4af10a4818029237326014.txt 2009-11-03T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b02e581825a3357727043.txt The brand new Telluride Town Council — which features three new faces — will take a seat in Rebekah Hall next week for its first taste of business. Policy Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b02e581825a3357727043.txt 2009-11-16T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b0368b03160f488471715.txt The brand new Telluride Town Council got off to a smooth start on Tuesday, showing general agreement on issues and even making unanimous decisions. Affordable Housing Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b0368b03160f488471715.txt 2009-11-17T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b24236712c83891448695.txt In a tight economy, every penny matters. Look no further than the $4 million a year budget Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association for proof. The super-homeowners’ association collects all the real estate transfer taxes (RETA) within Mountain Village, but a flurry of legal minutia kept the organization from collecting some $70,000 in owed assessments last year, and those make up for a quarter of the group’s budget. Now, TMVOA has tightened up its collections policies to ensure it gets every penny it deserves, regardless of the owners’ financial footings.  Homelessness Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b24236712c83891448695.txt 2009-12-12T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b26f42220235483882243.txt By BEN FORNELL Staff Writer Jan Stout had just closed the 93rd foreclosure file she’s worked on this year when the FedEx man showed up. Homelessness Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b26f42220235483882243.txt 2009-12-14T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b3975dc1e4c3273270252.txt For nearly a year now, workers, parents, homeowners and officials of the Town of Mountain Village have been hammering out what they hope will become a unifying vision of what the young mountain community can become. Affordable Housing Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b3975dc1e4c3273270252.txt 2009-12-28T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b3d5e33e7192490224433.txt If we learned anything about ourselves and about Telluride in 2009, it’s that we, and this town, endure. This last year was defined in simple economic terms for us, and we learned a lesson: Even our sno-globe town isn’t invincible. Our region made difficult financial decisions as revenues that once flowed ebbed. We braced against a recession and swallowed the passings of our friends. But for all that bad news we still measured our smiles in inches as snow fell around us like confetti. We toasted each other and this place in the last light of summer evenings. And this much we know: there was never anywhere better to be, in both good times and bad. Policy Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b3d5e33e7192490224433.txt 2010-01-04T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b7a01cca9e10363069738.txt For those struggling to keep financially afloat, the monthly energy bill can be a painful thing to open — especially in the wintertime. Affordable Housing Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b7a01cca9e10363069738.txt 2010-02-15T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b7ca7f2a6890748384033.txt Nearly a hundred people were in Elks Park Tuesday evening to support the reform of immigration laws, which they said were too tough, hurt the country’s economy and kept them from living out the American dream. Policy Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b7ca7f2a6890748384033.txt 2010-02-18T18:30:00Z http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4aecd9624d8fc865681873.txt Gold Run — an affordable housing project planned for a quiet strip of land on the San Miguel River east of town — lurched forward this week with a spate of approvals related to construction and conveyances. Affordable Housing Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4aecd9624d8fc865681873.txt 2009-10-31T18:30:00Z http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b24236712c83891448695.txt In a tight economy, every penny matters. Look no further than the $4 million a year budget Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association for proof. The super-homeowners’ association collects all the real estate transfer taxes (RETA) within Mountain Village, but a flurry of legal minutia kept the organization from collecting some $70,000 in owed assessments last year, and those make up for a quarter of the group’s budget. Now, TMVOA has tightened up its collections policies to ensure it gets every penny it deserves, regardless of the owners’ financial footings.  Homelessness Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/03/14/news/doc4b24236712c83891448695.txt 2009-12-12T18:30:00Z