Davidson is being held up again for exemplifying the ideal of “livability” in a small town. An advocacy group called Transportation for America has picked Davidson as one of 12 case studies demonstrating that livability can exist in suburbia and beyond. Read the full story on our Real Estate & Home page, CLICK HERE>
Tag Archive | "Living with Growth"
Davidson gets a pat on the back for ‘livability’
Posted on 08 September 2010.
Posted in Business, Environment, Life in Davidson, Living with Growth, Neighborhoods, Planning & Development, TransportationComments Off
Trial pushed to Nov. in Summers Walk suit vs. town
Posted on 23 July 2010.
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
(Updated Friday, July 23, 10:49 a.m.) A Charlotte federal judge has postponed until Nov. 8 the start of a trial in a developer’s lawsuit challenging the Town of Davidson’s development rules. The lawsuit, by the developer of the Summers Walk neighborhood, asks the judge to throw out Davidson’s Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance, or APFO, which requires developers to help pay for the cost of services needed because of growth.
Posted in Business, Living with Growth, Planning & Development, Summer's Walk, Town HallComments Off
Commentary: It’s hard to sustain sustainability
Posted on 05 March 2010.
Mary Newsom
In the 1990s, towns in north Mecklenburg all promised a new approach to development, Mary Newsom writes. They aimed to discourage conventional suburbia and encourage traditional neighborhood development, transit-oriented projects and farmland preservation. Only Davidson has stuck with it. Read Newsom’s commentary from Citiwire in our Real Estate section, CLICK HERE>
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Audio: At midday, a shout for tolerance
Posted on 09 November 2009.
Davidson College community members engaged in a "Moment of Loudness" for tolerance Monday. (David Boraks photo)
Dozens of Davidson College students, faculty, staff and local residents gathered around a flagpole outside the college’s Chambers building Monday for what was billed as a “Moment of Loudness.” People came to show their support for the college’s gay and lesbian community and the campus policy of tolerance.
The rally came in response to a Nov. 4 article in Davidson’s student newspaper, The Davidsonian, by a senior student who argued that homosexuality is against the Christian tradition. In a commentary filled with citations from the Bible, he also criticized the college’s statement of diversity, saying it does not “honor God.”
Listen to a brief audio report from the rally. (Click play to start. Can’t see the button or hear the report? CLICK HERE>)
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See also more photos from the event below. Read the full story
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