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Fort Worth is growing, if residential construction is the measure. But the number of commercial construction permits declined last year, and there are signs that construction activity is cooling. The city has just finished another record-setting fiscal year in housing starts, according to the most recent year-end building-permit figures from the citys development office. The citys fiscal year ended Sept. 30. The number of construction permits issued for single-family houses, town houses and duplexes jumped nearly 28 percent in 2006, according to city figures. Thats an acceleration of the 11 percent growth in the 2004-05 fiscal year. Although there are pockets of home construction throughout the city, most of the new houses are being built in far north Fort Worth, according to permit records.
ROBERTSDALE -- For the second time in four weeks, the Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission postponed a vote Thursday night on at least one of two major residential developments that could add more than 3,500 homes to the fast-growing county. The projects include a 1,400-unit housing complex in Stapleton and a more than 2,300-unit development south of Magnolia Springs. The commission spent more than two hours discussing and listening to comments on the latter project, a development called SweetBay, before pushing a vote back until November. Samaritan Development of Rome, Ga., wants to build the mixed-use community, which includes 2,324 residential units on 280 acres about five miles south of Magnolia Springs along Baldwin County 49. After the discussions, commission member Jerry Knaebel said he wanted more information and requested delaying the vote on the project.
Three University of Missouri-Kansas City programs received $1.45 million as part of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation's 2007 Leadership Grants. It's the largest Leadership Grant pledged by the foundation to a single institution. The School of Education received $850,000 from the Helen H. Nelson Trust and the foundation to support its Institute for Urban Education. It also received a $100,000 grant to support the Education Policy Fellowship Program, set up to further the leadership of higher education administrators. The Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration received $500,000 from the Carrie J. Loose Trust and the community foundation for enhancements to the Bloch School's Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
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