The Fairbury City Council will move forward with a federal grant application that ultimately could lead to a hotel or motel.
“The city conducted an economic study about 10 years ago and it indicated a motel or hotel was a high priority, said city superintendent Leroy McPherson. “It was on a list of projects the city [...]

It survived a bitter battle between mayor and council.
It dodged a threatened veto. It’s pushing past a wave of public dissent and a renewed effort to kill it by one-third of the Macon City Council.
So far, Macon’s convention center hotel deal has survived a federal lawsuit over the accuracy of a consultant report that was [...]

As if trying to turn around the district’s academics and finances weren’t enough, Pittsburgh Public Schools now is helping to run a condominium.
The school board last month agreed to appoint three representatives to a condo board that will manage a Downtown building housing part of the Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts.
The [...]

“The wall assemblies are not constructed in a manner suitable to provide the performance required for the high level of exposure of the Brooks Secondary School building,” states the school’s Building Envelope Condition Assessment Report, dated April 2006 and written by RDH Building Engineering Ltd.
“Significant evidence of damage to wood framing, sheathing and interior finishes [...]

Plans for the renovation of the Boca Raton Resort & Club’s beach club on the barrier island across the Intracoastal from the main resort complex sailed through the Planning & Zoning Board at a hearing Thursday night.
The proposal now goes to the City Council, which has the final say in the matter.
Four years ago, the [...]