Green Week begins Sunday
This year’s Green Week is chock full of events to celebrate and promote sustainability and environmentally friendly living with tours of green buildings, yoga workshops, the opening of Insight Park on the University of Mississippi campus and much more. The week-long event begins Sunday at 5:30 with a vegetarian potluck dinner at Honey Bee Bakery. Read today’s EAGLE for a complete listing of events. (April 13, 2012, Page 1A)
Student housing boon in Oxford
Two more large $36 million developments were approved by the Oxford Planning Commission that are geared to student living. The Retreat and Blackberry Hills developers both offered to donate $12,500 and $10,000 respectively to the Oxford University Transit system to be included on the bus route. Both developments are veering away from typical apartment complex settings and proposing more single-homes and townhouses. (April 10, 2012, Page 1)
City simplifies historic rules
The Oxford Historic Guidelines are a bit easier to read through now after the city spent the summer updating and redesigning the guidelines. (August 19, 2011, Page 6A)
City tweaks historic-district fee scale
Certificate of appropriateness fees may soon get reduced slightly for those doing minor work as the two historic commissions approved a new sliding-scale fee with the Board of Aldermen to make final approval. (March 9, 2011, Page 1)
Square Historic Preservation Commission Oks changes
The Courthouse Square Historic Preservation Commission approved some potential changes to help ease confusion over their efforts to preserve Oxford. (February 8, 2011, Page 2A)
City weighs awards for local preservationists
Oxford Historic Preservation Commission will continue talks in January about a potential new award to give out to local historic preservationists as well as other community outreach events. (December 15, 2010, Page 1A)
Planners nix tree compromise for parking lot
Efforts to reach a compromise on how many trees should be placed in the Oxford East Shopping Center were thwarted on Monday when the Planning Commission turned down the owner’s request for a variance. The owners had requested to plant 18 trees instead of 60 due to economic hardship. (November 9, 2010, Page 1)
Getting smart by going green
Whatever a business may do to go green, the members of the new Smart Business Alliance are available to provide encouragement and assistance. The inaugural meeting of the Smart Business Alliance on Tuesday had members discussing a variety of ideas on how to better organize and inform the community. (July 28, 2010, Page 1)
Hotel plan unveiled
Although it still needs to be approved by the appropriate local review boards, plans for a new Hampton Inn East hotel were announced Thursday at the Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce Dinner. (June 11, 2010, Page 1A, 3A)
No more funny business
Language in neighborhood business zoning that allowed for amusement-type businesses, such as a movie theater or bowling alley, is recommended to be removed by the Planning Commission. The Board of Aldermen will have to vote to remove the language. (April 13, 2010, Page 2A)
