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Liberals to JobWave: You're Fired $8 million job training contract cancelled; work goes to B.C. competitor.By Andrew MacLeod

As cities across the nation reel from the steepest housing market decline since the 1930s, Houston’s real estate market is surprisingly strong. While new housing sales have fallen dramatically, they haven’t fallen as far or as steeply as in other cities across Texas or the nation.

UPDATE: This morning [Thursday, August 28, 2008], the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) removed its motion for judgment on the pleadings from the court’s calendar in Joy Ford’s fight to save her Nashville music business from eminent domain abuse. As a result, the hearing originally scheduled for Friday at 9 a.m.

The following is the first of LJ Urban’s Open Mic series. Where we invite you to write about the ins and outs of urban life. Email your entries to Levi(at)LJUrban(dot)com The first post is from Ian Merker, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP. Ian currently works with MFDB Architects and is passionate about urban life here in Sacramento.

Preliminary plans for the redevelopment of the Dog Lane area of Bewdley are set to be unveiled in the town on Monday 1st September 2008. The proposed development will see a range of new and improved services for the community including a new medical centre, fire station, community hall, library, residential units (including affordable homes), retail premises and new public toilets.

villagevoice.com Andres Serrano, the artist who made “Piss Christ” in 1989, unveils his latest creation: 66 photos of animal crap being displayed at the Yvon Lambert Gallery. Unlike some artists who offer one-word answers no matter how much you poke and prod, Serrano loves to talk.

——————————————————————————— 1. US-Presidential Election 2008 Barack Obama, winning more than 2206 delegates (including 441 superdelegates) has succeeded to clinch the Democratic Presidential nomination and is becoming the first Afro-American to be a major party’s candidate.

Nice story in The Dallas Morning News about our construction launch on citywalk @ akard. Have a look:Low-income housing set to open by spring in downtown Dallas 1:10 PM CT01:15 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 26, 2008By ROY APPLETON / The Dallas Morning News rappleton@dallasnews.comWith all its funding now

Here's news of a cool program: Neighborhood Housing Services Community Development Corporation is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for StoreWorks-Brooklyn & Bronx, an affordable mixed-use homeownership program sponsored by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

Stop Domain Subsidies' proposed Charter amendment to ban retail subsidies is fraught with unintended consequences. Here's one:  The Charter amendment likely will shunt low-income residents away from mixed-use developments and into stand-alone residential developments.  Why?  Because the proposed