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Columbia Falls has extended a large-scale development pause for another 6 months

The small Down East town that had been eyed as the potential site of the world’s tallest flagpole will extend a large-scale development moratorium by another six months.

Columbia Falls residents initially approved a six-month pause on major commercial or high-density development back in March.

Aga Dixon, the town’s attorney, said that the work of drafting new ordinances and regulations to better react to big developments is about halfway complete. Town and planning board officials have been meeting almost weekly, and Dixon said she expects they will present a draft code of ordinances to voters for their consideration sometime this fall or winter.

“Columbia Falls is in a position that a lot of rural communities are in,” she said. “Land use planning has not been top of the mind. Resources have not been there to do this work. And sometimes it takes a little bit of development pressure or concern to rattle voters, rattle residents and get to doing this hard work.”

The town has said that it’s experienced a variety of development pressures over the years, and not just from the Worcester family, the Wreaths Across America founders that had pitched the construction of a multi-billion-dollar flagpole and veterans memorial park near Columbia Falls.

A spokesperson for the Worcesters didn’t immediate return a request for comment on Tuesday about the extended moratorium or the status of the flagpole project. As of Tuesday afternoon, a website for the proposed “Flagpole of Freedom” park appeared to be offline.

Dixon said the town hasn’t asked for or received any updates about the status of the flagpole project.

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Good Guy Game Maker Makes it’s Non-Commercial License Free < NAG

Game Maker is celebrating Thanksgiving this year by, well, giving thanks to its development community.

In a blog post on its website, Game Maker has decided to update its licensing fees for commercial and non-commercial users.

For non-commercial users, Game Maker is now free to use, with unlimited access to all the asset packs and goodies that you need. This means that students studying game development, hobbyists looking to turn their ideas into tangible games for friends or even developers looking to make rough drafts for their CVs or keep their development knowledge up will be able to access the 2D game-making non-console platform without any red tape.

For developers looking to make money off of their games, Game Maker will now charge a once-off fee of $99.99 for the professional edition, which will allow you to release your game on PC, Mobile and Browser. For Console releases, developers will still have to pay the $80 monthly fee.

The blog post even takes a light stab at some other game development platforms that may have recently made adjustments to their licensing fees:

“We have seen other platforms making awkward moves with their pricing and terms, so we thought, what if we did the opposite, something that could actually be good for developers? Our success is measured by the number of people making games!”

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If you’ve been thinking about tinkering with a bit of game development yourself, perhaps now is the time. Who knows, you may have the next Chicory, Undertale or even Spelunky hiding in that imagination of yours.

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Midlothian Economic Development Invites Community to Informational Session




Midlothian city officials breaking ground at SunOpta
Photo courtesy City of Midlothian

Midlothian residents are invited to learn about local economic development programs and how these efforts benefit them at an informational session set for Thursday September 7, at 6 p.m. at the offices of Midlothian Economic Development (MED), 310 N. 9th Street, Midlothian, TX.  Those attending the meeting will be introduced to the basics of local economic development, discuss how incentive agreements attract businesses, and be able to ask questions.

The focus of MED is to promote existing business expansion and retention, and attract new business development. As a Texas Type A corporation, MED is charged with the administration of sales tax to fund economic development projects. An appointed board directs and coordinates the broad-based expansion of the business and commercial tax base of the City of Midlothian, as well as promotes job growth and quality development in Midlothian.

Reserve a space soon by calling (972) 723-3800, or emailing info@midlothian-tx.org.  To learn more about MED, visit their website at www.midlothian-tx.org.






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Construction to begin on multi-million pound affordable housing project in Livingston

Housebuilder Cruden is set to start work on a mix of 49 affordable properties in Livingston, on behalf of Link Group Ltd. The £8.7m development will see energy-efficient new homes built on a previously disused 1.2 hectare, brownfield site in Craigshill.

The modern development will provide a range of sustainable flats, built across three blocks, which will be three and four storeys high. The one and two bedroomed homes will provide residents with high quality accommodation for social rental.

Located at Sydney Street, the vibrant development is ideally positioned, close to a number of amenities in the heart of Craigshill, including shops, health centres and schools. The new development also has excellent transport links to its surrounding communities and the nearby train stations at Livingston and Uphall offer easy access to Edinburgh and Glasgow city centres.

The new homes also provide a fantastic range of on-site facilities including attractive green space, electric vehicle charging points, bike storage and on-site parking.

Work will start this Autumn and is expected to complete in Summer 2025.

Fraser Lynes, managing director of Cruden Homes, said: “We are pleased to continue our successful relationship with Link as work gets underway at Sydney Street. This exciting development will transform a previously empty site to bring quality, new homes to the local area.

“Craigshill is a strong location with plenty of amenities nearby to cater to the everyday needs of residents. These new homes will make a great addition to the surrounding community, providing attractive and sustainable living space at a time when it is needed most.”

Colin Culross, group commercial director of Link Group, said: “Link is delighted to continue its partnership with Cruden Homes to deliver much needed affordable housing at Sydney Street. The new homes will be energy efficient delivering zero emissions heating systems

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Construction to begin on affordable new homes

Housebuilder Cruden is set to start work on a mix of 49 affordable properties in Livingston, on behalf of Link Group Ltd.

The £8.7m development will see energy-efficient new homes built on a previously disused 1.2 hectare, brownfield site in Craigshill.

The modern development will provide a range of sustainable flats, built across three blocks, which will be three and four storeys high. The one and two bedroomed homes will provide residents with high quality accommodation for social rental.

Located at Sydney Street, the vibrant development is ideally positioned, close to a number of amenities in the heart of Craigshill, including shops, health centres and schools. The new development also has excellent transport links to its surrounding communities and the nearby train stations at Livingston and Uphall offer easy access to Edinburgh and Glasgow city centres.

The new homes also provide a fantastic range of on-site facilities including attractive green space, electric vehicle charging points, bike storage and on-site parking.

Work will start this Autumn and is expected to complete in Summer 2025.

Fraser Lynes, Managing Director of Cruden Homes, said: “We are pleased to continue our successful relationship with Link as work gets underway at Sydney Street. This exciting development will transform a previously empty site to bring quality, new homes to the local area.

“Craigshill is a strong location with plenty of amenities nearby to cater to the everyday needs of residents. These new homes will make a great addition to the surrounding community, providing attractive and sustainable living space at a time when it is needed most.”

Colin Culross, Group Commercial Director of Link Group, said: “Link is delighted to continue its partnership with Cruden Homes to deliver much needed affordable housing at Sydney Street. The new homes will be energy efficient delivering zero emissions heating

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Web development in 2019 | Pluralsight

The first skills you’ll want to start learning if you’re getting into web development will be HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. These are part of what’s called front-end web development, and they are the foundational file formats of the web.

You can think of building a website like building a house. You need some structure, foundation, walls, ceilings, windows, and so on. That structure would be considered our HTML. Structure isn’t enough to live in a modern house today, you need paint, some sort of interior design, furniture and other necessities in order to have a comfortable place. Those more “stylistic” items would be considered the CSS. And lastly, if your house doesn’t run on proper plumbing and electricity, then things don’t really function well. This is where JavaScript comes in. JavaScript is the de facto programming language for the web. It is the language the provides the interactivity between the layout, styles and of course the users. Without it, users would only be presented with information, but they wouldn’t have any way to interact with that information.

Mastering these skills together will give you enough to “break into” the industry as there are plenty of jobs centered around just these three languages. With these skills, you’ll understand how to display text, images and other objects in a web browser, and you’ll be better able to execute solid web development down the road.

Learn more about front-end web development.

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Why should you partner with a web development company?

A web development company can help you make the best out of your app idea. Apart from building a high-quality website with the help of experts leading various teams involved in the process, a web development company is capable of delivering you a digital product that will drive growth and help you meet your expected numbers.

Now, there are several benefits that we should share so that you can understand why hiring website development companies fo your project is a great idea:

  • Good quality web development projects- Partnering with the best web development companies can help you in leveraging the expertise of members working on your project. You can figure out the best way to execute the vision that you have for the app. Additionally, the experts working at top website developer companies are equipped all the important skills and technologies to power your website and make it extremely profitable for your business.
  • Faster developments- With proper coordination and a clear roadmap, web development companies can help you in building your website faster. You can get your simple websites developed within a few weeks or months depending on the complexity level of your websites. However, compared to hiring an individual developer or a small team, hiring top website development companies might give you faster development results.
  • Competitive rates- To thrive in the market, the best web development companies offer competitive rates that can be affordable for small businesses and Fortune 500 companies as well. However, there are several factors that decide these costs but you can still find a new development company that is still trying to build its reputation in the market and get your website developed at competitive prices.
  • Technical expertise- Technicalities of websites are not easily achievable. If you want to build a website that remains trendy,
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