Fifteen residents have formed Glassboro United, a loosely knit citizens’ group with the initial intent to help residents protect themselves from being forced to sell their property through eminent domain to make way for redevelopment.http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071110/NEWS1006-01-711100349/news01

Businessman Ed Osborne told City Council on Thursday he has found the smoking gun in his quest to prove that a possible attempt by the city to take his property using eminent domain would be illegal.http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007711090347

“All we do is wait, we have waited for years,” said Carolyn Troupe, a longtime resident. “Our lives are on hold. How do you make plans?”http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/77BB2E05BAAD56278625738E001713C0?OpenDocument

Small-business owners said they will bear the brunt of redevelopment if the city moves forward with plans to buy their properties for projects, including larger national retail stores. http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_7358345

Baldwin Park is currently in an exclusive negotiating agreement with Bisno Development Co. for what could be a multi-million dollar face-lift of 125 acres of the city’s main commercial corridor, along Maine Avenue and Ramona Boulevard. http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_7326320

Des Plaines seems poised to move on its newest redevelopment area just north of the downtown, planning to borrow $8 million to acquire land in the Five Corners area. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=67711&src=1

A national public interest law firm is threatening Sugar Creek with legal action if the city does not abandon “eminent domain” in its efforts to acquire properties for private development.http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/northland/story/329395.html

Early Monday morning, Scott Bullock, senior attorney for the Institute of Justice, a nonprofit, sent Martinovich a letter asking the city to remove eminent domain authority from Ordinance 3149, the tax increment financing agreement between the city and JLP Sugarland, the developer of the project.http://examiner.net/stories/102307/new_211275989.shtml