Word: emerson
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...another twist in the saga of Emerson College's attempt to find a new home, the school this week nixed a plan to move to Beverly and renewed efforts to relocate its campus in Lawrence, its original choice in its two-year search...
After the legal challenge from the landowners, the school asked the city government to settle out of court with the owners by late September. When a settlement could not be reached in time, Emerson decided to give up and look for another new home...
...college decided to nix the proposed deal after a group of landowners challenged the city's right of eminent domain, which allows the local government to take land from private holders, without negotiation, in exchange for a fair market price. Private owners possess some of land upon which Emerson had planned to build the new campus...
Because the chances of the city winning its court battle in the near future seem small, the college decided to seek another site, said Emerson Public Relations Spokesman Bill Harold...
...city intended to turn the land over to Emerson for redevelopment under the U.S. Urban Renewal Program, which grants eminient domain...