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DARTMOUTH UMass Dartmouth's Claire T. Carney Library architects were recently presented with a series of awards at design ceremonies for their work on the three-year, $48 million renovation project.

DesignLAB architects were winners in the education category at the 34th Annual Interior Awards, hosted by Contract Magazine. At the BSA Design awards, designLAB took home two awards: the Citation for Transformative Addition to an Existing Building and, with Austin Architects, received the Hobson award, which is the highest level of overall award given.

The revamped library refocuses on a broader understanding of the needs of students and the library itself - keeping the books and periodicals, but also including new computers and technology, as well as places to study, meet, and relax.

The renovation and addition has been recognized in prominent architecture and design publications, including American Libraries, Contract Magazine, Architectural Record, Metropolis, and American Architects Building of the Week.

Paul Rudolph, the original architect of the campus, was one of the leading architects in America in the 1950s and 60s. He designed UMass Dartmouth with a library at the very center of campus, which was in line with his overall vision of creating an academic utopia. The campus design was considered ground-breaking in its day and its spirit lives on in the reimagined Claire T. Carney Library.

The library houses computer labs, study spaces, lecture halls, conference rooms, the Congressman Barney Frank Collection, a student veterans reading room, the Grand Reading Room, and the very popular Living Room, which, like many spaces within the library, serves as an academic and social gathering place.

The renovation of the Claire T. Carney Library is part of a series of recent investments aimed at expanding opportunity for UMass Dartmouth students and faculty. Completed projects include the new and revamped Fitness Center, the Hall-Hildreth IDEAStudio, and the College of Nursing's Elisabeth A. Pennington Simulation Laboratory.

The Massachusetts Accelerator for Biomanufacturing is scheduled to open in the coming weeks. In October of this year, Governor Deval Patrick announced funding for a new academic building at UMass Dartmouth that will support the campus's growing enrollment. In addition, there are plans for expansion of the Charlton College of Business and the School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST).

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When they moved to the Heights in 2012, Jeff and Blair Ainsworth were drawn to the charm, centralized location and sense of community.

After purchasing their home at 718 E. Ninth St., the couple started an eight-month renovation that transformed their 1920s two-bedroom, one-bath bungalow, adding a bedroom, bathroom, 10-foot ceilings, family room and an office that doubles as a playroom for their young daughter.

"We wanted to show people you could take a small house and make it livable and functional for a larger family," Jeff Ainsworth said. "We wanted to make sure it was a place we could live in for the next 10 years."

The Ainsworths' home will be one of six in this year's Houston Heights Association Spring Home & Garden Tour.

The tour will kick off with the 20th annual Candlelight Dinner and Auction on April 4. The tour, scheduled for noon to 6 p.m. April 5-6, will showcase a variety of traditional and contemporary homes.

The other homes of the tour are as follows:

The "vintage modern" home of Dr. James Flowers and Michael Beard at 401 W. Ninth St. is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1928, the red-brick building served as a neighborhood grocery store.

The 409 W. Eighth St. home of architect Palmer Schooley and his wife Mary has been redesigned to be modern but also blend with the neighborhood. The home has a solar porch at the entry and large garden in the back.

Bobbie Knox Echard's home at 1005 Oxford is a cottage built in 1896 that has undergone major renovations and in 2012 received a community improvement award for residential restoration from the Houston Heights Association.

Susan and Jeffrey Bell's home at 1448 Height Blvd. is known as "the house with the blue gate." Built in 1912, the two-story home was updated in 1993 and 1998 and has a wrap-around porch. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Homes.

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Joel Goyette and Margaret Cooley walked into the open house for a two-bedroom 1920s Craftsman in Berkeley, California, and knew theyd found their dream house. So did 10 other couples.

Having lost out in two bidding wars, the couple decided to try to connect with the sellers over more than money. Neighbors had told them about all the restoration work the owners had done, including five weekends stripping interior doors down to old-growth Douglas fir. They learned how close-knit the neighborhood was, with "meals shared, tools borrowed" and how "people overall looked after each other," says Goyette.

So when they sent the sellers their bid, they included a two-page personal letter. They wrote about how much they appreciated the home's character and the hard work the sellers had put into it, that it would be their first home, and how much they valued being part of a close community. Since Goyette had made a foodie connection with the sellers when they saw him ogling a bookshelf of cookbooks, "we couldn't resist sharing our plans to construct a masonry grill in the backyard and build a thriving social community with friends and neighbors," he says.

The couple raised their offer by $25,000 during the ensuing bidding war. It wasnt the highest bid, but it was the winning one. We were told that our letter made a big difference. The sellers felt a connection to us, says Goyette.

Goyette and Cooleys experience shows the value of writing a love letter when pursuing a home. These letters can be so effective that some sellers agents try to intercept them to keep the focus on price. Nearly four in 10 home buyers facing off against other bidders included a love letter with their offer last year, according to national real estate brokerage Redfin. In multiple-bid situations in 2013, Redfin found, bids with love letters were 9 percent more successful than bids without a letter.

For a buyer billet-doux to have the greatest impact, children may be pressed into service. Kris Paolini, a Redfin agent in Rockville, Maryland, recalls one bidding war in which his clients included not just a letter from themselves but a note from their teenage son. He mentioned how great it would be to live in the same neighborhood as his two best friends.

Including a picture can also help tip the odds. San Diego real estate agent Cheree Bray recalls one deal in which her clients beat out an all-cash offer after noting in their letter that the spacious backyard would be an ideal romping area for their two young boys, and included a family photo. The seller was choosing between an investor who wanted to tear down the home and build a new house, and my couple, who wanted to live in it just like she had, says Bray.

Just don't go too far, like the pregnant woman who offered her first-born child as a namesake.

Love letters arent solely for bidding wars. A few years ago, Seattle real estate agent Ryan Halset was helping a woman sell the home in which she had raised her family. The list price was $375,000. A single bid arrived from a young couple offering $350,000; it included a letter saying how much they hoped to be able to raise their family in the home.

The seller insisted on accepting the offer, despite Halsets advice that she at least counter. She wanted to give the family a leg up, says Halset. For some sellers its about being able to drive by every few months and feel good about whos in your home that gave you so many memories.

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Published: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 8:42 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 8:42 a.m.

A coastal restoration project aimed at an area of south Lafourche outside the levees is seeking federal support.

The East Leeville Marsh Restoration and Nourishment Project is one of several local projects vying for federal money this year through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act, known as CWPPRA,

It would be the first restoration project aimed at the tiny fishing and oilfield hub in the wetland.

Todays Leeville is different from 100 years ago when the town bustled with trade in the shade of old oak trees. The hardwood, sprawling orchards and most of its population have been replaced by water and marsh.

Its the last standing in a series of lesser known population centers created as early Lafourche residents slowly retreated inland starting with the Hurricane of 1893, according to Paul Chiquet, branch administrator for the Lafourche Parish Public Library System. Chiquet curates a museum at the Galliano Library documenting the areas history.

The shrinking sliver of land that is todays Leeville sits about 10 miles south of the parishs ring levees. Flooding has become more frequent through the years, and today its home to a few dozen permanent residents.

Natural forces and industrial canals hastened the erosion of surrounding marshes. Water is always encroaching, submerging the towns cemeteries, and a few days of stiff wind can push water to the road in places, said Don Griffin, owner of Griffins Marina in Leeville.

Janet Rhodus, of the non-profit Launch Leeville organization nominated the restoration project during this years competition for CWPPRA money.

Generally, CWPPRAs task force allocates between $30 million and $50 million for construction of coastal restoration projects each year.

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The former Hungry Bunny building got a face lift last week and is on track to be home to a new downtown business this spring.

Metal panels and the faade were removed Feb. 26 from the building at 254 High St. The windows and fixtures have been sent to Cleveland for restoration. Saras House, a home dcor and design services business, will move into the High Street building April 1, with a grand opening planned May 1.

Sara Vallandingham, owner/curator of Saras House, said she started exploring options for moving from her current Bridgewater Falls location last summer, and the renovations happening in downtown Hamilton caught her eye.

Hamilton has so much momentum, she said.

Vallandingham said the new building will be more conducive to the stores products, which include re-purposed furniture, recovered trinkets, and bath and body products by local businesses Lah V Dah and Grace Green. Nine Lives, a line of custom, recycled lights and furniture by Vallandinghams husband, Dave, will also have more room to shine in the new space.

Saras House, which turned two years old in February, worked with CORE Fund architect Mike Dingeldein when the Hungry Bunny building became available last November. The building size and store were an ideal match, Dingeldein said.

We needed to find a small-scale store to get in there, Dingeldein said.

The CORE Fund is a nonprofit formed in 2012 to provide nontraditional loans for residential and commercial development projects in Hamilton. The fund provides lower-interest capital with lengthier payback terms than traditional business loans to applicants that qualify.

The CORE Fund spent $150,000 for the Hungry Bunny building, according to Dingeldein. While the Hungry Bunny has had some tenants on its first floor, Dingeldein said the three-story mixed use building has been empty for the past five years.

Any time Hamilton can land a quality tenant like Saras House, which will support and complement Sherry Armsteads retail mix at Art Off Symmes, it is a plus, said City Manager Joshua Smith.

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