Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Mayor Considers Hiring Consultant for Business Study.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 27, 2002 ;     565 words ......WILKES-BARRE, Pa.-- The Diamond City Partnership has commissioned a market...for half the cost and Diamond City Partnership will look for state and...less than $20,000. The Diamond City Partnership's members and Grossman...

Dallas, Texas, Firm to Partner in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Hotel's Future.

The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  September 16, 2003 ;     404 words ......Lincoln is the same firm that conducted the Diamond City Partnership's downtown market study completed in May. It...us and emboldens this project. One thing the Diamond City Partnership study showed us is that there is infrastructure...

Attitude Hurts Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Downtown Businesses, Consultants Claim.

The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  May 28, 2003 ;     342 words ......is being released today. In September, the Diamond City Partnership, the chamber's downtown marketing organization...retail/entertainment, and the role of the Diamond City Partnership. To see more of The Times Leader, or to subscribe...

More eyes on street are planned for W-B exclusive: Diamond City...

Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA);  April 11, 2006 ;     659 words ......streets. But it's the Diamond City Partnership that could have its own...official and member of the Diamond City Partnership. Other business improvement...in place this year. The Diamond City Partnership is working under what...

Group hopes to reinvent W-B's image: Business Improvement District would...

Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA);  March 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Wednesday night by the Diamond City Partnership. About 40 business owners...official and member of the Diamond City Partnership. The partnership would...Atlantic Group, called the Diamond City Partnership's proposal a bargain...

Urban Planner Sees Bright Future for Downtown Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  September 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ......hired by Wilkes-Barre's Diamond City Partnership to determine how much...Co., another part the Diamond City Partnership's downtown development...pretty much blows us off. Diamond City Partnership might face the same problem...

New Partnership to Focus on Improving Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Downtown Area.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 27, 2001 ;     613 words ......organization was formed -- The Diamond City Partnership -- a conglomeration of the...Corp. Within 60 days, the Diamond City Partnership will come up with some very...formal master plan for the city. -- Study the benefits of...

Shopping center operator Diamond City to become Aeon subsidiary.

Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan);  May 2, 2006 ;     243 words ......retailer Aeon Co. said Tuesday it will make Diamond City Co. a subsidiary May 11 as it has acquired...it obtained a 60.11 percent stake in Diamond City as a result of the 27-day tender offer...Aeon will pay for the 12.5 million Diamond City shares with cash worth some 68.80 billion...

Aeon to launch tender offer for Diamond City.

Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan);  April 3, 2006 ;     220 words ......acquire a stake of 60.11 percent in Diamond City Co., a joint venture with Mitsubishi...business more efficient by converting Diamond City into a subsidiary, the major retailer said. Diamond City, listed on the First Section of the...

?Seeing' W-B's progress for yourself: Maps of completed and in-progress...

Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA);  June 1, 2006 ;     535 words ......Playing off Mayor Tom Leighton's I Believe mantra, the Diamond City Partnership produced a map of the downtown using the Seeing is Believing...there has been activity in Wilkes-Barre, Santarelli said. Diamond City, made up of people from public and private organizations...

Nonprofits: BID could be burden: Although tax-exempt sites wouldn't be...

Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA);  December 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ......any contributions. The Diamond City Partnership, which created the plan...the proposed budget, the Diamond City Partnership low-balled the proposed...Newman, a member of the Diamond City Partnership and the vice president...

New Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Chamber of Commerce Executive Touts Redevelopment.

The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  November 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ......storefronts, empty sidewalks and a city the shell of its former...and social center of the city and region. Newman, who...It's taken years for the city to get into its present...sessions and continues with the Diamond City Partnership, which Newman helped create...sweepers and crews ...

Scattered by the wind: the Lost Settlement of Diamond City.

Weatherwise;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...In the early 1880s, Diamond City was a thriving fishing and whaling...life that swam offshore. By 1902, Diamond City was a ghost town, with only a handful...Today Shackleford Banks and the Diamond City site are part of the Cape Lookout...

Project Officials Complain about Lack of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Trash Pickup.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 20, 2001 ;     378 words ......20--WILKES-BARRE, Pa.--Diamond City Partnership's Clean and Green program...are complaining that the city will not pick up bags of...collected daily from center city -- or empty the trash cans...manager Dave Smith said city crews won't pick up the...remove them. It would cost ...

Focus Groups Optimistic about Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Downtown's Future.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 5, 2002 ;     513 words ......the planning experts hired this year by the Diamond City Partnership to study the downtown's potential and create...and entertainment venues. In September, the Diamond City Partnership hired Lincoln Property Co. and Gibbs Planning...