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City talks codes, plans

A vision for a revamped downtown Denton with tree-lined streets, wider sidewalks, bicycle lanes and new retail and housing development was laid out at a public meeting Thursday night. Consultants for the city spent about two-and-a-half hours presenting draft recommendations for new downtown codes and gathering feedback on the plans at the Denton Civic Center. The meeting was the latest step in the city’s ongoing push to implement a 2002 downtown master plan this year.

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Unemployment rates increase in city, county

Denton’s unemployment rate increased to 6.9 percent in January but remained lower than county, state and national figures, according to information released Thursday by the Texas Workforce Commission.