The City of Ithaca’s Planning and Development Board passed a resolution declaring that the project, with the incorporation of a number of provisions,  will have no adverse impacts on the surrounding area.

Hart Hotels’ proposal to dramatically expand its Holiday Inn hotel near the Commons has received substantial support from the community and is well underway to gaining approval for construction, board members said at a meeting of the Planning and Development Board Tuesday.

A group of students and advocates rallied behind a proposal to construct a GreenStar grocery store at 307 College Ave. Tuesday, decrying arcane and obstructionist city parking requirements that they said were preventing the natural foods market from flourishing in the heart of Collegetown.

The Collegetown Terrace project, which will redevelop the area surrounding South Quarry Street, East State Street, Valentine Place and Six Mile Creek Gorge, will enter a new phase of the approval process, after the City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board approved its Environmental Impact Statement on Tuesday.