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Construction prices are escalating for public works projects these days, just as the cost of living is going up for American families. Food, clothing, fuel and homes are all more expensive than they were three or four years ago and, in some cases, just six months ago, so it's no surprise that the estimated cost of making improvements to Homer Pittard Campus School is higher than a projected $2.5 million. Rutherford County Schools officials reported last week the job could take another $600,000. .
On November 26 would be the opening program at the BSU Strawberry View Park followed by a parade around the valley. Dumba ni Kavajo would entail three laps. The first lap on November 27 would take the route of Stockfarm-Ampasit-Longlong-Communal Forest-Tam-awan-Longlong National Road-Ampasit-Stock farm.The second lap on November 28 will follow the course of Stockfarm- Little Wangal-Big Wangal-Bineng-Kesbeng-Capitol. The third lap on November 29 will be Km. 12 Shilan - Lamut-Ambiong Tiptop-Ambiong Central-Lubas-Balili-Km. 4-Km 6 -Strawberry Fields-Stockfarm. Related events will be spread out during the five-day festival categorized as horse and non-horse events. Horse events include balloon bursting, pony express or bare back race, sack race, barrel racing, flag carrying, duck picking, javelin throw, and pole bending while the non-horse events will be wood chopping, horse shoe shooting, bull whipping, load carrying, tug of war, and arm wrestling.
Will Samvat 2063 be a good time to invest in a home? If you want a property that will definitely rise in value, it has to be premium. At this point, I can make confident predictions about premium housing projects (costing Rs4 crore or more). These are the best investment bets if you are looking at assured price appreciation. Only a limited number of new units will hit the market next year, and there is always demand for such properties, says one Mumbai-based multinational property consultant. For home buyers, the good news is that even though the list prices are not falling, weakening demand is forcing developers to throw in some freebies such as modular kitchens. Price appreciation is likely to take place in and around areas where the Mumbai Metro rail is supposed to pass, says another consultant.
Cascade County will soon clean up the defunct Home Place property at 4300 2ndAve. N., a county official said Wednesday. Deputy County Attorney Greg Bonilla said that the owners of the property have agreed to allow the county to clean it up without spending time serving them with legal documents. .
The school's $31.5 million expansion project is on the verge of completion after 30 months of construction work, which was delayed several months by a lawsuit that followed several years of planning. "There were days when I thought this would never happen," former assistant superintendent Mark Panno reflected during Saturday's dedication. Panno recalled a 1999 conversation with former superintendent William Mattingly after the school received an application for the state construction grant that ultimately would pay for $27 million of the project's cost. The two administrators wondered aloud whether they should submit the application. "We joked, should we do this or should we throw this in the garbage," Panno said. "Thanks for not throwing it in the trash, Bill." Mattingly, who left STHS after the 2004-05 school year to become superintendent of the Oregon, Ill., school district, called the renovated and expanded facility "a magnificent building." He returned to the school Saturday to get a look at the results of the project he helped put into motion.
A mobile home park owner loses his fight to replace two burned out trailers. He says the city of Covington isn't playing fairly.
The trailers at the Covington Mobile Home Park on Patton Street caught fire this summer.
Zoning officials said the homes could not be replaced, because they no longer fit a neighborhood development plan.
That plan says the city should buy land, and replace it with new homes and park space.
Owner Gailen Bridges accuses the city of trying to drive down the value of his land.
"If they do not like the mobile home park, the remedy is to talk to the city commission and have them implement this plan," said Gailen Bridges, mobile home park owner.
City manager Jay Gossett says the two properties encroach on public right of way, and is therefore an illegal use.
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