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Leaders as Innovation Architects
Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg, author of Innovation as Usual (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013) [http://amzn.to/XhgqiX], talks about how leaders should act as...
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Union Storage complex in Fargo
The Union Storage Building, seen Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at 1026 NP Ave., Fargo, N.D., may undergo a $9 million renovation. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
FARGO The Fargo Renaissance Zone Authority gave its blessing Thursday to a $9 million project that aims to transform the vacant Union Storage and Transfer complex on NP Avenue into upscale apartments, and commercial and retail space.
The application for Renaissance Zone property tax breaks will now go to the City Commission, along with a request from the developers, NP Avenue LLC, for other property tax breaks tied to payments in lieu of taxes, or PILOT incentives.
Developers are also pursuing state and federal income tax credits based on the historical significance of the complex, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Jessica Barner Alsop, who is developing the property with business partner John Williams, told Renaissance Zone Authority members the target market for apartments will be individuals and couples who want to live downtown.
The plan involves two buildings.
The Union Storage site, called the west building, has a basement, three upper floors and about 34,000 square feet of space.
The east building, the former Armour Creamery, has a basement, four upper floors and about 45,000 square feet of space.
Alsop said the west building will be retrofitted to accommodate retail and commercial space, while the east building could house 40 or more apartments and 22 underground parking spaces.
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STILLWATER, Okla. Seth Welliver and William Carroll may be almost a decade apart in age, but they both chose the career technology path to further their education.
Meridian Technology Center works to prepare high school students and adults for either college or the work force.
Welliver is a 27-year-old commercial and residential construction student from Perkins. He is one of about 700 full time students who is benefiting from the education provided at Meridian Tech. Welliver began at Northern Oklahoma College in Stillwater with an interest in architectural engineering but wound up at Meridian Tech when he didnt receive his military benefits on time.
Looking at what I know now and just kind of knowing my skill set better I know I would have probably failed horribly at the engineering, Welliver siad.
Instead, Meridian Tech has provided Welliver with the tools and learning style he needed to find the right fit as a carpenter.
Construction management is actually the degree I'm looking at, and that follows more of the lines of the skill set I already have, Welliver said.
Welliver prefers the hands-on approach he receives at Meridian Tech. He describes his experience as having artistic freedom in the classroom. In his program, Welliver also learns by working on site at a house that Meridian Tech students from multiple programs are collaborating to build.
We get to spend a lot more time perfecting our skills in here, Welliver said. From what I've seen, colleges are more about theoretical knowledge. Theoretical application as opposed to technical application is completely different.
Welliver has had other hands-on experiences in the classroom. He and several other students built and installed all of the shelving for the tool room inside the construction classroom.
The instructor actually sat in here and told us how to level and how to put them in, Welliver said. Its different being able to take pride knowing that I made this, and its going to be here for years to come. You get to see your work. You get to say, I did this.
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By Jennifer Erickson on February 14th, 2014
Even as Laguna Beachs shoreline evokes images of hidden coves rather than buried treasures, a forgotten landmark was recently unearthed during restoration of an Ocean Avenue building, originally home to the now defunct Laguna Federal Savings and Loan Association.
Construction superintendent Don Crowl, of Irvine-based Miller Contracting, describes renovation plans underway for a historic Ocean Avenue building.
The project team knew of a wall-size fountain turned off long ago when a courtyard receded from public view behind a building addition. But no one suspected the existence of a four-foot tiled pool at the fountains base, said construction superintendent Don Crowl of Irvine-based Miller Contracting, who is overseeing rehabilitation of 222 Ocean Ave. His workers unearthed the pool when they removed the concrete slab that had been poured over it.
It sort of becomes an archeological site, said project architect and local Todd Skenderian. Thats what makes it fun.
Heeding instructions from project historian Jan Ostashay to move slowly in case just such relics were uncovered, the architect and contractor must now salvage the pool and integrate it into the building, which will house a New York style pizza restaurant
Most recently home to Sirous & Sons Rug Gallery, and Big Dog Sportswear before that, the structure won its place on the citys Historic Register because of the historical significance of its first occupant, representing the citys early banking industry, as well as its original architecture, said principal planner Moncia Tuchscher.
The defunct tower obscured by trees and additions at 222 Ocean Avenue.
Designed by Aubrey St. Clair, who also designed City Hall, the Laguna County Water District building and others in town, the Spanish Colonial Revival edifice was constructed for the bank in 1945. St. Clair also designed an addition in 1952. Another 1,149 square-foot expansion in 1956 fully enclosed the banks outdoor patio and decorative fountain. And three more remodels of the facade and storefront occurred over three decades, says Ostashays historical assessment.
Despite the disfiguring alterations, the Heritage Committee designated the building an E-rated (exceptional) structure in 2012 in anticipation of the promised historic restoration by the new owners, who sought its inclusion in the citys historic register. That designation led to the projects approval last April and a 75 percent reduction in normally required parking spaces.
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With Friday being a day dedicated toward love, some are using the holiday to celebrate a valentine of a different kind....Dr. Valentine McGillycuddy, one of Rapid City's first mayors.
The restoration of the McGillycuddy home located on South Street has been an ongoing project and piece of cake bakery is using a Valentines Day special to help raise funds for the project to continue.
The bakery is selling specially decorated petits fours, truffles and cookies with a McGillycuddy themed card.
A portion of the proceeds will go to Historic Rapid City, who have been leading the restoration efforts of the iconic home.
Piece Of Cake Bakery owner Karen Swisher says she chose to a very special recipe for this special occasion,
"We chose the petit fours because it was maybe tied into the times when people would have tea. It's a dessert that you don't see very often so we just thought it would be a fun pairing for the McGillycuddy house."
McGillycuddy also served the Dean of the School of Mines, as well as the states first surgeon general.
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A contract has been awarded to build a new bridge over Kentucky Lake.
Governor Steve Beshear announced on Tuesday that the $131.5 million project, awarded by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, went to Johnson Brothers Corp., of Fort Worth, Texas.
Officials say the contract will result in a modern, four-lane bridge to carry U.S. 68/KY 80 over Kentucky Lake and serve as the western entrance to Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area.
"Replacement of the bridges over Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley has been a priority of my administration because of their importance to the tourism industry of western Kentucky," Gov. Beshear said. "Land Between The Lakes, and indeed our entire Western Waterland' region, is not only a cultural and recreational treasure. It also is an economic engine."
We're told the new bridge will replace the venerable Eggners Ferry Bridge, which was built in 1932 and long ago ceased to meet modern design standards for the amount of traffic it must accommodate.
The Eggners Ferry, joining Marshall and Trigg counties, has two lanes, each 10 feet wide, with no shoulders. The new bridge will have four travel lanes, each 11 feet wide, plus 4-foot shoulders and a 10-foot-wide pedestrian/bicycle path.
The larger Lake Bridges Project also includes replacement of the Henry Lawrence Memorial Bridge on Lake Barkley a near twin of the Eggners Ferry. The KYTC is aiming to award a contract for the second bridge by December 2014.
In the Kentucky Lake region, approximately two miles of U.S. 68/KY 80 will be widened from two lanes to four lanes from Aurora, in Marshall County on the western shore, to just east of Kentucky Lake, where the project will connect to the four-lane roadway in the Land Between The Lakes. In the Lake Barkley area, the project will widen approximately 1.5 miles of U.S. 68/KY 80 from two lanes to four lanes from just west of Lake Barkley to just east of the lake.
Like the Eggners Ferry, the Lawrence Memorial Bridge, also built in 1932, no longer meets traffic demands in the region. Plans for the new bridge over Lake Barkley call for a design similar to that of the new Kentucky Lake bridge four traffic lanes instead of two, with shoulders and a bicycle/pedestrian lane.
Extra car parking at Wickham and Bishop's Waltham
4:00pm Thursday 13th February 2014 in News By Lauren Howard, Reporter
PARKING problems look set to be eased after civic chiefs agreed to extend spaces across the Winchester district.
Cabinet members approved to develop more parking within the city centre, Wickham and Bishops Waltham as part of a proposed major repair programme.
The proposal could see up to 600,000 spent developing car parks over the next two years. Councillors voted to have an additional 40 spaces in Wickham. Reports conducted over the last 12 months indicated the village car park was at capacity most days. The proposal should see the extension of the existing car park at Wickham station.
Cllr Thrse Evans said: Parking is very difficult in Wickham. Extra parking spaces will relieve pressure on the Square.
A further 70 spaces were agreed for Bishops Waltham, of which the most viable site identified was Jubilee Hall. The new Wellbeing Centre currently being developed by the parish council will incorporate the new spaces.
Cllr Steve Miller said: Thank you on behalf of Bishops Waltham. Its very welcoming to get adequate car parking.
The programme, as approved by cabinet in February last year, has seen works undertaken at Chesil Street multi story car park including the partial replacement of the drainage system, replacement of some damaged internal fire doors and extensive painting at the site.
Some 51,000 has been set aside for new LED lighting on the eight floors at Chesil, saving future energy costs.
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