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COLDWATER Road construction season will begin Monday in Coldwater when the Michigan Department of Transportation starts work on U.S. 12 from the city limits east to Western Avenue.

The work on the $2.4 million project will take all summer.

"Traffic will be restricted to a single lane in each direction," said City manager Keith Baker. This is the project that will now bring access across the river on the north side of the bridge and some other aesthetic improvements to the bridge in the immediate area.

Since it is not part of the highway, the manager said the city pays for the additional improvements.

The city will pay to repave Willow Lane into Pilot Knob and the north Oakgrove Cemetery entrance drive. The road on old U.S. 12 by The Willows bar and restaurant will also get new asphalt.

The city will use half of its $1.2 million American Rescue Plan Act grant to fund the citys portion of the U.S. 12 /Coldwater River bridge work.

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The council awarded two bids for summer road construction. Baker said both bids were around $100,000 lower than estimates.

Thompson Construction Co., LLC of Coldwater was low bid at $532,550 for street milling and repaving from local road funds.

Prior experience with Thompson Construction have been mixed. But there is a difference of $99,554 between the low bid and the next lowest of the four bids, Baker said.

The manager said prior issues were resolved and as part of its standard process, To ensure a quality outcome, the city will be employing a full-time construction inspector through Fishbeck Engineering and utilizing asphalt, concrete and aggregate material testing through SME.

The following streets are slated for work:

One section of repaving, the cut-off on West Pearl Street between US-12 to Jay Street, surprised the council. The council approved closing off Pearl from U.S. 12 and routing traffic to Pearl from Jay Street. The change would slow traffic through the residential area.

We were looking at a grant to maybe realign it and to eliminate this section of street. We werent successful in that grant," Baker said.

The manager said the engineering costs are substantial along with the construction.

The short stretch is one of the worst stretches of street in Coldwater.

"Were addressing immediate concerns," in repaving the cut-off, he said. The elimination project could come in the future.

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Reith-Riley of Goshen, Indiana, received the contract for $521,863 to reconstruct Butters Avenue from U.S. 12 south to Race Street.

As the primary entrance to the citys South Industrial Park, a detour is planned utilizing Jay Street to Race Street to redirect traffic around the work zone," Baker said.

For Butters Avenue, the city allocated the remainder of its $1.2 million American Rescue Plan Act grant.

City finance director Tom Eldridge told the council that because of the low bids and interest income, some funds will remain in the ARPA account.

The manager pointed out that the annual sidewalk repair program for the summer is underway. Crews are repairing and replacing sections of sidewalks along U.S. 12, Chicago Street.

---Contact Don Reid: dReid@Gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter: @DReidTDR

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After Berkeley, California, became the nations first city to ban natural gas hookups in new buildings in 2019, dozens of local governments followed suit, including New York City in 2021. At the state level, Washington state and California have encouraged new building electrification through building codes,but New York would be the first to do so with a law.

By mid-century, New York aims to reduce planet-warming emissions by 85% compared with 1990 levels. Hochul first voiced support for a gas ban in new construction over a year ago, in January of 2022, but the idea was repeatedly blocked by the Democratic speaker of the state Assembly, Carl Heastie, despite finding support in the state Senate, according to Energywire.

Building all-electric will save New Yorkers moneyon energy bills, reduce climate-heating pollution, create jobs in clean energy, and reduce childhood asthma, a win-win for New Yorkers, said Earthjustice, Food & Water Watch, New York Communities for Change and the New York Public Interest Research Group in a statement on Friday.

Gas bans have faced pushback nationwide, with the gas industry dedicating millions of dollars to fight local building electrification rules.

Last week, Berkeleys landmark ordinance prohibiting gas hookups in new construction was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, following a lawsuit by the California Restaurant Association arguing the city overstepped federal energy regulations.

That decision was used by New York state Senate Republicans in their arguments against Democratssupport for the new building electrification law, reports The Washington Post. However, the decision only applies in the Ninth Circuit,which comprises Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam and the Northern Mariana Island.

In Washington state, opponents of the new building codes are also seeking to overturn them through the legal system, filing a lawsuit in February that argues the Washington State Building Code Council overstepped its authority and didnt account for the costs to homeowners, workers, businesses and developers.

The New York law may face similar opposition. Local governments that pass gas bans should prepare for litigation because the natural gas industry is fighting for its life, said Carra Sahler, staff attorney at Lewis & Clark Law Schools Green Energy Institute,in an interview earlier this week.

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Bryan city council members learned during their April 19 workshop of changes at Lake Bryan, which is owned by BTU.

BTU general manager Gary Miller said visitors to the lakes restaurant no longer have to pay an admission fee. That is after a second gate was installed.

There is also a new dock ramp.

Later this year, construction is scheduled to start on a new maintenance building.

And Miller says next years goals is to do a master plan at Lake Bryan.

Millers report to the council was followed by a BTU board of directors meeting. A customer operations report during that meeting showed attendance numbers at Lake Bryan during the first six months of the fiscal year. Between October 2022 and March 2023, the number of visitors was down by more than 2,200. Attendance during march was down almost 1,000 compared with the same month last year.

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A new hotel called The Junto is preparing to open in Franklinton, marking a key moment in the $250 million development called The Peninsula.

With 198 rooms, a coffee shop, a bar, two restaurants, a walkup food window and multiple event and meeting spaces, The Junto is designed to be the beating heart of the Peninsula's first phase.

Which helps explain the hotel's unusual name. No, it does not refer to a military takeover of Franklinton (that would be "junta"). Instead, Junto, pronounced "joon-tow," refers to a club founded by Ben Franklin in 1727 to gather people to improve society.

To encourage them on that mission today, all guests will find in their rooms the book "No Idea is Final," a 400-page collection of quotes from the online interview magazine "The Talks."

The Junto offers a variety of spaces to try out the quotes including:

The Junto also has empty space designed for a second restaurant to lease. With the exception of that space and Little West Tavern, all dining and drinking spots are expected to be ready when The Junto opens in time for Memorial Day.

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In addition, The Junto includes nearly 14,000 square feet of meeting and event space, including a ballroom with a dedicated kitchen that can seat 180 for dinner.

Other hotel amenities include a gym, patio, working spaces and the "Gear Garage," where hotel guests can borrow toys for the day including bicycles, kayaks, paddleboards, instant cameras, backpacks and GoPro video cameras.

Rooms come in 13 variations, including standard king rooms starting at $279 a night, multiple suite variations (including one layout with bunk beds) and a 1,200-square-foot one-bedroom apartment that rents for up to $2,000 a night. Many rooms come with a window seat large enough to double as a child's bed.

The Junto is an independent hotel developed by Columbus-based Rockbridge, under the company's Makeready division. This is Makeready's first Columbus hotel, following hotels in Savannah, Charleston, Nashville, Denver and Dallas. The company is planning a second hotel in the Merchant Building underway next to the North Market.

The Junto hopes to capitalize on a rebound in the hospitality industry, which was crushed during the early stages of the COVID pandemic, said Jason Delcamp, a former manager of Makeready's Denver hotel who moved to Columbus to become general manager of The Junto.

"Traditional business travel is still slow to come back," he said. "But group business has come back for sure, and leisure travel is strong. This is built for a leisure-style travel, so that's great for us."

The Junto will be one of six buildings to open in the first phase of The Peninsula, a 26-acre development next to COSI on the west side of the Scioto River. Ultimately, the project could include up to 2 million square feet of offices, 1,800 residences, 200,000 square feet of retail space and 400 hotel rooms.

So far, in addition to The Junto, the Peninsula includes:

Even though tenants have started moving into the offices and apartments, The Peninsula still has the feel of a construction site. Those involved in the project say they hope The Junto, and a summer of events planned at Dorrian Green park across the street from The Peninsula, will kick the development into gear.

"When The Junto opens, that's the heart of phase one and it will feel that way to the rest of the community," said Amy Taylor, president of the Downtown Development Corporation, which assembled the land for The Peninsula. "You come to the apartments if you live there, and you come to the offices to work. But The Junto is where youll come if youre just in the community."

Taylor is hopeful that the opening of The Junto and the apartment complex will also help developers lure tenants to the empty retail and restaurant spots remaining in the ground floor of the hotel, apartment and office buildings.

"We're working to find tenants for those spaces," she said.

Plans were announced for a 30-story office and residential tower on the corner of W. Broad and Belle streets in a $211 million second phase. Originally expected to start in 2022, the tower is now on hold, in the hopes of receiving a $21 million state tax credit.

"We're still in discussions with the developers and hope to have an announcement soon," Taylor said.

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Healthy and delicious food is an integral part of not only a high-quality life but also a productive working day. As it develops a range of additional services, the Verde office complex has signed an agreement on long-term cooperation with Lauris Aleksejevs, a well-known chef in Latvia. As a result, EUR 600,000 will be invested to open a day restaurant of new concept, Dia 36.line, at the office complex soon.

The new Dia 36.line day restaurant, which will be operating as a cafe and snack bar, will be 537 m2 large and located on the ground floor of the Verde A building. Its design is created by Veronika Novika, adjusting it to the overall architectural style of Verde light premises combined with furniture in natural earthy colors, and of course, very many indoor plants, creating a special urban jungle atmosphere.

Iveta Lce, Verde Commercial Director: An A class office is unthinkable without an excellent caterer, and this is exactly what Dia 36.line restaurant will be. We are hopeful that it will be popular not just with our tenants, but also with residents of the Skanste neighborhood and Rigas quiet center.

Dia 36.line is scheduled to open already this summer. The restaurants daily menu will be dominated by seasonal products, including fish, meat, fruit, berries, and vegetables, with special attention paid to making nutritious meals for vegetarians and vegans.

Lauris Aleksejevs, owner and Chef of the 36. lnija restaurant: The decision to open the new Dia 36.line restaurant at Verde, the most advanced office complex to date, has been carefully weighed over a longer period of time. We have been working hard to develop its concept by combining all cutting-edge elements sustainable nutrition trends, tasty recipes, high quality service and modern design. We are looking forward to the restaurants opening as we are ready to not only cater to a couple thousand Verde employees every working day but to also serve food and drinks on the spacious 5th-floor terrace which offers a charming view on the quiet center.

As previously reported, Verde is the first project implemented by Capitalica Asset Management in Latvia, which invested more than EUR 65 million in the development of the project. The manager of the construction process is Notus Developers, a subsidiary of SBA Group, the general builder is construction company Velve, and the exclusive rent and management partner is the leading Latvian real estate agency Colliers. To date, such companies as Swisscom, Decta, KPMG in Latvia, Swetch, Merito Group, Workland, Enefit, VIA SMS Group, Tietoevry and Dia 36.line have become tenants of the office complex.

About Verde

Verde (www.Verde.lv) will be the greenest A-class office complex at the Skanstes area in Riga (R.Hira Street 1a), the place opposite the Latvian Fire Fighting Museum, and the only A-class office complex the first stage of which will be commissioned in June 2022. The Verde office complex comprises two office buildings with a total leasable area of 30 000 m2 (45 000 m2 together with underground parking area). Verde has been developed in line with BREEAM Excellent and the nZEB (nearly Zero Energy Building) standards. The special feature of Verde will be incomparable greenery on 600 m2 large terraces with trees and plants on each of the buildings and green outdoor workspaces in the yard. In the competition "Sustainability in Architecture, Construction and Design 2020", Verde was ranked among the most sustainable projects, and at the BREL Forum 2022, Verde was voted Project of the Year both by the jury and people. Verde embodies its green thinking in a sustainable and contemporary architectural solution designed by Latvian architects Andris Kronbergs and Janis Zvejnieks (ARHIS Architects), applying Class A energy efficiency and smart building management solutions.

About Capitalica Asset Management and SBA Group

Capitalica Asset Management (www.capitalica.lt) is an investment management company licensed and supervised by the Central bank of Lithuania and is managing investment funds investing in commercial real estate in the Baltic States. Capitalica Baltic Real Estate Fund I, managed by Capitalica Asset Management, owns office complex Verde in Riga, the business center 135 in Vilnius, the business center Kauno Dokas in Kaunas, and the shopping center Luiz in Klaipda. Capitalica Z114 Real Estate Fund currently manages an office a warehouse complex and plans to develop a new A class business center on algiris Street in Vilnius. Capitalica Green Logistics Fund owns 4 logistics complexes two in Tallinn, and two in Riga. The controlling stake (70%) of Capitalica Asset Management is held by SBA Group, one of the largest Lithuanian business groups, and another 30% is owned by A. Bartys' (CEO of Capitalica Asset Management) company Fox Holdings.

SBA is one of the largest Lithuanian capital multi-business groups, operating in real estate, investment management, as well as furniture and textile manufacturing. The group employs around 5,000 people in the Baltics. Consolidated sales in 2021 amounted to EUR 404.6 million. SBA Group develops a high-tech village on Lielirbes Street in Riga, as well as a residential quarter on akstes Street.

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More pizza options are coming to Monument, with word that a brand new Pizza Hut location is currently under construction at 15932 Jackson Creek Pkwy, Suite F. The space is in a shopping plaza with other popular retailers like Supercuts, RE/MAX, and Rodolfos Mexican Grill.

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This is the citys first location of the chain, and is being opened by Grand Mere Restaurant Group, a Pizza Hut franchisee with more than 130 stores in nine states. Grand Mere Restaurant Group. MonicaSmith, vice president of real estate for the group, told What Now Denver that the spot should be expected to open in June.

Construction on the space started about three months ago, and the Pizza Hut sign went up in March. It is a traditional Pizza Hut Delco model, which is a carryout and delivery concept only. There will be no dine-in seating available at the Monument store.

The chain has been focusing heavily on its Delco stores and shying away from a sit-down dining space in recent years. Its the largest pizza company on the planet, with more than 19,000 locations worldwide.

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On Your Lot Homes is revolutionizing custom home building by giving home buyers more autonomy throughout the process.

COLUMBIA, Md., April 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Homebuyers looking to build their dream home will soon have the services of a Maryland custom home-building dream team at their disposal when On Your Lot (OYL) Homes launches in April.

Our mission is to empower homeowners to build their ideal home, tailored to their tastes, budget, and timeline with the support of leading industry experts across a range of disciplines who are passionate about creating homes that are as beautiful, efficient, and enriched with purposeful innovation as the people who inhabit them.

Following Money Magazine's declaration that Columbia is the best place to live in Maryland, more people are pursuing custom home-building options in Maryland; however, the problem is that most custom home builders continue to take the same old-school approach of doing things their way. But not anymore.

On Your Lot Homes offers asingle-source home-building solution that helps clients transform their dreams into reality. The companyis taking a new approach to the home-building process by offering homeowners more power to make decisions. Far from the average custom homebuilders, OYL Homes offers leading-edge processes and best practice standards to every build. The team guides customers through the entire home building process, from inspecting the lot to the final walkthrough. Throughout the process, they keep customers informed and ensure that the project is completed within the time frame. What's more, is that every build is backed by a comprehensive warranty through a national insurer.

Led by Gregory Phillips, the OYL Homes team boasts a combined expertise of nearly 100 years in land development, home building, and construction management. Together they harness their skills as well as those of the designers and contractors to streamline the process and ensure a quality custom home that buyers are proud of.

To get the ball rolling, OYL Homes can provide information on the best loan programs and rates and can also recommend qualified lenders. They also offer a list of hand-selected lots for new home construction on their website. Once they have secured a lot, customers can follow through with the custom home building process, including selecting a floor plan, interior selections, and finalizing the price.

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Phillips is excited about the company's launch in April. He said: "We are revolutionizing the homebuilding process from the ground up. We want to empower the custom home buyer by giving them more autonomy in the building process with the specialist support of our experts."

On Your Lot Homes is located at 9520 Berger Road, Suite 212 Columbia, MD 21046. For further information about On Your Lot Homes, visit http://www.oylhomes.com:

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As the newly-named COO of Yankee Barn Homes, Kerri Post will oversee the day-to-day operations. Post says that attending WUHS had a massive impact on her career trajectory. Post is pictured at center with her team.

Woodstock Union High School graduate Kerri Post is making a name for herself in the world of construction and home design, as the newly appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of custom home-builder Yankee Barn Home (YBH). Post is the first female C-Suite executive in the companys 54-year history.

Post grew up in Bridgewater after her parents moved to the area in the hopes of providing a better education for their children. From a really young age, I was really interested in home design, said Post. As a kid, I would sketch houses and floor plans and stuff. No idea why. But it just was something that I always enjoyed doing. And then in high school, at Woodstock Union, they had drafting as a course when I was there. And I took that, and I really, really got into it.

When it came time to pursue higher education, Post says that her family wasnt in a position to send her to college. My choices were pretty limited. Thankfully, with the assistance of VSAC (Vermont Student Assistance), I had a counselor that I worked with, who encouraged me to apply for a bunch of scholarships, said Post. I ended up getting a full scholarship at Vermont Tech and I went for architectural engineering. It was truly a blessing that I was able to get that.

Post says that she never expected to achieve more than a job as a drafter. I didnt see women in any other positions. Then on a whim, I saw an ad for a home designer, and that was for Real Log Homes in Hartland. Post worked at Real Log Homes for 15 years, climbing the ranks from designer to manager. Eventually she decided to stretch her wings even further through directorial positions in various home-building companies. Then in 2013, she was approached by YBH CEO and Owner, Paul Marinelli, to join the team as head of sales and marketing. I just came in and filled in the gaps, she says.

Yankee Barn Home currently boasts about 25 employees, but Post says that when she started in 2013, that number was even smaller. When she started at the position, YBH was mainly building what she describes as semi-custom homes in New England. Now, Post says they have reached beyond New England, making a name for themselves in the New York Hamptons, and have built a number of houses across the country, including Virginia, Oregon, Washington and Michigan. Thanks in large part to Post, they have also transitioned from semi-custom to fully custom. We really have shifted in the last nine years to basically not saying no to anything, she explained. We will build you any home that you want.

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Dan and Jenny Catones new home sits on a cliff its primary color, a dark gray, is highlighted with pops of red and theres a small tower on the top.

The house was designed by Jenny Catone who drafted the plans herself. She consulted with an architect and has been working closely with Tyler Hessenthaler of Powell-based TH Custom Builders. Dan credits a lot of the tiny details and artistic parts of the house to Jenny. The home has acid stained concrete floors, unique tile work thats been laid by Jenny and a stucco wall with a pizza oven andfireplace adorned with hand painted tiles that she had commissioned by Dan Dalton as well as other unique flourishes.

Some of the window and door frames are built with salvaged wood from old ranch structures that exist on Catones land.

Its part of the history of this area incorporated into the construction of the house itself, Dan said.

The couple paid their children to gather wood from down the hill. Dan added that some of the wood was 2 inches thick, 12 inches wide and 16 feet long. Now the pieces of wood sit prominently in the house, some of the selected chunks used as shelving are still home to lichen that lived on the wood long before it entered a new life in the home of the Catones.

The rest of the house

The rest of Catones house is equally well built and designed. The rooms and halls are spacious, a captains ladder leads to a small tower where the family can look out over the prairie and towards the McCullough Peaks. The childrens rooms have large windows and upstairs balconies where they can also enjoy the view. At the ground level Jenny designed the house to be zero entry to accommodate Dans father who uses a wheelchair. Theres a guest room with walls that emulate the warm look of tanned leather and a zero entry shower.

Moving downstairs, corrugated steel leads you into Dans man cave. Dan has a passion for cold war history and the stairs are meant to be a nod to that. When you get into the basement there is a wine cellar and in the bathroom there are hieroglyphics and pictures of Ra, the Egyptian sun god. Egyptology is another passion of Dans. He said that every year he picks a new topic to learn and several years ago he landed on Egyptology and has since fallen in love with the topic he has even traveled to Egypt.

Tyler is professional, competent and thoughtful

The Catones could not be happier with Hessenthaler, who they described as professional, competent and thoughtful. They were introduced to Hessenthaler when he stabilized their first home on the same property, which was only partially completed by a separate contractor. While assessing their first home they met contractor Greg Anderson who told them that sadly the house was not salvageable. Anderson was unable to take the project but highly recommended Hessenthaler.

Jenny designed a new home from scratch with a different floor plan but theyre still using pieces from the old house like doors, cabinets and windows. They just gave their garage roof away to a friend.

Were trying to do a slow motion demo, Jenny joked.

Dan and Jenny both appreciate Hessenthalers work as theyre racing against the clock to get into the new home.

Its just important with everybody to do a good job but with Dan and Jenny I think its important to make sure theyre happy with everything and in the know with everything, Hessenthaler said.

He added that the Catone house has been a way fun project that isnt an ordinary house,its important to take pride in what you are doing.

At the end of the day give them something to be happy with, Hessenthaler said.

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Alair Homes announced a five-year environmental stewardship commitment with the Watauga Riverkeeper Thursday.To celebrate the launch, teams from both organizationsworked together, planting native trees and live stakes in the wetlands on TheMiddle Fork Greenway. The Greenway, a multi-use recreational trail, is being developed to connect Blowing Rock to Boone.

We have a unique opportunity to use our collective voices to influence others to create a cleaner, more sustainable environment, said Whitney Brown of Alair Homes Carolinas. This positive environmental impact, while seemingly small in scale, would be the first step to fostering better habits and, in turn, influencing others to live better. Change starts with us, as individuals, working together with local partners like the Watauga Riverkeeper.

Brown shared that sediment pollution is one of the top reasons for poor water quality in North Carolina and construction sites are currently the number producer of sediment pollution throughout the southeast. Alair Homes is working hard over the next five years to change that statistic and to help educate others on how they can better protect our waterways, she added.

Live staking, using woody plants, is a method of repairing stream banks using native tree cuttings to revegetate the riparian buffer. The riparian buffer consists of trees, shrubs, and grasses alongside stream banks. The trees we planted today will be three feet tall in no time, saidHigh Country Regional Director and Watauga Riverkeeper Andy Hill. It is asupercharged really effective way to plant trees. This is a really great option when building a custom home. Often, during construction, many trees are removed. This is one way the homeowner can put a little local flair into a project while helping the environment, he added.

As builders, we take out a lot of trees, Brown said. I dont know that many of us stop and think about maybe we should actually plant back some of the destruction that takes place in the construction industry, she said. Its really important for us to know that so much of the pollution in the waterways comes from construction that we try to educate ourselves but we also take the time to actually correct part of the problem.

The Watauga Riverkeeper is a program ofMountainTrues High Country Officeand a proud member of theWaterkeeper Alliance. Alair Homes High Country is a Custom home builder located at 109 Aho Rd #3, Blowing Rock, and is owned by Jeff Smith.

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