Monthly Archive for July, 2008

wouldn’t this be nice!

r.jpeg This article in Reuters were it to come true would bring 700,000 jobs into the economy. Eisenhower got this, I wish politicians today would understand how infrastructure spending boosts the economy. The current fuel tax of 18.4 cents has not been raised since 1993 - you can only imagine how much less highway work that buys the Federal government in the last 15 years. Of course with fuel prices as high was they are today there is no courage in Washington to raise fuel taxes, though at some point there will HAVE to be a way to get more monies into the Highway Trust Fund.

disturbing article

This article in the Denver Business Journal highlighted the truth that Lehman-Roberts Co. is living these days. The rising price of asphalt and shortage in supply are driving the cost of doing business into the stratosphere. The economics will most surely settle out in the not too distant future, but in the short run the pain felt by the asphalt paving industry is becoming more acute by the day.

mraz and popper - forgot how much i love this video!

pnelson quote in WSJ…

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It is not everyday that “this guy” gets quoted in the Wall Street Journal so this link had to go on the blog.

2pc.org gets five stars…

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Churchbeauty.com gave a five star rating to 2pc.org. Way to go Robb.

2pc in the daily news

Second Pres. Files Permit For Expansion

Second Presbyterian Church has filed a $15.8 million permit application with the city-county Department of Construction Code Enforcement for a 73,000-square-foot expansion to the church and Presbyterian Day School, which operates on Second’s campus at 4052 Central Ave.

The two-year project will bring 42,000 square feet of additional space for the school, 23,000 square feet of additional space for the church and 8,000 square feet of additional shared space, said Harold Ware, executive administrator for the church.

“The school’s going to have a new signature entrance and it’s going to have more visibility off Poplar, so a lot of this is for the school,” Ware said. “The church is kind of tagging along, doing some things we’d like to do while the construction is going on.”

Plans call for a new early childhood center for PDS and the renovation of existing school buildings. The expansion will bring a new gymnasium, “lifestyles” room, music room and dining hall to the school, and PDS’ library will be renovated.

The project wasn’t designed to accommodate more students at the school, whose enrollment is about 620. Instead, Ware said, the goal is to update its aging infrastructure.

“We started PDS in 1952,” Ware said. “It really hadn’t had a major renovation since these buildings were built. This is the first time we’ve had an extensive renovation of the school.”

Also included in the construction is a recreation field on the west end of the campus and a few new parking spaces. Ware said traffic flow through the campus also will be improved.

Site work has begun on the project, with completion slated for fall of 2010. The Crump Firm Inc. is architect for the project, and Grinder, Taber & Grinder Inc. is the contractor.

Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports