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SAN ANGELO, Texas - Clifford Morris says he was born into concrete.
He poured concrete for his father, eventually inheriting the East Texas family business bearing his namesake, Morris Construction, and the town-to-town roving lifestyle that came attached.
A few weeks in San Angelo, a few in Victoria — Oklahoma and Louisiana jobs wrap up his year, and 2015 is already booked with no foreseeable stops home — though Morris doesn't lament laying his head elsewhere each night.
"I went hungry one time when I was young," Morris said. "Having a job is a good thing; there's nothing wrong with having a year planned out."
The extent of his San Angelo sojourn is driving to the job site, what will soon become a Cavender's Boot City, and back to his temporary home, a room at the Railhead lodge.
Westbound on Arden Road, a hair past Farm-to-Market Road 2288, a line of matching rooftops is the first visible sign of the Railhead, one of the sparse temporary housing locations around Tom Green County. It's another effort by local entrepreneurs to meet the increasing housing demand around San Angelo as the oil industry heats up and lodging at a reasonable price becomes scarce.
Dozens of neatly placed identical tan homes have sprouted from the patch of dirt and gravel about 5 miles outside San Angelo city limits. John Brinkman, owner of Railhead Rentals, is building a handful of 12-foot by 28-foot lodgings at a time until he hits his goal of 163.
Nearly 30 of the fully furnished two bedroom units are up and ready, with 20 more nearing completion. Soon, the Railhead will be capable of housing more than 100 people.
Each place comes stocked with a full-sized refrigerator and microwave, Wi-Fi connectivity and a TV mounted on the wall. A cleaning service swings by once a week, never forgetting to freshen any linens.
Brinkman spent nearly 15 years building houses, mostly around San Angelo's Bluffs neighborhood, with his company, Brinkman Homes. Using the same work crews, he switched to constructing lodges locally and in Sterling City, where he has 26 built.
The San Angelo property lies within the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction, meaning the county had no say in its development, Rick Bacon, Precinct 3 county commissioner, said.
Brinkman was permitted to build his lodges before the San Angelo City Council in May voted to tighten the guidelines affecting recreational vehicle and manufactured housing parks. If Brinkman were to develop on another piece of land, it would fall under the subdivision requirements overseen by the city, Roxanne Johnston, city planner, said.
There was a void in the affordable temporary housing market, Brinkman said. The Railhead is cheaper than staying at a hotel and better suited for people working around the area on a short-term basis, he said.
"If someone is leaving their family at home and driving to West Texas, this is at least a way to save a little money to bring back home," Brinkman said, "They're missing their kids' baseball games to be out here. If you're having to pay all that to stay at a hotel, it's not even worth it."
Not much goes on at the Railhead during the daylight, and nights are tame. The steady hum and clatter of construction from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. is the only thing around during many week days.
Morris and his crew have been in town about three weeks. On fresh dirt between two rows of lodges, they fire up a grill every night, opting for protein over microwaveable meals, Morris said.
Many of his neighbors cook outside, though Morris said by 9 p.m., there isn't a smoking grill nor hardly a soul awake.
"When the food comes off the grill, the party is over," said James Ford, part of the Morris crew.
Tom Green County Sheriff David Jones said his office has yet to receive a call from the Railhead.
Brinkman said there hasn't been a single altercation or disturbance at either location in the year and a half he's been in business. The people living at the Railhead on a monthly or weekly lease understand the privilege of staying at a cheaper temporary housing alternative, he said.
It can be difficult to get sleep at motels and hotels with doors slamming at 2 a.m. and kids splashing around in the pool at night, Morris said. At the Railhead, Morris said he's probably the last to lay down.
He's sending a crew of 18 to stay at the lodge next month.
"We've moteled it for nine years, and these are the best quiet, peaceful nights out here," Morris said. "The guys are mostly wore out like we are when we get home."
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It's become big business on Wall Street but stock exchanges only handle a fraction of the deals. Derivatives are complex financial products such as interest rate swaps, futures and commodity-related products.
Currently, there are about $688 trillion worth of those products on the market. That's twice as much as there were in 2003. And the total value of these products that exchanged hands last year hit a whopping $3.7 quadrillion ($3,700 trillion).
Last week's announcement that NYSE Euronext (NYX, Fortune 500) is engaged in serious talks with Germany's Deutsche Börse highlights the struggle.
"NYSE officials are not explicitly saying this merger is a story about derivatives," said Sal Arnuk, partner and co-head of equity trading at Themis Trading. "But their traditional cash equity business is dead. They have to move on to more lucrative financial products."
While derivatives are still dwarfed by equities, in terms of volume and size, they make up for it with profitability.
The world's largest futures and derivatives exchange, CME Group (CME), operates at a profit margin of around 71%. Compare that with the NYSE Euronext, which has a much smaller derivatives business and operates closer to a 43% margin.
Furthermore, when it comes to derivatives, exchange-driven business accounts for only around one-tenth of the trillions that get traded every year.
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TokyoGaga 10-03-2004, 06:26 PM Lleyton play in Tokyo this week n its numer one seed ! Go Lleyton ! :kiss: kim-fan 10-03-2004, 07:08 PM Hewitt-Bye Weiner- WC Motomura Garcia-WC Suzuki Hernych-Bye Saulnier-Bye Q-Thomann Rochus-Gimelstob T. Johansson-Bye Srichaphan-Bye Lu-Levy Peya-Q Van Scheppingen-Bye Mello-Bye Vacek-Saretta Garcia Lopez-Burgsmuller Novak-Bye ----------------------------- Cañas-Bye Carlsen-Q Ulihrach-Okun Nieminen-Bye Gambill-bye Terachi WC-Q Q-Iwami WC Pavel-Bye Dent-Bye Philippoussis-Zib Arthurs-Lisnard Lee-Bye Muller-Bye Bogomolov-Tipsarevic Q-Morrison Nalbandian-Bye Corinna 10-03-2004, 09:04 PM so good luck Crazy_Fool 10-03-2004, 11:17 PM Go Lleyton ;) Gaga 10-04-2004, 05:45 PM Thanks for the draw ! ;) NOMAD 10-05-2004, 11:51 AM Centre Court Matches Start At:10:00 AM Takao SUZUKI (JPN) vs Jan HERNYCH (CZE) NOT BEFORE 11:00 AM Nicole VAIDISOVA (CZE) vs Tatiana GOLOVIN (FRA) followed by Lleyton HEWITT (AUS) vs Glenn WEINER (USA) or Gouichi MOTOMURA (JPN) Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) vs Aiko NAKAMURA (JPN) or Samantha STOSUR (AUS) Gouichi MOTOMURA (JPN)/Takahiro TERACHI (JPN) vs Yves ALLEGRO (SUI)/Michael KOHLMANN (GER) NOT BEFORE 6:30 PM Yeu-Tzuoo WANG (TPE) vs David NALBANDIAN (ARG) Gaga 10-05-2004, 07:47 PM Go Lleyton !!! good luck for tomorrow ! Fedex 10-06-2004, 12:36 AM Good luck to Hewitt. Although many of you know, I am not exactly a fan of Hewitt ;), I'd much rather have him #2 in the World, so I hope he does well here to boost his chances of overtaking Roddick. He deserves it much more, because of his play on ALL surfaces, so he should end #2 imo. mitalidas 10-06-2004, 01:58 AM Ditto with Fedex SomL. 10-06-2004, 09:36 AM Lleyton won 6-0/3-6/6-1. Good luck Lleyton fo next round !!!!!!!!!!!!! Gaga 10-06-2004, 12:49 PM Cool !!! :rolls: Good luck for the next round. He play tommorow against T. Suzuki (Jpn) star 10-06-2004, 01:22 PM Oh my gosh Lleyton! I'd much rather have Lleyton as number one in the world!!! :haha: :haha: :haha: Dirk 10-06-2004, 01:25 PM Come on Hewitt you have a number 2 ranking to get. If he wins this event how much close to the spot will he be? Crazy_Fool 10-06-2004, 09:17 PM lol@Fedex and Dirk Now Lleyton is good for something huh?!! Raquel 10-07-2004, 12:58 AM Good win Lleyton :yeah: Good Luck in the 3rd round :bounce: NOMAD 10-07-2004, 05:55 AM Lley won 6-7 6-2 6-4 Is Lley planning to give the local players one set to entertain local fans ;) :angel: will have the coverage from quarterfinal:bounce: but only delay live :( please win it,LL:bounce: Bibi 10-07-2004, 07:28 PM Good luck in the next round Lleyton!!! He's playing Saulnier next, or am I wrong?? Socket 10-07-2004, 07:49 PM Yes, he plays Saulnier in QF, and could meet Paradorn in SF. Good luck, Lleyton! MissPovaFan 10-07-2004, 08:41 PM I think Hewitt should walk this tournament to be honest. Saulnier should be pretty straight forward - Srichaphan could be tough and I predict that would go to 3 sets. If it can be a Hewitt v Muller final again then Id have to go for Muller as I would win £66 :p Socket 10-07-2004, 09:07 PM He's going to have to get back to his summer form if he wants to win the tournament. Based on the last two matches, it doesn't look as if he's there. Based solely on what I saw at the Legg Mason, Saulnier is more of a danger to him than Muller. SomL. 10-08-2004, 11:45 AM Good luck Lleyton in sami final round !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KaseyL 10-08-2004, 11:45 AM :worship: Lleyton :worship: He's in the semis! :yeah: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: in TWO sets :p with 7-5, 6-1 he sent Saulnier packing! :D KaseyL 10-08-2004, 11:59 AM From the Australian newspapers, Oct. 8: Meanwhile Hewitt, the former world No.1 and 2002 Wimbledon champion, came through a tough first set against Cyril Saulnier before overpowering the French ninth seed to win 7-5 6-1. "I played a lot better today than my first two matches. That's pretty normal, I guess I struggle sometimes the first couple of matches after a break, not playing on hard court a few weeks," said the top seed. From the BBC today: Hewitt through to semis Top seed Lleyton Hewitt will take on Jiri Novak in the semi-finals of the Japan Open after sealing a 7-5 6-1 victory over Cyril Saulnier. Hewitt, who won this event in 2001, had a tough time in the opening set but broke the Frenchman twice in the second to seal the victory. "It took me a few games to get on to his serve," said Hewitt. star 10-08-2004, 01:43 PM :yippee: Lleyton!!! Socket 10-08-2004, 02:05 PM Well done, Lleyton! You're 6-0 against Novak, let's keep that winning streak going! :woohoo: kim4eva 10-08-2004, 02:22 PM C'mon Lleyton :bounce: Gaga 10-08-2004, 04:13 PM cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! NOMAD 10-08-2004, 04:37 PM AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships 2004 Order of Play Saturday 9 October 2004 Centre Court Matches Start At:10:00 AM Shinobu ASAGOE (JPN)/Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) vs Bryanne STEWART (AUS)/Samantha STOSUR (AUS) NOT BEFORE 11:00 AM WOMEN'S SINGLES FINAL Maria SHARAPOVA (RUS) vs Mashona WASHINGTON (USA) followed by Bohdan ULIHRACH (CZE) vs Taylor DENT (USA) followed by Lleyton HEWITT (AUS) vs Jiri NOVAK (CZE) :bounce: @ LL did the lawn mower C'mon after win the first set but :smash: for have to save five break points in the first set Crazy_Fool 10-08-2004, 10:46 PM Go Lleyton :D ally_014 10-09-2004, 01:04 AM Good luck Lleyts! :bounce: kim4eva 10-09-2004, 04:22 AM Geez if I had that bloody channel I would've gotten to watch this tourney :o Anyhoo goo Lleyton NOMAD 10-09-2004, 05:41 AM McLeod is in Japan with LL :angel: Hewitt, McLeod in Tokyo underwear dash Two of Australia's top sportsmen have been forced to run into a Tokyo street in their underwear following a minor earthquake in Japan. :lol: Tennis ace Lleyton Hewitt and Adelaide Crows AFL veteran Andrew McLeod were in a room on the 27th floor of their hotel when the tremor struck yesterday. The pair are in Tokyo while Hewitt contests the Japan Open. Today McLeod told the ABC that he and Hewitt dashed out of the hotel after the whole building began to sway. "I had me boxers on and we went screaming down the road, then thought, 'Oh, we better grab a shirt'," he laughed. :lol: On the court, Crows fan Hewitt booked his place in the Japan Open semi-finals with a straight sets win over Frenchman Cyril Saulnier. ally_014 10-09-2004, 06:53 AM Oh dear! :lol: lleyki4eva 10-09-2004, 08:56 AM :haha::lol::haha::lol: kim-fan 10-09-2004, 10:29 AM he lost! :eek: :( ( :lol: @ the article btw) star 10-09-2004, 02:51 PM Funny article!! :sad: Lleyton. Oh well, I guess Jiri played very well and Lleyton was a little off. I was hoping for another title for Lleyton. :( Socket 10-09-2004, 03:15 PM I think Star's analysis is exactly what happened. Lleyton's been below par the whole week, playing like he's still tired from the summer, physically and/or mentally. He never really seemed to be into this tournament from the get-go, dropping sets to those WCs. I noticed that he and No. 2 Nalbandian have Yonex contracts, and Yonex is a Japanese company that is a sponsor of the tournament, so maybe Lleyton was obligated to play when he really just wanted to veg out on his couch in Adelaide and watch footy. He seems to need periods of rest throughout the year to recharge those high-energy batteries of his, so I'm hoping he takes mucho time off before Houston. NOMAD 10-09-2004, 04:04 PM Today Lley still seems to be rusty after coming back from his holiday.There's too many ues today. Although his 1st serve percent is high, but I think they are not sharp enough(compare to those summer tournaments this year).Also he played patchy here and there.I guess this just what would happen when you come back from a vocation,right? I think Lley still wants to win on the court(he looked very concentrated,and his eyes was fiery as usual),but nothing seems to be working. When Lley won yesterday,he didn't smile at all.He looked angry instead,and angrily hit the ball in the air.(normally that act means to celebrate,but he just looked :fiery: ,like he just lost a point :confused: )I guess he was not very happy about his performance yesterday ,even he won. This this what I think after watching the match. Someone who watched the match can correct me if I was wrong. NOMAD 10-09-2004, 04:46 PM more info about the earth quake ;) and here's a highlight video link of quaterfinal http://sports.sina.com.cn/t/2004-10-09/22331185748.shtml McLeod flees quake terror By GREY MORRIS October 10, 2004 TERRITORY AFL star Andrew McLeod thought he was "inside a pinball machine" when an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale shook the Japanese capital, Tokyo. McLeod is in Japan to watch close mate and world No. 3 Lleyton Hewitt play in the Japan Open tennis tournament. Both men were in their 27th-floor apartments at the Le Meriden Grand Pacific Hotel when the earthquake struck last Wednesday night. McLeod, the 1997 and 1998 Norm Smith medallist (best player AFL Grand Final), was asleep on the couch when the big tremor shook him awake. "I thought I was in a pinball machine when the quake struck, the noise was unbelievable," McLeod told his dad Jock. The former Darwin Buffalo, who is in his 10th season with AFL club Adelaide, ran into the street with Hewitt to escape what he thought would be a falling building. But the Top Ender was left red-faced when he realised he was dressed only in his boxer shorts. A quick about turn to retrieve a shirt had McLeod back on the street and contemplating his "narrow escape" only minutes later. "It's a bit of fun now when I think back," McLeod told his dad. "But at the time I was s...ting myself big time because the place was shaking all over." McLeod and Hewitt, who escaped any injury, will be in Darwin next week for a "Night Of Champions" sportsman's night at Marrara's Kantilla's Function Centre. Northern Territory News Gaga 10-09-2004, 06:03 PM he lost 4-6 6-4 2-6 :( Jess 10-09-2004, 11:47 PM :haha: @ Lleyts running around in his underwear - why weren't any photographers around ;) ally_014 10-10-2004, 12:43 AM I know! They're never around when you want them to be - I mean 2 of Australia's most good-looking sportsmen running around in their boxer shorts, a photo would be priceless! ;) :lol: But seems that Tokyo wasn't the most important thing to Lleyts, cos he usually has a bit more time off after DC and he's going back to Aus for that sportsman's night thing so he probably is just recharging going into Houston. |


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I have plaid dishes and linen, but I would like plaid chargers for my Christmas table. I checked on line and found four for $195, so I thought I would try to DIY it.
I was thinking of *attempting* to make my own using cheap Dollar Store chargers and wrapping paper. I think instead of covering the entire charger just covering just the part that shows. If I flip the charger over and trace the outline onto wrapping paper, then put a plate inside that circle and trace, then cut out the ring, then Mod Podging it onto the charger( then sealing with Mod Podge) it should have the desired effect that I want. I would only be covering the part that would show once a plate was put on top of it.
I was also thinking of putting a fine glitter on the edge of the charger while it was drying. Too much?
Has any one tried this? Does anyone have any thoughts as to how I could do this? Your input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Plaid is so pretty for Christmas time! In my opinion, If you have plaid dishes, and a plaid table cloth, I would suggest solid color chargers and napkins. Solid colors would "frame" your dishes and make them stand out from the table cloth. I would choose one color from the plaid of the dishes (preferably one that is used the least in the plaid) and find chargers in that color. If the colors are hard to match though you could think about metallic silver or gold chargers (even wooden chargers).
I love using plaid at the holidays. Like you, I really wanted plaid chargers to use with some dishes that had only a accent of plaid. I've been thinking seriously of decoupaging plaid gift wrap to the underside of clear glass chargers to get the look for less.
I've linked my inspiration below of a lady who created a knock-off look with fabric and clear plates. This is a different project, but the elements and construction would be the same. She used fabric, but I think paper would work, too, but paper would require a bit more care to keep it from tearing.
P.S. I wouldn't use the glitter on the edges. It would always be falling off and you couldn't wash the plates even by hand.
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A couple of random thoughts.
If you already have plaid, I personally think plaid chargers is going to be just a little too much (for my taste, anyway). I think it will set off your plaids more to use solid chargers. But that's just one person's opinion of course.
If you do decide to do the decopage thing--make sure you trace a circle LARGER than your charger. You're going to need that extra for the plate's contours, probably. You can always trim off any excess, but it's going to be harder to piece a bit more on.
Glitter? NO--not around food. That's a bad, bad idea. It gets on everything and will end up getting into the food, no matter how careful you are. If you want gold rims, get gold chargers, or use some gold, non-toxic paint.
If you have plain glass chargers you can get glass paint at craft stores & paint on underside of them a solid color to match as suggested above. Can paint on top but then more likely to get scratched up by someone putting knife on edge or coffee spoon on it. I did that with glass mugs & you leave them to dry for 30 days & can wash them without paint coming off. The paint comes in 2 oz bottles & is called "Folk Art Enamels" by Plaid, for glass & ceramics. I did mine in painting class & the mugs still look like new. They say you can put in oven to do it faster but GF & I were afraid they might break. 30 days curing works fine. No glitter,little too much, have little glitter on floral arrangement to add festive touch. Jan
I wanted some plaid chargers and was trying to figure out a way to DIY them.
I was at the Dollar Tree today and they had frames 11" x 14" and plaid wrapping paper and large gift bags. Instead of chargers I made placemats that I can change to suit my purpose. A standard placemat is 13" by 18" so the frame is not that much smaller. Also if I put the silverware and napkins on the plate, it should be fine! Have several projects in the works, so I will post pictures when I have them completed.


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Hmm it didn't revealing to me when I saw her back in 2005. And I though I just saw her this year on the Mark Twinn for Fantasmic back in May.
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Or the black people who were infected with syphilis and intentionally left untreated as part of a long-term goverment study.
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Or the black people who were infected with syphilis and intentionally left untreated as part of a long-term goverment study.
I want my symbolic AI back...
Exactly this, what else would a security company say to the public, "We suck at security and all our keys where stolen"?
I agree, and I think that people who harrass others online or make inappropriate 'troll' posts should be sentenced to death.
What's even more sad is that he has most definitely not "personally overseen the sending out of several thousand emails". At best, he has sent some memo around that said something like this: "Send out emails now! That's an order! Yours sincerely, your boss. P.S.: Fuck you!"
I'd go a little farther and suggest that AdBlock Edge is the most useful plugin. I highly recommend it.
Then again, I'm a doctor of philosophy and I agree with the original poster.
The crackers are going to love breaking this in 1, 2, 3
I'd ask the other round, why do they not have access to Facebook?
Is there any reason besides assholery to not let them use social media? Is the goal of the US prison system to guarantee that inmates become 100% sociopaths with no friends or acquaintances except for criminals?
Putin is a poison murderer and responsible for the death of many women and children. So yes, that qualifies him as an asshole.
Things change, and when software changes it typically gets more complex.
That's the principal flaw of modern software development. Instead of fixing bugs features are piled up.
I'm making music as a hobby, so I use a halfway decent audio interface (UR-22) and KRK KNS 8400 headphones, plus some midi equipment and microfones. I guess that puts me in the low to mid range category?
Anyway, I wonder why built-in PC audio is such a horrible laggy crap (Realtek anyone?), if there are already reasonable external audio interfaces with midi in the $100-200 price range. Saving costs everywhere, I guess?
That's irrelevant for many people anyway, including me, it's a matter of psychology. I wouldn't even pay $2 a month or $24 a year. Call it irrational or however else you like, but one-time costs != running costs for me no matter what the end result is. I do not lease things.
But what's wrong with branching time? You go back, kill your grandfather and end up on a timeline on which you will never be born.On the original timeline you have disappeared.
Sounds no less plausible.
Bugging individual suspects is not ethically worse than pervasive mass surveillance of the population as a whole. The former may or may not be unethical, depending on the circumstances, the latter is always immoral and dangerous to democracy.
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Planning Committe date – 8 April
Fifth Capital's planning application will be going to the Council's planning committee on Wednesday 8th April 2015. The meeting is at 6pm and is due to be held at @Bristol (not City Hall which is closed for refurbishment).
Make sure you submit your comments on the application as soon as possible. For details on how to do this and what to write, go to http://carriageworks.org.uk/proposals/fifth-capital-planning-application/making-an-objection/
Developer tells disabled drivers to shout when blocked in!
Fifth Capital, a London property developer, have suggested that disabled drivers 'should shout for help' if they get blocked in by delivery vans parked in front of their dedicated parking spaces.
Fifth Capital are applying to build 118 residential units and 5 shops on a city centre site in Bristol. The scheme is car-free, so there's no resident parking apart from 6 spaces for drivers with disabilities. But the only parking space for delivery drivers is right in front of those spaces. So if there's a van parked there's no way in or out for disabled drivers.
In the transport assessment submitted as part of their planning permssion, Fifth Capital's transport planners, WSP, write, "service vehicles and disabled car parking spaces will share access … into the site." "The predicted servicing demand during the (morning) … peak (0800-0900) is forecast to be one service vehicle which will have little impact on disabled driver movements. If one of the residents wishes to leave their space whilst a service vehicle is loading/unloading, the delivery driver will not be far away to move the vehicle away from the vehicle access route."
Given that disabled drivers often find it difficult to move about, the message is "just shout – the driver won't be far away". What a considerate way of designing something!
CAG response to the Fifth Capital Planning Application
The CAG Liaison Group has looked in detail at Fifth Capital's Planning Application for redevelopment of the Carriageworks and Westmoreland House site – reference 14/05930/F on Bristol City Council's Planning website.
We do not believe that the Fifth Capital proposals will achieve what the area wants, needs and deserves. Click here if you share our concerns.
CAG members have been working for the past 4 years to secure a resolution to the dereliction of the Carriageworks and Westmoreland House. But it needs to be the right resolution. We have used the Community Vision as a framework for presenting our thoughts which are grouped under the Vision's either headings. Click the headings below to get the details, or download our submission in one PDF.
- 1. Overall Vision
- 2. Community Uses
- 3. Through Route
- 4. Ground Floor – active uses
- 5. Upper Floors – residential
- 6. Car Parking and access
- 7. Design
- 8. Delivery
If you are particularly concerned about one, or more, of these themes you should make an objection. Follow our 'easy to use' guide….
Effective Commenting on Planning Applications
When we had our regular 'objection clinic' at Cafe Kino yesterday it was requested that we put our helpful tips online. So here they are:
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Thanks to Jeff for scribing.
What local people said to Fifth Capital
Last week (on 14 January) local people met with Fifth Capital to discuss their proposals to redevelop the Carriageworks site. After Fifth Capital and their architects had given their presentation the 60 or so people attending were asked to get into groups and formulate questions about the proposals. These were written on post-its which are typed up below. The post-its formed the basis of the subsequent Q&A session with the developers grouped around the Vision themes. Not every issue could be covered and not every question got a clear answer but what they did tell us is covered on the accompanying page 'What Fifth Capital told the community meeting'. On the whole the people who came along were sceptical to the extent that at the end of the meeting John Assael, the architect, was almost pleading for some support!
Community (and ground floor) Uses
- Essential to have answers about the management of the site. Proposals for management e.g. shop units, hard and soft landscapes. We need confidence in the application.
- The exhibition in Autumn 2014 said there would be consultants talking to the community in quarter 4 about arts and ground floor uses of the community space behind the Carriageworks.
- Will it have anything to offer the local community – Picton St or multiculturalism in St Pauls?
- Fear of supermarkets.
- Why is there so little for the community?
- Will commercial businesses be local independents or chains?
- There should not be an "inside"! Unclear about uses about these especially commercial and ability to combine units to form unsociably large units.
- We're not happy about the loss of community / workshop spaces.
Through Route
- Will it be open? Need public right-of-way.
- Permeability shown is disingenuous.
- Permeability – convoluted route. Could be gated later for exclusivity.
- Disingenuous permeability – this is designed to fail. Will gates get added? New residents will complain.
- Access is arranged so that it can be blocked off. How can we be sure this will not happen?
- The through access is designed so it can be blocked off. How can this be retained?
- SPD10 7.2 Affordable Housing 7.2.1 shows affordable housing as 30% – why has this been ignored? 7.2.2 Family Housing having gardens at ground floor level. Where is the provision on site for the block backing onto the rear of Hepburn Road?
- Fear that flats will be bought off-plan or as investment opportunities.
- Lack of affordable housing.
- Buy to rent market? Will buyers buy flats and rent at high prices forcing lower paid workers out?
- No provision of social housing – no homes available for rent.
- Who are these apartments really for?
- Where is the social rented property?
- Will homes be sold on the open market?
- How quickly will be for sale?
- How many at a time?
- Any priority for local people?
- Will they be available under help to buy scheme?
- Is it right that family homes are adjacent to a bail hostel?
- What provision will there be for internal community space?
- Need to know who will live there – need cohesion with wider community especially St Pauls.
- There is no social housing – shared equity does not count.
- Too many single flats, too few family homes.
- SPD10 – local Plan to encourage family and affordable housing.
- Lack of affordable homes – only 7%. SPD10 says 30%.
- Poor mix of tenure with no homes for rent.
- Concerns about buy-to-let opportunities.
- Lacks any thought about need for social housing and community businesses.
- Who will live there? If market decides how fit with locality? Social housing – need some. No more gated communities. What about access – public right of way?
- Does it have to be so dense to be viable?
- Where will building materials be sourced from? Local? Are building materials locally sourced? Are the materials sourced locally?
- Will the scheme be built in one phase? If it is to be built in two or more phases presume that the Carriageworks will be done in Phase 1.
- What has happened to Future City?
- Is this not further gentrification of St Pauls?
- Concern re height of units on Hepburn Road and overlooking roof top gardens.
- Demolition of Westmoreland House unanimously approved.
- Concern about shadowing of immediate area.
- Design is 'inside' and 'out' – there's no flow – will lead to a feeling of exclusion
- Hepburn Road gets a Berlin Wall as a view – very overpowering for St Pauls residents – how will this be addressed?
- Tree – protection of.
- Flood plain.
- Conservation area.
Parking and access
- Deliveries to the new businesses: where will they arrive? Traffic at the top of Ashley Road is often very heavy.
- How will businesses do deliveries – very difficult.
- Fire service access to the site. Moving into flats – access is very restricted.
- How do people move in to the flats? Access is very restricted. How is this supposed to work?
- How is fire service going to access the site to ensure safety of residents?
- How to residents empty their refuse and recycling? How does it work? Any refuse trucks would block the disabled parking access.
- Concern regarding expensive parking provision affecting the project viability and so the percentage provision of affordable housing.
- Disabled parking will be blocked by refuse trucks.
- On site car club – 10-12 spaces – will parking be adequate.
- Concerns about car parking.
- Junction – create an improved general space.
Delivery – finances
- Is the scheme financially viable?
- How much is being paid for the site?
Delivery – jobs
- Given the number of jobs that have gone out of the local area, will there be a commitment to local employment?
- Will any consideration be given to employing local people in the development?
- Given that all jobs (and profits) so far are destined for London please can the architect and developer assure us that jobs and training opportunities and senior posts will be available to local people.
- Local jobs – employment opportunity. Apprenticeships for project for after build.
Delivery – relationship with Comer
- The relationship between Fifth Capital and the owners is murky.
- Can the current owner still scupper your plans and, if so, what is their disincentive? How much would it cost them to prevent it and keep the site undeveloped again?
- Can you set out in plain English what the on-going relationship is with / between Fifth Capital and Comer?
Delivery – involvement of the community
- What community involvement will be there be from now on?
Delivery – long term management
- Do Fifth Capital intend to retain the development or sell it on? If it is sold on, how will commitment on management be honoured?
- What guarantees that whey they say now will go forward?
And finally…
- What are the water run-off plans?
- Given that the value of these buildings have given their owners assets on their balance sheets, isn't it time for the local community to benefit?
- Why should we accept profit making outsiders over the popular model developed by CAG and Knightstone, designed to meet local need?
- Not by commercial non-local.
- Anything to stop foreign investors bulk buying?
- How can we trust a company whose representative so blatantly disrespects the Chair of this community meeting? (refers to architects refusal to keep to agreed time).
- As the Chair of a Social Housing group why should I support this (at present I am urging Councillors to reject) as:
- No social housing – shared equity is NOT social
- Car parking is naive
- Money not clear
- Relationship Fifth Capital and (Comer)
- No community element
- Why are there no detailed plans on display tonight?
- Comparison with the Knightstone scheme is unfair. Their proposals were really very early stage ideas. This should be made clear.
- How to you feel about riding on the back of years of community work and wrecking it?
- This is a real tooth and claw private development that offers little or nothing to the local community. It offers nothing in terms of self-determination. It is a luxury development visited upon a vibrant community that will change its nature irrevocably – all in pursuit of profit. How do you sleep at nights?
- There is no element of community ownership in this development.
- This is a purely commercial development. It is not clear how this benefits the local community.
What Fifth Capital told the Community Meeting
Last Wednesday Marc Pennick of Fifth Capital and his team of architects and planners came to tell the Carriageworks Action Group about their planning application to redevelop the Carriageworks and Westmoreland House site.
What Fifth Capital said:
You can find a summary of Fifth Capital's proposals here on our website but this is some of the extra detail that they provided us with:
Comments from agencies and other groups
- English Heritage are very supportive of the proposals. Simon Ramsden (Principal Inspector of Historic Buildings and Areas) was quoted as saying that they "warmly welcome the proposals" and that they "Will be a significant enhancement of the historic environment".
- The Civic Society are also supportive and were quoted as saying that they are "delighted to see Westmoreland House demolished".
Commercial and community space
- Property agents have advised Fifth Capital that commercial space inside the site would not be viable.
- The five units shown in the planning application can be sub-divided but it will be difficult to merge them into a bigger unit – so they won't be suitable for big retailers.
- Fifth Capital have said that the commercial / community units will be for local businesses. In response to a question asking how this will be achieved we were told that it would be via the S.106 agreement (a legal agreement between the developer and the Council that sets out how the impact of the development is mitigated and managed).
Ongoing Management
- Fifth Capital are in the process of identifying a suitable company to manage the site once it is redeveloped. Mark Pennick gave little comfort that its brief will be anything other than a conventional role of making sure the rents are paid and the bins are emptied. However, he did agree that the company should have a working relationship with the local community.
Through Route
- There will be two open spaces (one primarily for residents and one open to the wider community) and a route through the site. These will be controlled by the management company. The police have concerns about the route being open after dark. Marc Pennick said he has no problems with the area being open 24/7 but he has to be guided by the police and the planners.
- There will be 8 affordable units for sale, but no social housing for rent. The Council is assessing the viability appraisal which shows that they can't afford to provide more than 8 units.
- Marc Pennick refused to be drawn on how much the flats and houses will be sold for, instead saying that it would be for the market and local agents to decide. However, he did say that he thought they would be most suited to first time buyers. There will not be any preference for local people and equally they could be bought by investors. Marc Pennick hopes to find a way of prioritising local purchasers over overseas investors.
- They don't consider any over-shadowing to be significant. However in response to concerns about people looking down from the roof gardens into neighbouring properties Marc Pennick said they would go back and look again at the designs.
- It is not feasible to put commercial or workshop uses upstairs in the Carriageworks. Marc Pennick stressed that it is his money that he's spending on the building and he wants to put it back to how it should be.
- They're leaving it up to the City Council to say how much parking is required on the site. At the moment they have none.
- They're looking at improving the Stokes Croft Ashley Road junction.
Documents in the planning application
- Renditions of the proposed scheme were requested by the planners. As the whole scheme has been digitally modelled they can be easily provided from any other viewpoint.
- In response to a question about the cultural consultants we were told that their Cultural Strategy had been submitted with the planning application. It later transpired that the Council has not placed it online with the other planning documents but we have been sent a copy so the Cultural Strategy can be viewed with this link.
Timescales and delivery
- If planning permission is given in March they will start building at the end of the year. All the funding is apparently in place but Marc Pennick will not reveal what he is paying for the site or how much it will cost to develop
- The travellers living on the site will be given plenty of notice to move out, although this will be backed up with legal steps to make sure that the scheme is not delayed.
- Fifth Capital will build the scheme (they're talking to Leadbitters and Thomas Pane about being the builders) and then sell all the flats and houses.
- Marc Pennick has a business relationship with Comer Homes (current owners of the site) and a 22 month option that started in November 2014. So long as Fifth Capital gets planning permission there is nothing Comer can do to step the sale of the site going through.
Press Coverage
Bristol 24/7 were at the meeting to record architect John Assael and CAG Chair Lori Streich.
Evening Post article the day after the meeting.
What local people said:
The views of the 60 or so people who came along varied but on the whole you / we were sceptical to the extent that John Assael, the architect, was almost pleading for some support! The main concerns are written up on the page 'What local people said to Fifth Capital'
So what happens next?
Marc Pennick wants to keep an open dialogue with CAG and the wider community whether this be face-to-face, by phone or by email. He will answer any questions and is happy for them to be put on the CAG website.
CAG will be working up its response to the planning application. We're holding weekly meetings every Thursday at Cafe Kino to help and advise people preparing their own responses.
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Dr. Joseph Kurnath is an internist in Rochester. He is skilled at treating and diagnosing a wide range of conditions and diseases in adult patients.
Dr. Kurnath has one office in New York where he specializes in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. Learn more.
Dr. Kurnath works with four doctors including Dr. Sarah Nemetz and Dr. Ralph Miner.
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Mon | 8:00 am | 12:00 - 1:00 pm | 5:00 pm |
Tue | 8:00 am | 12:00 - 1:00 pm | 5:00 pm |
Wed | 8:00 am | 12:00 - 1:00 pm | 5:00 pm |
Thu | 8:00 am | 12:00 - 1:00 pm | 5:00 pm |
Fri | 8:00 am | 12:00 - 1:00 pm | 5:00 pm |
The specialty of internal medicine is an area of primary care for adults. Dr. Kurnath specializes in diagnosing and treating cross-system illnesses that may affect multiple organ systems. When necessary, Dr. Kurnath also can refer patients to specialist physicians when medically needed. For instance, patients with severe kidney problems can be referred to a nephrologist for further medical tests or treatments.
Dr. Kurnath is trained to provide comprehensive medical care for elderly and aging patients. As patients age, they may experience an increased susceptibility to illness and injury. In some cases, illnesses or injuries in seniors may overlap to create complicated diagnostic and treatment processes. Dr. Kurnath is trained to diagnose, treat and manage these and any related medical situations in seniors.


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