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A year of COVID-19: Two weeks to flatten the curve became 365 days of frustration in Pa.
Daveen Rae Kurutz, Beaver County Times
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10:24 am UTC Feb. 24, 2021
About this series: Over the next several weeks, reporters with USA Today s Pennsylvania network will take a look back at the impact COVID-19 has had on the commonwealth over the past year, and what the future holds.
Charlotte Randle misses dinners out with her family.
Jamie Baughman misses taking her children on trips.
Arden Vernacchio misses wearing makeup.
It s been almost a year since Pennsylvanians lives were upended by the novel coronavirus. Two weeks to flatten the curve turned into months of restrictions, which have turned into nearly 365 days of mask-wearing, hand-washing and worries about whether there will ever be a return to normal after life with COVID-19.
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Redefine says the 14.7% vacancy rate in its office portfolio is the highest in its recent history.
The landlord has also received requests from four big tenants who want to downsize their office space.
It is considering converting some existing offices into co-working spaces and bring in amenities such as childcare facilities, laundromats and coffee shops to its office buildings.
Redefine Properties has experienced the highest vacancy rate in its office space - at 14.7% - since its formation in the early 2000s.
The company - which owns a considerable number of office parks in Sandton, Rosebank and Bryanston, to mention a few - recorded vacancies that were higher than the national average of 13.5% as at December 2020, when excluding sub-lettable space.
The Monroe County Commission has laid the groundwork to set up community taxing districts to pay for expensive neighborhood sea level rise mitigation projects throughout the unincorporated areas of the Florida Keys.
The commission on Wednesday did not set an exact fee or location for each district but only approved the ability to levy a property tax âfor road elevation and improvement projects to be constructed due to the sea level rise and flood mitigation program and authorizing the creation of assessment areas in the future,â the ordinance read.
Several Key Largo residents voiced concerns about how much the county may levy in the future to pay for such projects. Stillwright Point residents are concerned that they would have to pay as much $5,000 a year for 30 years to fund road elevation and flooding projects in their neighborhood, as some estimates have the projects costing $21 million.
The Monroe County government staff has been tasked with coming up with plans to reopen county libraries and its planning department and the county will vote on it next month.
On Wednesday, the Monroe County Commission directed staff to come up with a plan to reopen public libraries and the countyâs planning department to in-person visits. The libraries and planning department have been closed to the public because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The library is conducting curbside services for books.
County Commissioner Mike Forster called for the reopening, citing that the state Tax Collectorâs office has reopened to the public and public schools are open to students. Forster said both the Planning Department and libraries could be open to visitors if the county implemented social distancing guidelines.
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