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Prefab s promise meets reality of construction boom Ease of building a home office or cabin has become more difficult in pandemic FacebookTwitterEmail Co-founder of Den Outdoors, Mike Romanowicz, sees the convergence of a few trends that are helping spark interest in prefab cabins: the desire for more unique, wellness-oriented experiences, and the population shift in urban centers as people seek homes outside of cities and a restorative escape. Den Outdoors When Meg Crosby purchased 13 acres in Phoenicia last winter, before the start of the pandemic, the Manhattan-based tech recruiter already had a vision for the weekend home she wanted on the land and it did not involve an architect or a building a home from scratch. ....
Pride Journey: Atlanta Almost everyone has been to Atlanta at some point or another. Whether for a conference or just passing through the Hartsfield-Jackson airport, the busiest airport in the world, Atlanta sees more than 100 million visitors per year. As the largest city in Georgia and one of the largest in the country by population, Atlanta has exploded to become an economic powerhouse. Skyscrapers are popping up in many areas of the city and many Fortune 500 companies have a presence in the region. Of course, the city is known for their hometown favorites: Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines and Turner Broadcasting System, which was founded by none other than Ted Turner, who’s name is everywhere in Atlanta. Turner has a downtown street named after him as well as 3 namesake restaurants – Ted’s Montana Grill – just in the Atlanta city limits. ....
Although still more than a year away, an N.C.-based company is already talking with local chefs, musicians and other vendors to fill a space that will include a food hall and music venue at 1315 S. 5th Ave. Monarch Property Co., which is behind Raleigh’s Transfer Co. Food Hall, is also developing this social hall in the Greenfield Park/South Front areas near downtown Wilmington. Food halls, which collect several dining concepts in one space, have been booming across the country. Food industry statistics show that their number has tripled since 2016. Seaboard Social Hall will be a 43,000-square-foot gathering place in the former National Linen Service Building, near the local International Longshoremen s Association site and The Rusty Nail bar and blues club. ....
Julius Rosenwald, the son of Jewish immigrants who fled religious persecution in Germany, turned Sears, Roebuck & Co. into America’s largest retailer. Booker T. Washington, who was born into slavery, created the Tuskegee Institute and led the college for more than 30 years. Their groundbreaking partnership in the early decades of the 20th century led to a transformative initiative: the creation of 4,978 schools for African American children in 15 Southern and border states. The program reshaped America. Economists at the Federal Reserve said the Rosenwald Schools were the most significant factor in the narrowing of the South’s racial education gap between World War I and II. Further, they were a meaningful force in the rise of the civil rights movement. Educating Blacks helped belie the canard that African Americans were intellectually inferior and many of the leaders and foot soldiers of the movement attended Rosenwald schools. ....
It remains to be seen whether North Platte will face a major spike in housing demand from a possible beef processing plant. Even if it does, the few folks who remember World War II might say, âHousing shortage? Well, let me tell you â¦â After the war ended on Sept. 2, 1945, North Platte, Nebraska and the nation despaired over where to house their returning service members. Even without a major war industry, the hometown of the World War II Canteen had to take extraordinary measures to accommodate those wanting to live here. One was North Platteâs first trailer park, housing veterans and their families on city-leased land in shelters once part of the pursuit of the warâs greatest secret weapon. ....