The challenge of expanding affordable housing for senior citizens in central Ohio remains a focus for National Church Residences.

Within the next two years, the non-profit organization plans to open about 700 new units in central Ohio. However, that will not be enough to fill the demand.

We need about 1,400 units annually to meet the demand just in central Ohio, said new President and CEO Susan DiMickele. "What we're seeing right now, even as we're opening new communities, they're full within less than two months and we've got a wait list.

DiMickele said National Church Residences maintains about 25 housing communities in central Ohio at all income levels. Renters of the units pay between 30 to 60% of their income. About 7,000 seniors a day receive a variety of services.

We also have services at National Church Residences where we provide in-home care, hospice at end of life and just try to find other resources to really help older adults age in place, regardless of whether they live for us or live with us, said DiMickele.

National Church Residences recently opened a new complex at Bretton Woods on Columbus North Side. Another complex is also on the North Side on Roche Drive near Route 161. Across the street, another senior citizens complex is under construction at the site where the Capri Lanes bowling alley once stood for more than 50 years. Each complex contains about 100 apartments.

DiMickele said as inflation increased prices for building homes, the organization has stepped up its partnerships with local and state government.

"One thing we find in affordable housing is even when we can get a federal tax credit, there's often a gap in funding, said DiMickele. And so that's why we are partnering more and more with the city of Columbus (and) with the county. We're also advocating for a state tax credit just to help fill that funding gap."

The Ohio Department of Development has reported that the percent of Franklin County residents who are 65 and older is expected to increase from 10% to 15% over a 30-year period between 2010 and 2040.

We really believe that housing is the foundation for everything else for health, safety, food security, said DiMickele.

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After 70 long years, Britain will finally have a new monarch in King Charles and he will be coronated today in a ceremony that will go down in history as one of pomp and pageantry. And the place where this momentous occasion will take place is none other than Westminster Abbey, perhaps one of the most famous and historic churches in the United Kingdom.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be formally crowned in front of 2,200 guests including world leaders, foreign royals and members of the British Royal Family at the church which has long been at the heart of Britains royal life.

Incidentally, its also the same place where King Charles mother, Queen Elizabeths funeral was held. The historic and architectural marvel standing tall in the centre of London has borne witness to 16 royal weddings (including William and Kates), been the burial site of 18 monarchs, and served as the venue for 39 coronations of English and British monarchs. King Charles III will be the 40th monarch to be coronated there.

As we look forward to the extraordinary event, lets also take a look back at the history of this gothic structure.

History of Westminster Abbey

The origins of Westminster Abbey (or the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster to give it its correct title) can be traced back to the 1040s, when King Edward (later St. Edward the Confessor) established his royal palace by the banks of the river Thames on land known as Thorney Island.

Nearby a small Benedictine monastery founded under the patronage of King Edgar and St. Dunstan around 960 AD.

This monastery Edward chose to re-endow and greatly enlarge, building a large stone church in honour of St. Peter the Apostle. This church became known as the west minster to distinguish it from St. Pauls Cathedral (the east minster) in the City of London. Unfortunately, when the new church was consecrated on 28 December 1065, the King was too ill to attend and died a few days later. His mortal remains were entombed in front of the High Altar.

The abbey of Edwards vision survived for two centuries until the middle of the 13th century when King Henry III decided to rebuild it in the new Gothic style of architecture.

Under the decree of the King Henry III, Westminster Abbey was redesigned to be more than a monastery and place of worship, but also a place for the coronation and burial of monarchs.

This church was consecrated on 13 October 1269. But, once again, another king died before the nave could be completed.

The older structure of Edward the Confessor stood attached to the Gothic building of Henry III for many years.

Two centuries later, the western towers were finally completed in 1745, to a design by Nicholas Hawksmoor. Inside the abbey, one of the first significant areas is called the nave. Thats where the tomb of an unknown British soldier who died in France during World War II is located.

Located inside the nave is also the Scientists Corner, where some of the greatest British scientific minds have been laid to rest as well as the Poets Corner, where more than 100 writers and poets, including William Shakespeare and Jane Austen, have been memorialised.

The abbey that stands before us was almost destroyed during World War II when firebombs rained down on London.

Although the abbey wasnt directly hit, parts of its roof were consumed by flames started by German firebombs in 1941. According to the BBC, Winston Churchill who was prime minister at the time said the abbey must be saved at all costs.

Coronations and burials

Since its construction, the abbey has been part of history for the British monarchy. Since 1066, all British monarchs except two (Edward V and Edward VIII) have been crowned at the Abbey. The ancient Coronation Chair can still be seen in the church.

It is also the final resting place of 13 kings, four queens reagent, 11 queens consort (those married to a king) and two other queens buried in the Abbey making a total of 30. The first royal to be buried here was Edward the Confessor whose magnificent shrine stands at the centre of the church.

Queen Elizabeth IIs mother, Queen Elizabeth I is also buried here, along with her half-sister, the Catholic Queen Mary I. On the floor beside their tomb is the inscription: Remember before God all those who divided at the Reformation by different convictions laid down their lives for Christ and conscience sake.

Queen Elizabeth IIs funeral last year was another big event at the church.

There are also other notable figures such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Tennyson, Sir Winston Churchill and seven other prime ministers who are buried at the Abbey.

The funeral of Princess Diana, mother of princes William and Harry, in 1997 also took place at Westminster Abbey and by her own wish she was buried at her family home at Althorp.

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Weddings at Westminster

The architectural wonder has also been the scene of royal weddings most of them since World War I.

The first was when King Henry I married princess Matilda of Scotland on 11 November 1100.

Queen Elizabeths parents, prince Albert later King George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, wed in the church in 1923.

And Queen Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten in the abbey in 1947, bringing some royal colour to the post-World War II recovery years.

Queen Elizabeths sister, Princess Margaret, and her children Princess Anne and Prince Andrew all got married in the abbey.

The last royal wedding was that of Charles eldest son Prince William, who wed his university sweetheart Kate Middleton in 2011.

Queen Elizabeth IIs presence

For King Charles III, Westminster Abbey would hold a very special place as the church played a major role in his dear mamas life. She marked key milestones of her life there. Her wedding to Prince Philip on 20 November 1947 took place at Westminster Abbey. The ceremony was broadcast on the radio to millions of listeners, and there were 2,500 guests at Westminster, including six kings and seven queens.

On 2 June 1953, she ascended the crown at the Abbey in a ceremony, which was televised to millions.

And today as he gets coronated he can also enjoy his mothers presence through the stained-glass that has been installed in her honour. In September 2018, artist David Hockney unveiled a new stained glass window called The Queens Window, representing the Yorkshire countryside in the spring. It was commissioned to celebrate the reign of Elizabeth II, the United Kingdoms longest-reigning monarch.

Westminster Abbey is all ready to add one more momentous occasion to its history and has prepped itself for the event.

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Following is a list of newly created stakes and stake presidencies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from around the world.

NOTE: When a new stake is created or a stake presidency is reorganized in an existing stake, leaders are given time to report the changes and provide brief biographical information for each member of the new stake presidency. A list of stakes reporting changes is compiled and published at the end of each month. The actual date of the stakes creation or reorganization is in parentheses following the name of the stake.

A new stake has been created from the Caldwell Idaho and Caldwell Idaho East stakes. The Caldwell Idaho Snake River Stake, which consists of the Jordan Valley Branch and the Caldwell 6th, Caldwell 16th, Caldwell 4th, Homedale 1st, Homedale 2nd, Marsing 1st and Marsing 2nd wards, was created by Elder Chi Hong (Sam) Wong, General Authority Seventy, and Elder Kenneth J. Firmage, an Area Seventy.

CALDWELL IDAHO SNAKE RIVER STAKE: (March 26, 2023) President Jason Robert Nielsen, 51, ONE Grounds Management CEO and owner; wife, Stephanie Lynn Child Nielsen. Counselors Dwayne Michael Fisher, 48, Champion Produce Sales vice president of marketing, and Tamura Farms Inc. general manager; wife, Tracy Lynn Tewalt Fisher. Matthew Wayne Duckett, 48, South Mountain Cattle Inc. owner; wife, Pyper Kensington Schade Duckett.

A new stake has been created from the Iloilo Philippines North Stake. The Iloilo Philippines Central Stake, which consists of the Jaro 1st, Jaro 2nd, Lapaz, Lapuz, Leganes 1st and Pavia wards, was created by Elder Carlos G. Revillo Jr., General Authority Seventy, and Elder Bartolome L. Madriaga, an Area Seventy.

ILOILO PHILIPPINES CENTRAL STAKE: (Feb. 5, 2023) President James Gumboc Garcia, 43, business owner; wife, Kristine Aligaen Sorilla Garcia. Counselors Carlito Ismael Pablero, 48, Lemacel Trading Corp. field supervisor; wife, Flordeliza Nardo Eyao Pablero. Jecks Randall Dullete Andrada, 41, aircraft maintenance technician school instructor; wife, Estrellita Obungen Ong Andrada.

A new stake has been created from the Lehi Utah Holbrook Farms Stake. The Lehi Utah Cold Spring Ranch Stake, which consists of the Cold Spring Ranch 1st, Cold Spring Ranch 2nd, Evans Farm, Hardman Farms, Holbrook Farms 2nd and Holbrook Farms 3rd wards, was created by Elder Clark G. Gilbert, General Authority Seventy, and Elder Blaine R. Maxfield, an Area Seventy.

LEHI UTAH COLD SPRING RANCH STAKE: (March 19, 2023) President Eric Ronald Sharp, 55, Oracle sales director; wife, Ira Lou Arbogast Sharp. Counselors Cesar Manuel Orrego Larrosa, 60, Church IT project manager; wife, Martha Serrana Pereira Viega Orrego. Kenneth Arthur Corbett, 60, artist; wife, Jayne Kathryn Folsom Corbett.

A new stake has been created from the Pucallpa Per Stake. The Pucallpa Per Centenario Stake, which consists of the Campo Verde Branch and the Bolognesi, Centenario, Primavera, Senz Pea and Ucayali wards, was created by Elder Jorge F. Zeballos, General Authority Seventy, and Elder Vctor R. Caldern.

PUCALLPA PER CENTENARIO STAKE: (March 5, 2023) President Gilberto Salomn Linares Abril, 64, self-employed; wife, Yorcy de Linares Davila. Counselors Hamlet Torres Maldonado, 57, Avicola Torres owner; wife, Zulma de Torres Lpez. Eduardo Vela Rojas, 37, merchant; wife, Janeth del Pilar de Vela Gonzales.

AMMON IDAHO EAST STAKE: (March 5, 2023) President Aaron Howard Gardner, 45, Idaho Falls Community Hospital pediatric services medical director, Just 4 Kids Health president and chief medical officer, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services medical officer; succeeding Fredrick G. Pieper; wife, Amy Lee Barentsen Gardner. Counselors Joshua Benjamin Roos, 41, Idaho Falls Power chief financial officer; wife, Jamie Marie Lyon Roos. Mark Warren Marlowe, 49, pediatric dentist; wife, Michelle Kunz Marlowe.

BEDFORDVIEW SOUTH AFRICA STAKE: (Feb. 5, 2023) President Sibusiso Vincent Nkosi, 46, City of Ekurhuleni Municipality chief engineer; succeeding Vusimuzi N. Msiza; wife, Glendrose Pindiwe Koti Nkosi. Counselors Landon Kyle Dade, 31, Seef property practitioner; wife, Sarah Bester Dade. Darryn Quentin Baird, 39, Baird Financial Services self-employed; wife, Melissa Leigh Van Zyl Baird.

BLUFFDALE UTAH STAKE: (March 26, 2023) President Derek Bradley Taylor, 48, Briargate Partners managing director; succeeding Adam F. Ghiz; wife, Kristen Burrup Taylor. Counselors Christopher Lee Swank, 57, Becton Dickinson director of operations; wife, Michelle Durfey Swank. John Ryan Bevan, 42, Gardner Group president of construction; wife, Sarah Jean Tutt Bevan.

BOUNTIFUL UTAH VAL VERDA STAKE: (March 12, 2023) President James Brett Finklea, 47, Church digital finance transformation lead; succeeding Jeffrey K. Anderson; wife, Heidi Jo Hillstead Finklea. Counselors Lance Eldon Lewis, 47, Church area planning manager; wife, Bobbi Jo Andrew Lewis. Mark Andrew Hyde, 46, DermTech area medical director; wife, Jamie Jensen Hyde.

BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA MONTE GRANDE STAKE: (March 5, 2023) President Eduardo Andres Pedersen, 43, Church area leader and member support manager; succeeding Marcelo J. Paz; wife, Laura Jazmin Castellani Pedersen. Counselors David Nahuel Pitarch, 46, insurance businessman; wife, Gabriela Cecilia Scoccimarro Pitarch. Emmanuel Fuentes, 41, Church warehouse supervisor; wife, Carolina Elisabet Fuentes

CALDWELL IDAHO STAKE: (March 26, 2023) President Christopher William Stratton, 50, State of Idaho financial officer; succeeding Jason R. Nielsen; wife, Amylee Severe Stratton. Counselors Daniel Powell Rhoton, 46, Southwark Metal plant manger; wife, Aja Leigh Nope Rhoton. Philip John Bevington, 63, Ada County database administrator; wife, Lisa Jo Cheney Bevington.

CALDWELL IDAHO EAST STAKE: (March 26, 2023) President Jon Cortney Stauffer, 47, Nampa School District director of operations; succeeding Christopher W. Stratton; wife, JLynne Joanne Bailey Stauffer. Counselors Jonathan Paul Cole, 44, Sensata Technologies engineering manager; wife, Andrea Eileen Shackelford Cole. Kamron K Eck, 39, Seminaries and Institutes of Religion seminary principal; wife, Lisa Anne Ashby Eck.

COTONOU BENIN STAKE: (March 19, 2023) President Ange Odilon Mahunan Sahoui, 31, Church distribution clerk; succeeding V. Modeste Kpadonou; wife, Eveline Genevieve Dokoui. Counselors Lamine Baoua Sadou, 41, handyman; wife, Eloise Baoua Sodogandji. Kotchegnin Oluwa Daniel Adjil, 45, SOS Childrens Village International ESL teacher; wife, Philomne Assoun.

DENVER COLORADO STAKE: (March 12, 2023) President Benjamin Bruce Bassett, 40, dentist; succeeding Peter J. Krumholz; wife, Kacey Lanai Walker Bassett. Counselors Jermaine Alexander Carroll, 45, C&C Solutions LLC general counsel; wife, Zabel Anoush Ouzounian Carroll. Ryan Finsrud Howell, 44, attorney; wife, Kristen Weed Howell.

EUGENE OREGON SANTA CLARA STAKE: (March 5, 2023) President Russell James Roll, 58, Slocum Orthopedics administrator; succeeding Todd L. Knapp; wife, Denise Daniels Roll. Counselors Lance Richard Jorgensen, 50, Pap Group executive vice president and chief financial officer; wife, Alison Egnew Jorgensen. Gregory Kent Hansen, 52, financial advisor; wife, Margaret Jane Jash Hansen.

FRESNILLO MXICO STAKE: (March 5, 2023) President Luis Francisco Miranda Mendez, 55, gym owner and manager; succeeding Spencer R. Wilson; wife, Noelia de Miranda Mora. Counselors Hilario de Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar, 36, ptima Solutions owner; wife, Lessly Sariah Ramirez Arambula. Jesus Leonardo Bernal Gallegos, 37, Nagakura Engineering Works Mxico EHS coordinator; wife, Lucia Alonso Acua.

GUATEMALA CITY MARISCAL STAKE: (Jan. 15, 2023) President Hector Tiberio Santos Portillo, 35, EzCorp software development manager; succeeding H. Jared Choy; wife, Celeste Araly Diaz de Santos. Counselors Victor Manuel Veliz Enriquez, 42, SERTOconsultores owner; wife, Marilyn Jeannette Alfonso Garcia de Veliz. Renato Benjamin Perez Chacon, 32, Canvas Solutions project manager; wife, Genesis Betzary Juarez Orellana.

GUATEMALA CITY PALMITA STAKE: (March 5, 2023) President Manuel Enrique Recinos Enriquez, 47, Church temple facilities manager; succeeding Byron L. Lpez Castillo; wife, Mara Alejandra Reguero Porta de Recinos. Counselors David Fernando Echeverria Abularach, 40, EducA Learning education director; wife, Priscila Emperatriz Sagastume Pea de Echeverria. Jos Alberto Lpez Zepeda, 37, Church welfare and self-reliance manager; wife, Vivian Sofa lvarez de Lpez.

HARTFORD CONNECTICUT STAKE: (March 5, 2023) President Keith Douglas Andersen, 59, Travelers Insurance Company business insurance vice president; succeeding William C. Elwell; wife, Leslie Sue Dubois Andersen. Counselors James William Steele, 52, SS&C Technologies strategic initiatives and program management office head; wife, Sarah Ann Dibb Steele. Conway Chuong, 41, Pratt & Whitney engineering manager; wife, Karen Virginia Viglione Chuong.

ILOILO PHILIPPINES NORTH STAKE: (Feb. 5, 2023) President Harold Malapitan Quimba, 36, self-employed business owner and manager; succeeding Cyrus C. Suya; wife, Erlinda Yermo Panes Quimba. Counselors Arron Galeno Democrito, 42, high school teacher; wife, Cathyrin Chan Razonable Democrito. Jomar Doromal Salimbot, 37, Nearsol Philippines Inc. procore system administrator; wife, Jenkie Amihan Lubrido Salimbot.

KAMAS UTAH STAKE: (Feb. 26, 2023) President Bronson Sid Smart, 46, National Resources Conservation Service national watershed rehabilitation program manager; succeeding Mark T. Durham; wife, Stephanie Ruth Weller Smart. Counselors Jeffrey Jay Spencer, 51, Stein Eriksen Realty Group associate broker; wife, Julie Ann Granger Spencer. Wesley Neal Harris, 42, Uinta Medical partner; wife, Jody Adena Rydalch Harris.

KAYSVILLE UTAH CRESTWOOD STAKE: (March 5, 2023) President Bryan Reid Bush, 43, self-employed; succeeding Robert L. Mellor; wife, Camille Cook Bush. Counselors Edward Kennedy Barker, 52, Davis School District principal; wife, Diana Lee Catenzaro Barker. Corbett Truman Carver, 48, Pfizer account management employee; wife, Stephanie Moon Carver.

LAIE HAWAII MARRIED STUDENT STAKE: (March 12, 2023) President Po Nien Felipe Chou, 52, BYUHawaii professor of religion; succeeding Steven W. Tueller; wife, Petra Mei Wah Sin Chou. Counselors Alfred Tung-Teh Lee, 46, Palo Alto Networks vice president of product management; wife, Cherisse Suk Ling Goo Lee. Joel David Reece, 41, BYUHawaii faculty; wife, Linda Ann Erickson Reece.

LIMA PER VILLA MARA STAKE: (Feb. 19, 2023) President Ciro Alberto Caytuiro Soto, 55, Social Security of Health of Peru insurance and economic benefits office manager; succeeding Alex J. Arangoitia Solar; wife, Rocio de Caytuiro Vela. Counselors Jorge Luis Castillo Muoz, 60, AUTOESPAR customer service assistant; wife, Maria de Castillo Davila. Ramon Ricardo Rabanal Cortegana, 56, Exhibition Lawn Tennis Club head of maintenance; wife, Alida Maria de Rabanal Garcia.MURRAY UTAH PARKWAY STAKE: (March 5, 2023) President Blake Adam Facer, 42, Fiserv client operations director; succeeding Daryl Nancollas; wife, Stacey Lynne Hunt Facer. Counselors Erik Graham Varney, 50, Verizon managing director; wife, Victoria Ann Lawrence Varney. Thomas Scott Brown, 59, Sun Print Solutions sales representative; wife Jennifer Brown.

LIMA PER OLIVAR STAKE: (March 19, 2023) President Carlos Alberto Bardales Nuez, 40, distribution center supervisor; succeeding Jos A. Araujo Saavedra; wife, Jessica Alexandra Bardales de Mendez. Counselors Nestor Ismael Vega Ormeo, 40, Ascensores Schindler del Peru S.A. safety and quality inspector; wife, Gloria Ines Perez de Vega. Eduardo Andr Moncada Escalante, 32, Aero Transporte S.A. treasurer; wife, Aileen Beatriz Costa Crdenas.

LOGAN UTAH EAST STAKE: (March 26, 2023) President John Michael Miller, 46, Cache Valley Bank loan and trust officer; succeeding Alfred B. Burns; wife, Cassandra Ann Rawson Miller. Counselors Michael James Jensen, 59, Jensen Consulting Inc. third-party administrator; wife, Lauralee Griffin Jensen. David McKay Christensen, 57, Electric Power Systems director of government operations; wife, Mara Rae Duffin Christensen.

MESA ARIZONA HERMOSA VISTA STAKE: (Feb. 5, 2023) President Troy Arthur Rule, 44, Arizona State University professor of law; succeeding Todd R. Kerr; wife, Amy Dawn Steed Rule. Counselors Charl Whiting Riggs Jr., 56, Supporting Strategies - Phoenix and Summit Strategies president and owner; wife, Sheli Griffin Riggs. Benjamin Wallace LeSueur, 52, dermatologist; wife, Emily Jayne Porter LeSueur.

NAMPULA MOZAMBIQUE STAKE: (Jan. 8, 2023) President Ablio Francisco, 51, entrepreneur; succeeding Cirio F. Agostinho; wife, Filomena Rafael Alberto Francisco. Counselors Jalilo Amade Maquina, 31, Ministry of Health administrator and manager; wife, Virginia Armando Lourenco Faquia Maquina. Mazezo Antonio Sumaera, 41, pharmacist; wife, Brenda Rui Ivo Florindo Sumaera.

PERTH AUSTRALIA ROCKINGHAM STAKE: (Feb. 12, 2023) President Elam Gundersen Semu, 38, Strategix Training Group state manager; succeeding Rhys G. Standley; wife, Serene Marguerite Lauaki Semu. Counselors Tanielu Margraf, 47, business owner; wife, Nikki Ann Bianezos Margraf. William Te-Maihengia White Jr., 42, Steel Works Construction project manager; wife, Chantelle Karina Osborne White.

POWAY CALIFORNIA STAKE: (Feb. 26, 2023) President Anthony Joseph Newman, 51, Ramona Unified School District human resources assistant superintendent; succeeding Robert H. Walton; wife, Cristie Darlene Caten Newman. Counselors Richard Chad Whitehead, 52, Ernst & Young LLP partner; wife, Sarah Ann Little Whitehead. Mikkel Lauritz Christensen, 50, Synergy Management management consultant; wife, Marissa Lambert Christensen.

PROVO UTAH YSA 1ST STAKE: (March 12, 2023) President Jonathan William Johnson, 45, More Good Foundation president; succeeding David B. McGinn; wife, Heather Armstrong Johnson. Counselors Steven Len Embley, 54, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine clinical sciences assistant dean; wife, Heidi Sue Christensen Embley. Michael Aaron Johanson, 44, BYU alumni director; wife, Katrina Marie Jones Johanson.

RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA STAKE: (March 19, 2023) President Scott Dwain Batchelor, 49, Conga senior director of partner marketing; succeeding William G. Thornton; wife, Lynell Farrah Hamlin Batchelor. Counselors Blake Reid Boggess, 52, Duke University professor; wife, Amelia Catherine Rich Boggess. Bryan Lynne Cope, 58, tax audit supervisor; wife, Gena Lynnette Barnes Cope.

SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA NORTH STAKE: (March 19, 2023) President Timothy James Nally, 42, Global Regulatory Writing & Consulting Inc. corporate counsel, and attorney; succeeding K. Wessley Larson; wife, Kathryn Stephens Nally. Counselors Christian Nilsson Brown, 48, A. Teichert & Son director of operations; wife, Jeanine Fry Brown. Jason Alexander Smith, 47, Teichert aggregate resource development project manager; wife, Lisa Marie Simmons Smith.

SALT LAKE GRANITE PARK STAKE: (Jan. 22, 2023) President Rollin Grover Johnson, 58, Suburban Land Reserve and Property Reserves Inc. asset manager; succeeding Todd H. Neubert; wife, Leslie Anne Benton Johnson. Counselors Alex Von Marshall, 39, University of Utah Department of Theatre music director; wife, Jackie Jensen Marshall. Timothy Mark Clark II, 36, Granite School District principal; wife, Melissa Lyn Dean Clark.

SALT LAKE HUNTER COPPERHILL STAKE: (March 26, 2023) President Cody Martin Hopkins, 49, Metro Repair owner; succeeding Chris T. Dennison; wife, Merrilee June Williams Hopkins. Counselors Matthew Charles Zito, 46, Seminaries and Institutes of Religion institute instructor; wife, Lisel Marie Sorenson Zito. Nathan Jared Dent, 49, Discover Financial Services senior workforce manager; wife, Angela Kay Nebeker Dent.

SAN NICOLS ARGENTINA STAKE: (Feb. 26, 2023) President Esteban Abel Maraude, 44, freelancer; succeeding Alejandro L. Mazzeo; wife, Melina del Rosario Maraude. Counselors Hipolito Benigno Morera, 33, Lervu S.A. salesperson; wife, Maria Victoria Reynero. Fabio Valentin Vazquez, 39, self-employed; wife, Pamela Vazquez.

SANTA CRUZ BOLIVIA LA COLORADA STAKE: (March 5, 2023) President Henry Emilio Davalos del Castillo, 41, manager; succeeding Roger Rojas; wife, Karen Jhessenia Davalos Ledezma. Counselors Nelson Javier Poma Taborga, 46, Farmedical SRL maintenance manager; wife, Laura Jimena Torrez Cano. Amhed Zarate Llanos, 40, sales manager; wife, Ana Luisa de Zarate Romero.

SO PAULO BRAZIL PENHA STAKE: (Jan. 29, 2023) President Tiago Aurelio Zaccanini Carraro, 40, mechanical engineer; succeeding Ricardo Augusto Faria de Souza; wife, Morgana Almeida Carraro. Counselors Diego Tadeu Balieiro, 39, marketing consultant; wife, Andrea Batista Balieiro. Thiago Ramos Santiago, 39, Reaglan Surfboards owner and partner; wife, Marina Dias Sola Santiago.

SOWETO SOUTH AFRICA STAKE: (Jan. 29, 2023) President Anathi Qinisile, 38, Liberty Life MI and legal specialist; succeeding George Ntakwile-Shongwe; wife, Zandile Precious Ngubane Qinisile. Counselors Fulufhelo Lawrence Tshilande, 37, Liberty general accountant; wife, Katty Masuku Tshilande. Nkululeko Mlondolozi Nkosi, 41, Investec Bank settlements officer; wife, Agnes Maria Masemola Nkosi.

SPRINGVILLE UTAH WEST STAKE: (Feb. 26, 2023) President Kenneth Boyd Packer, 47, Provo MTC director of language training and development; succeeding Blake D. Rapier; wife, Cari Marie Robinson Packer. Counselors Kyle Bruce Bills, 41, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine associate dean of research and Migraine and Neurological Research Center owner and medical director; wife, Stephanie Ann Alexander Bills. Robert Laird Peterson, 58, self-employed engineering consultant; wife, Katherine Kiester Peterson.

SYRACUSE UTAH STAKE: (March 19, 2023) President Richard Mark Partridge, 46, Church product management manager; succeeding Erik D. Hjorten; wife, Heidi Herrscher Partridge. Counselors Daniel Jed Snedaker, 39, dentist; wife, Kathryn Lorraine Tingey Snedaker. Burke Jay Adams, 42, City First Mortgage Services chief financial officer; wife, Nykol Howard Adams.

TEHUACN MXICO STAKE: (March 19, 2023) President Marcos Luna Caballero, 44, Caja Popular Mexicana head of administrative collection; succeeding Tomas E. Pazos; wife, Veronica Osorio Reyes. Counselors Jesus Hernandez Garcia, 38, business owner; wife, Carolina de Hernandez Martinez. Jaime Martinez Tapia, 36, The Phone House Telcel moto chip salesman; wife, Fabiola de Martinez Alvarez.

UBERLNDIA BRAZIL STAKE: (Feb. 5, 2023) President Everson Da Silva, 44, Algar Tecnologia employee; succeeding Raul Vitor Gabriel Lopes; wife, Elizangela Carvalho de Oliveira Silva. Counselors Lucas Vinicius Silva Pereira, 27, Cargill Inc. credit and risk team manager; wife, Natasha Mouzinho Borges Pereira. Pedro Paulo Marques de Souza, 33, Santander Brazil S.A. individual business manager; wife, Diana Raquel Moreira Souza.

WENDELL IDAHO STAKE: (Feb. 12, 2023) President Reid Wayne Lofgran, 54, physician and medical director; succeeding David C. Gines; wife, Danielle MacArthur Lofgran. Counselors Brad Arlington Nebeker, 71, teacher; wife, Jennifer Lynn Schuyler Nebeker. Mark Whitney Henslee, 51, farm and ranch manager; wife, Brenda Ann Stewart Henslee.

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The Brodsky Organization has picked up a post-rezoning development in Gowanus from Avery Hall Investments, which will retain a stake in the project.

The deal is for a 350-unit project at 499 President Street, Crains reported. The mixed-use development will span 322,000 square feet, including 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

SLCE Architects is handling the design work. M&T Bank and Bank of New York provided a $155 million construction loan to the project, which is expected to be completed in the spring of 2025.

Avery Hall initially partnered with Tavros Holdings and Charney Development & Construction to buy the site along with several others for $55 million in 2018. Upon buying the adjacent parcels, the companies agreed to develop them separately. At the time, Avery Hall was eyeing a residential and commercial project at its site.

After the onset of the pandemic, Avery Hall pivoted, applying to build a 70,000-square-foot storage facility. When the Gowanus rezoning passed in late 2021, however, Avery Halls original idea reemerged.

For the project, 75 percent of the units will be market-rate, while the remainder will be affordable housing units. The affordable units are further broken down to 10 percent for residents earning 40 percent of the AMI, 10 percent for those earning 60 percent of the AMI and 5 percent for those earning 100 percent of the AMI.

Amenities are expected to include coworking spaces, a yoga center and an outdoor swimming pool.

Since the Gowanus rezoning, developers have been piling into the neighborhood, though the prominent filings have slowed in recent months. The rezoning applied to 82 blocks that had mostly been restricted to industrial use. Officials estimated the rezoning would lead to 8,500 apartments being built by 2035, some 3,000 of which will be income-restricted, although the 421a construction deadline puts those targets in jeopardy.

Cheskie Weiszs CW Realty was reported in August to be angling to develop 205 apartments on Fourth Avenue.

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Residents question impact on aquifer, local traffic

Upper Saddle River retain council to explore development in neighboring Rockland County at its May 4, 2023 meeting.

Marsha A. Stoltz, NorthJersey.com

UPPER SADDLE RIVER A two-year simmering dispute over building violations at several Jewish facilities under construction on its northern border has finally generated a public pledge to pursue remedies from the mayor and council at Thursday's meeting.

The dispute primarily concerns the clearing of a 19-acre wooded site for an orthodox Jewish cemetery recently opened at 44 Hillside Ave. in Airmont, New York, and the construction of a 18,520-square-foot mikvah or ritual Jewish bath facility on 3.7 acres across the street from the cemetery at 79 Hillside Ave. in Ramapo, New York.

Both have been cited by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation for failure to engage in runoff containment practices during constructon.

Now, however, the concerns have widened to include an allegation of insufficient on-site parking for the cemetery, forcing cars onto the shoulders of narrow Hillside Avenue, and funneling traffic onto Upper Saddle River side streets. Officials are also charging that the builder has reneged on a pledge to arrange for a water connection with Veolia (formerly Suez) and is now planning to install three wells to service the building, with discharge site in question.

The borough is largely on well and septic systems, and residents allege filling one swimming pool empties the aquifer serving the Hampshire Hill area, leading to questions of the impact of the mikveh.

Upper Saddle River Mayor Arman Fardanesh told 24 residents attending the meeting that White Plains attorney Michael Burke has again been retained to address "water and sewer issues" for the borough, and that they are meeting with water-impact committee and elected officials next week.

"Following that, we will have a meeting with both New Jersey and New York legislation to include members of this council as well as Mike Waller from New York State to discuss the ongoing issues that impact residents," Fardanesh said. "We'll also be engaging with the N.J. DEP and N.Y. DEC. We are working round the clock and taking this issue very seriously."

The $14.5 million, 52-room Ohel Sarah or Hillside Mikveh is scheduled for completion in September 2024. The mivehohelsarah.com website states the orthodox community has "outgrown" its existing Mikvah of Rockland County on Viola Road in Monsey, New York and that another is "desperately needed."

The Har Shalom Cemetery is being billed as the largest Shomer Shabbos-owned cemetery in the United States, described as containing anywhere from 10,200 to 20,000 plots. Traditionally bodies are buried unembalmed in a shroud in a pine box with a hole to facilitate "going back to earth."

While residents deny their concerns are antisemitic, they refer to two cemeteries east of the Har Shalom site as "clean" even though one of them is the Jewish Gates of Zion Cemetery following the same burial rules because Har Shalom bodies are "buried without a proper enclosure."

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Burial of unembalmed bodies is not prohibited in New York or New Jersey, and in fact is gaining in popularity as part of the "green burial" movement on the premise that embalmed bodies may be leaching more chemicals into the ground water than naturally-decaying bodies.

The Green Burial Council notes that "embalming does not remove toxins from anywhere in the body" and cremation has no environmental benefits.

"It's an old thing that's new again," said Jeff Vander Platt of Vander Platt Funeral Home in Paramus. "We don't have a whole lot of call for it, but we are able to perform them."

Among the cemeteries performing green burials is Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah, one of 11 Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Newark with New Jerseys first Catholic Natural/Green Burial Section. Patrons can choose from "dark," "medium" or "light" green options from burial in a shroud to burial with environmentally-friendly embalming chemicals and decomposing casket.

Residents argue the Har Shalom cemetery land has been made additionally "porous" and susceptible to seepage by the wholescale removal of the site's foliage, fluffing up what they estimate to be 15 feet of top soil so remains can seep down to the aquifer more quickly.

But Mickey Levine, executive vice president of the Cemetery Association of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey, says he's never had a complaint about seepage or water contamination in 20 years of overseeing their 18 burial sites in Bergen and Passaic counties.

"When you dig a grave you're loosening the soil, " Levine said. "We're doing burials all the time."

Old Paramus Reformed Church in Ridgewood oversees the adjacent 22-acre, 18,600-plot Valleau Cemetery just off Route 17 south. The Rev. Rob Miller says his church doesn't do "green burials," but that their vault is primarily required to stabilize the ground as soil settles after burial, not to prevent seepage.

In his 2022 book "Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries," author Greg Melville points out that the U.S. is one of the few countries in the world embalming its dead a practice left over from the Civil War to preserve bodies for long-distance transport. Before that, dead people went into the ground "au natural."

Melville says that while research on how cemeteries contaminate ground water are "surprisingly scarce," there are indications that the contamination is more likely coming from bodies that are embalmed with a cancer-causing combination of formaldehyde, methanol, and ethanol an average three gallons per body or 4.5 million gallons for the U.S. in 2021 alone.

"There are many potential fixes for the creep of graveyard ooze into our aquifers," Melville said. "The easiest being to stop injecting the dead with chemicals."

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Published 6:00 pm Friday, May 5, 2023

BROOKHAVEN Charles Ford and his wife sat in the cool shade of a pavilion at Bicentennial Park Thursday afternoon. It was a warm and sunny day but the shade offered relief as a cool breeze flowed through close to where The Dart landed.

Ford is originally from Franklin County. He was born and raised there, graduated from high school there and once moved to Jefferson County only to continue going to Franklin County. At one point in his life he played football but did not play long enough, he said.

Alcorn State was his next destination. Ford headed to Lorman to follow his girlfriend at the time and decided to study biology.

I felt like I was good. I understood it. I just understood it better than anything like I do now, Ford said. Everything is biology when you go to the doctors office or grocery store. Everything living and even the dead deal with biology.

His mom got sick when he was 32 so he and his dad and family moved to Brookhaven. She lived at Haven Hall until she died. Ford said he did not want to move again after moving three times so he stayed put.

Dickerson and Bowen hired him to work construction. It was not easy. Work in Mississippis blazing sun was hot, he said I wish I had stayed in school.

His father is on dialysis now. Brookhaven did give Ford one special thing. He met his wife in Brookhaven. They were together for three years before getting married seven years ago. Ford said his son was killed when he was 17.

I wanted to put my roots down and not go anywhere else, Ford said. It was tough. My wife and our kids helped me get through losing my son. It wasnt just me and myself. I would have sunk into a depression if I was by myself. I was at the right place at the right time with her.

He said they had met through his wifes sister. His life leveled out to where he needed to be.

In his free time he hangs around with his wife and tries to stay out of trouble by going to quiet places. Brookhaven and society in general has changed, he said. Bicentennial Park offers a quiet place to exercise and Brookhaven offers a chance to live a quiet life.

Ford said he likes having a quiet life because it means less stress.

On the weekends, he watches the Dallas Cowboys play football and has been a fan of them since 1995. Ford said he does not have a favorite player because an important player can be traded in a second. Money means more to teams than the football being played on the field, he said.

Across the street from Bicentennial Park is the church Ford goes to, Brookhavens Messiah Seventh Day Adventist Church. He has some advice for people from what his life has taught him.

Dont take anything for granted. Freedom, love, religion or anything. Dont take it for granted ever. You are only here for a split second, Ford said. I think Brookhaven is a pretty good town. It is quiet when it wants to be. Any place has a chance to be good. It is up to the people to make it good.

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Whos in charge?

The mighty one, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting Psalm 50:1

In an essay titled Heroes, Garrison Keillor has written: All of them at least theyre my heroes, especially the new immigrants, the refugees it takes years to start to feel semi-normal and yet people still come from Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam, Cambodia, Haiti, Chili and they come for freedom. If we knew their stories, we could not keep back the tears.

Vast numbers of these families have crossed heaving seas or dangerous rivers in their small crafts, sometimes a ship. Think of the small boats in your life. Think of the seas you have crossed. Lets tell our stories.

Here are a few.

The other evening on TV, a program told the history of the Vanderbilt family. We may know the enormous wealth, but we may not know the grandfather of the family put his hands together and it was like putting several strings together and creating a rope.

Kristin Trecker, the daughter of Patricia Hawly who died on April 8 at age 82, spoke of her mother.

She was a trailblazer for her time. She added: My mom did not fit that traditional role of that stereotype.

While the future pastor was loading laundry, she was rehearsing sermons, she remembered her daughter Julie Kline.

After graduating from the University of Minnesota and Luther Seminary in St. Paul, I was welcomed as a Methodist. She pastored several Lutheran Churches in the Twin Cities. I dont recall having anyone work out of a church service as I began my sermon, but bing among the first ordained women clergy in Lutheranism, that was her early experience. When Ive spoken with my Catholic friends, both laity and priests, Ive often asked when the orders will come from the Rome state: Equality is here; from now on women will be ordained.

Unison prayer of the day

Oh God, we do not pretend to come to you with more faith than we really have. We do not come to make promises that are beyond our grasp. We do not come seeming to be more than we are. We come to offer these words, these actions, and ourselves, trusting that you hold in your hands our faith, our promises, our lives. Amen.

Singing for most of us began with a nursery rhyme or repeating what our father sang. I grew up with some embarrassment singing in public, but that changed when I went to a church where members even raised their hands and clapped while singing. An example of the kinds of singing is to be noted. We crossed a large ocean when we joined the choir now sing along.

From out in deep waters in a small boat to growing up, a visitor on a cruise ship is one way essayist Anne Taylor Fleming recounts her early days. She writes of how she, like so many of her friends, were in the 1950s raised as good girls. An essay she wrote reminds us how girls got a kick out of weather kooky boots, while the simple act of getting into a car can be a major maneuver for a short-skirt wearer.

She said: What it means to be young and female was completed redefined, blown wide open. We went from frilly dresses to blue jeans, from pool typists to construction workers, from teachers college to law school, from injunctions against sex to birth control pills in the heartbeat of a decade. And we were singing: we shall overcome.

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Ralph Waldo

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America's dirty divide

There are plans to unite Philadelphias divided Chinatown with a highway cap but a new arena could hurt the neighborhood yet again

If you ask for directions in Philadelphias Chinatown, chances are someone will either tell you to head north of the highway or south of the highway. Thats because this community has been carved into two.

It is one of the oldest and largest Chinatowns in the US. Yet landmarks like the Holy Redeemer church and the Crane community center are separated from others like the famous dim sum spot Bai Wei or the Chinatown firehouse by six lanes of busy traffic.

This freeway is known as the Vine Street Expressway. This is the busiest [area] for Chinatown, said Debbie Wei, who founded the grassroots activist group Asian Americans United. Its a pretty broad space to have to cross over. Several times a week she crosses the sunken highway via one of six street-level lanes. Its not the sort of place where residents think: Oh, I think Ill take a walk here.

But all that could change thanks to an audacious plan to physically cover the expressway and reconnect the two severed parts of Chinatown. Last month, the city announced plans to explore a cap, a structure built on top of a highway that acts as a lid, and would make way for new green areas, recreational space and even buildings.

The city has allocated $400,000 to explore what local residents want the cap to look like. It has also secured $4m to design it, including $1.8m in federal funds from President Bidens bipartisan infrastructure law. Construction on the project known as the Chinatown stitch is estimated to start in 2028.

This is something that the community has been organizing around for three decades now, said Christopher Puchalsky, who oversees policy and planning for Philadelphias office of transportation, infrastructure and sustainability. On top of noise pollution and air pollution, as pedestrians cross back and forth, the fast traffic they encounter is dangerous.

It follows other plans to reconnect communities like those in New Yorks South Bronx, through capping portions of the Cross Bronx Expressway. A similar plan is under way in Richmond, Virginia, where the city has secured $1.3m to plan the capping of parts of I-95 that cut through Jackson Ward. Thousands were displaced in the historic Black neighborhood when the highway was built in the 1950s.

The Federal Highway Act of 1956 initiated construction of 41,000 miles (66,000km) of the interstate highway system and reshaped travel and trade in the US. But this convenience came at a cost, including air and noise pollution, safety risks from vehicle collisions, and even increases in traffic congestion.

Communities of color bore the brunt of the devastation that came with highway construction. In the 1920s, the urban planner Robert Moses spearheaded the bulldozing of Black and Latino neighborhoods in New York City to make way for expressways. And while the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed segregation, the design of these highways perpetuated racial zoning that destroyed homes, devalued property and separated communities.

One such place that was shaped by highway infrastructure in this way is Philadelphias Chinatown.

The very first Philadelphia Chinatown business dates back to 1870, when Lee Fong started a laundry storefront at 913 Race Street, less than a mile away from city hall and the Liberty Bell. Amid growing anti-Asian sentiment, discriminatory immigration laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prevented all but merchants from bringing families into the country. As the restrictions eased, Chinese immigrants settled there with their families, built businesses and founded churches and schools that, despite facing challenges from new development projects, still thrive today.

In 1966, the city released a plan to extend Philadelphias Vine Street Expressway and link a growing part of the south-west of the city to the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, which crosses the Delaware River into downtown Camden, New Jersey. The construction of the highway required the seizure of more than 300 properties through eminent domain and demolished entire blocks of houses and businesses, splitting the community north and south of the highway.

It created an artificial barrier that stunted the physical expansion of Chinatown, said John Chin, executive director of the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC), an organization founded in 1968 to represent the communitys opposition to the highway.

I have friends that I grew up with who had to move out of the community, said Chin. Some were lucky and were able to move into replacement housing, and thats something PCDCs founders had fought for if youre going to force us to move, you need to build new housing so we can stay in Chinatown.

The original plan entailed demolishing the Holy Redeemer Catholic church and an adjacent school, both serving a majority Asian population. But thanks to the overwhelming and united pressure from the community, the church and the school survived. Today more than 300 people attend Holy Redeemers Sunday mass, and roughly 150 children are enrolled in the K-12 school.

The current situation is an environmental justice issue, said Puchalsky of the city of Philadelphia. In formulating the Chinatown stitch, were determined not to make the same mistakes, he said.

Currently there are efforts to survey the community, notably in Mandarin as well as in English. So far, residents have expressed a desire for green space and parks which are lacking in Chinatown, as well as stressing the importance of pedestrian safety. Other green spaces that have resulted from highway capping include Klyde Warren Park in Dallas, Texas; Freeway Park in Seattle, Washington; Lyle Park in Cincinnati, Ohio; and Sutton Park in New York City.

I think its a small token of recognition of whats happened to the community, said Wei. Theres very little to no green in Chinatown, and the exhaust from cars alone is environmentally detrimental to the people.

But even as Chinatown seems on the verge of reunification, some say another threat looms.

The community is rallying to stop a proposed 18,500-seat basketball arena for the Philadelphia 76ers on Chinatowns doorstep. It is the second attempt to build a stadium in the neighborhood in 2000, Wei and others rallied against a baseball arena for the Philadelphia Phillies.

The new privately funded $1.3bn arena is spearheaded by 76 Devcorp, run by Philadelphia 76ers owners Josh Harris and David Blitzer as well as the billionaire developer David Adelman. The lease on the NBA teams current arena expires in 2031, and the developers have stated that the current location is not conducive to our vision of building a championship-level franchise for decades to come. They also noted that most arenas only remain in service for 30-40 years, which is prompting concern in Chinatown that their community will suffer displacement again only to have the arena shutter after a few decades.

The PCDC, which opposes the arena, surveyed more than 90% of Chinatown residents and businesses, finding overwhelming opposition. In a statement, the organization cited fears of gentrification, which has repeatedly been the case when stadiums are built in neighborhoods largely home to people of color. Additionally, residents expressed concern about displacement, increased rent, and parking and traffic congestion.

It would kill Chinatown, said Wei.

The neighborhood already faces a demographic shift. It is home to nearly 5,000 people, and roughly 50% of the population is of Asian descent, having declined from 58% in 2000. This situation is similar in New York City, where factors like high rent drove out roughly 10% of the Asian population of Manhattans Chinatown between 2010 and 2020. From 2010 to 2017, the number of Asian people in San Franciscos Chinatown, the nations first, decreased by 6%.

But perhaps the most dire example of how gentrification and development have erased a community is seen in Washington DCs Chinatown. Founded in the 1930s, it is now a shell of what it was, with fewer than 300 Chinese Americans living there today. The construction of whats known today as the Capitol One Arena in 1997 drove out businesses with locals following suit.

Chin, of the PCDC, fears that the same thing will happen in Philadelphia if the proposed 76ers arena is built.

Its the saddest thing Ive seen, said Chin, recalling walking in what remains of DCs Chinatown and not finding a single Asian supermarket. A community in the US capital became an empty town.

For now, even though the cap is poised to address some of the harms wreaked by the highway, locals like Debbie Wei are worried about the future of Chinatown. And much like before, theyre determined to fight.

Chinatown is a real community, in the deepest sense, Wei said. The stadium developers keep saying that this isnt going to have an impact, that its going to help us. But if youre that confident, then do a full impact study and show us the evidence that this will work environmentally, socially, culturally that our community will stay intact, she said. Show us that.

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Sedona-Oak Creek Airport is slated to have several repair and upgrade projects in order to keep planes safely in the air, and continue its economic impact of $18 million according to a 2021 study by the Arizona Department of Transportation

The first project will be carried out by Cactus Asphalt; they will be crack sealing, seal coating and remarking the airports runway at the total cost of $1.4 million. The project is grant funded by the Arizona Department of Transportation and a little over 4.4% was paid by local participation with the monies raised from aviation user fees according to Airport Manager, Ed Rose.

This is just an example of infrastructure maintenance and safety oriented projects that we perform here on a regular basis, Sedona Airport General Manager Ed Rose said. Itll be a pretty simple sealcoating and remarking of that pavement. The unfortunate thing is thats going to take eight or nine days to get done, and the runway has to be closed. So theres the lost air traffic and revenue that nine days represents.

SOCAAs anticipated closure dates are: May 22 through June 4, when the taxiway work to take. And June 5 through June for the runway work, Rose said. The closure shouldnt affect helicopters companies that use the facility according to airport staff.

This particular project rehabilitates the entire SOCAA taxiway system. The top inch of the taxiway will be milled off and fills any cracks that are beneath that layer. Then reapplies a one inch wear surface and the second half of the project is the runway rehabilitation, according to Rose who added This is just an example of infrastructure maintenance and safety oriented projects that we perform here on a regular basis.

Fuel Storage

A $4 million fuel storage replacement project is anticipated to have its ribbon cutting ceremony around the end of May or early June according to Rose who added its finalization is depended

on the contractors ability to get the system commissioned and accepted by SOCAA

We currently have 10,000 gallons of jet fuel storage and 10,000 gallons of aviation gasoline storage, this project increases the storage capacity to 30,000 gallons of jet fuel and 12,000 gallons of aviation gasoline, this is to accommodate increased air traffic at the airport Rose said.

The volume of fuel demanded has increased tremendously, last year the airport used 418,000 gallons of jet fuel through a 10,000 gallon tank. The current fuel storage has been putting the airport in a precarious position to be able to service corporate and private visitors as well as the forest service firefighting, according to Rose.

Theres a lot of juggling to make sure you have enough fuel to supply the needs of your clients. Rose said. This will remove a lot of angst over those fuel ordering episodes and the monitoring of inventory.

Currently three or four airplanes have the potential to drain 80% of what the airport has on property at one time with the current fuel storage tanks which are showing signs of age and rust, SOCAA Line Technician Mark Allen pointed out at the construction site.

That will be a game-changer for us, Allen said. We dont know when flights are coming in because we dont have scheduled traffic here. Its hard to predict, sometimes nobody takes any fuel for a day or two and then all of a sudden theres a run on it. For instance, in the last week we sold 2000, 3000 and 2000 gallons in three consecutive days. So thats 7,000 gallons and that tank down there holds 10,000 [gallons]. We currently have deliveries of fuel twice a week to make sure that we dont run out. We probably only get out of gas once a month.

The new fuel storage also comes with safety upgrades such as overfill protection, grounding assurance and spill protection with a new catchment system that also separates fuel from rainwater runoff.

Runway Safety

More extensive SOCAA infrastructure upgrades will also soon be going before Sedona residents at a total cost of over $33 million. Among the plans are: the acquisition of 2.6 acres of adjacent forest service land, the relocation of a section of Airport Loop Trail because of safety concerns of hikers being too close to takeoff and landing aircraft, and the installation of engineered material arresting systems at the runway ends, Rose said.

An EMS as theyre called arrests the forward inertia of aircraft and in our case itll keep aircraft from rolling off the end of the runway and down off the precipice at either end of the runway, Rose said. There have been aircraft that have gone off again before we know that there have been [fatalities] involved with those accidents, and were doing what we can with our FAA, ADOT and engineering partners to come up with life saving solutions. [This is] not a runway extension, [this is] simply safety enhancements.

There are upcoming community outreach meetings May 22 at the Sedona United Methodist Church from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and then at the Sedona library the May 23, from 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. to introduce airport safety projects to the citizens of Sedona and gather feedback on the design, Rose said.

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Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $875 million in financing has been awarded through bonds, tax credits, and subsidies to create or preserve 3,100 affordable, sustainable, and supportive homes in 27 developments across New York State. When coupled with additional private funding and resources, the 27 projects receiving funding are expected to create more than $1.5 billion in overall investment. The awards will increase housing supply in every region, assist local economic development efforts, fight homelessness with onsite services that keep vulnerable populations safely housed, include sustainable features that advance the State's climate goals, and offer free broadband to help close the digital divide.

"My administration is committed to ensuring that every New Yorker has access to housing that is affordable, sustainable, and offers critical services that improve lives," Governor Hochul said. "This funding will ultimately create more places for seniors and vulnerable residents to live independently, apartments that young people can afford, and revitalized communities where businesses can succeed and grow their workforce. These innovative developments are central to our strategic efforts to increase the supply of housing and create a more affordable, more livable New York for all."

The awards announced today are part of Governor Hochul's $25 billion comprehensive Housing Plan that will create or preserve 100,000 affordable homes across New York State, including 10,000 with support services for vulnerable populations, plus the electrification of an additional 50,000 homes.

Funding is provided through New York State Homes and Community Renewal's Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program and Tax-Exempt Bond financing. Seven projects were awarded $684 million subsidies and tax-exempt housing bonds in the Agency's March 2023 bond issuance. Twenty developments were awarded more than $191 million through HCR's Multifamily Finance RFP, a competitive process that awards Federal and State Low-Income Housing Tax Credits and subsidy financing for affordable and supportive multifamily housing developments.

All projects meet the new sustainability standards established by HCR in 2022 which promote healthier living environments and highly efficient buildings and support the goals set by the New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.

More than half of the awarded projects will use a total of $9 million from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority's Clean Energy Initiative to achieve even higher levels of sustainability and carbon reduction.

In addition, the developments offer free broadband services to residents, building on the Governor's ConnectALL initiative, which has made historic investments to deliver highspeed internet in underserved communities and close the digital divide for lower-income New Yorkers.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas said, "The $875 million in financing we announced today will deliver more than 3,100 quality, affordable, environmentally sustainable apartments to every region of New York, while expanding access to broadband and essential support services. True to the spirit of our $25 billion housing plan, these 27 projects will increase New York's housing supply and create vibrant, diverse, and economically stable communities where people of all income levels can afford to live. Congratulations and thank you to our talented development partners for their hard work on these life-changing developments."

The full description of awards can be found here.

Capital Region

Central New York

Finger Lakes

Long Island

Mid-Hudson Region

Mohawk Valley

New York City

North Country

Southern Tier

Western New York

Representative Brian Higgins said, "Access to affordable living has long been one of Western New York's great attributes. We must continue to look at ways to improve existing residential living and open up new affordable housing opportunities to all. These projects, made possible in large part thanks to the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, continue to build on that goal."

Representative Adriano Espaillat said, "Affordable housing is critical to the health and sustainability of our communities. I commend Governor Hochul on allocating this significant level of funding to ensure affordable housing across the state of New York. Today's announcement furthers our commitment to bolstering economic development, supporting sustainable communities, and assisting vulnerable families to help them thrive."

Representative Joe Morelle said, "Quality, affordable housing is the foundation of every community, and every person deserves a safe and stable place to call home. I'm grateful to Governor Hochul for her commitment to supporting expanded housing options for New Yorkers. I look forward to our continued partnership working to create opportunity for low-income families."

Representative Pat Ryan said, "I'm fighting every day to make housing more affordable in the Hudson Valley and this investment of more than $40M is a game-changer for hardworking families in Newburgh and Highland. This financing means hundreds more seniors and veterans will be able to live independently, and with additional funding for free broadband, they will be active members of the community as well. I look forward to continuing to work with Governor Hochul, RUPCO and The Kearney Realty & Development Group Inc. to bring down housing costs across the region."

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