Allison Eid shares a similar background to another Trump judicial nominee, David Stras: like Stras, Eid is a former academic; like Stras, she clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas; and like Stras, she serves on a state supreme court. However, unlike Stras, whose nomination is currently stymied by the opposition of a home state senator, Eid has received the requisite sign-off from her home state senators, allowing her nomination to move forward.

Background

Eid was born Allison Hartwell in Seattle, Washington in 1965. After getting a B.A. with distinction from Stanford University, Eid joined the staff of U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett as a Special Advisor and Speechwriter. At the end of the Reagan Administration, Eid joined the University of Chicago Law School, graduating with high honors in 1991. After graduating, Eid clerked for the notoriously conservative Judge Jerry Edwin Smith on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and went on to clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, clerking at the Supreme Court in a particularly notable year for clerks (prominent co-clerks include Justice Neil Gorsuch, Paul Clement, Prof. Eugene Volokh, and federal judges Brett Kavanaugh, Gary Feinerman, J. Paul Oetken, and Brian Morris).

In 1994, at the conclusion of her clerkship with Thomas, Eid joined Arnold & Porter, working as a litigator there for four years. She left the firm in 1998, joining the University of Colorado Law School, teaching Torts, Constitutional Law, and Legislation.[1]

In 2005, Eid was tapped by Republican Attorney General John Suthers to be Colorados Solicitor General.[2] Shortly after, Eid was one of three finalists for a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (eventually filled by Gorsuch).[3] However, instead, Eid was instead nominated for a vacancy on the Colorado Supreme Court by Republican Governor Bill Owens.[4]

History of the Seat

Eid was tapped for a Colorado seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The seat was vacated by now-Justice Neil Gorsuch, who was elevated to the U.S. Supreme Court on April 9, 2017.

Like Gorsuch, Eid was also among the finalists for the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalias death.[5]

Political Activity

Colorado Supreme Court justices serve ten year terms, with retention elections marking the end of every term. Since her appointment in 2006, Eid has come up for retention once (in 2008) and was retained with 75% of voters in support.[6]

Other than her time in judicial elections, Eid has minimal involvement with electoral politics. She has made small contributions to former Republican senator Wayne Allard,[7]and to failed Republican congressional candidate Greg Walcher.[8]

Legal Career

While Eid has spent most of her legal career either as an academic or as a jurist, she has four years of experience in private practice working at Arnold & Porter. Among her work there, Eid was part of the legal team defending investors who recovered profits from a Ponzi scheme. Eid helped successfully defend the recovered profits against actions by bankruptcy trustees seeking fictitious profits.[9]

Jurisprudence

Eid has served on the Colorado Supreme Court for approximately eleven years. As the Colorado Supreme Court has discretionary review, Eid hears appeals on issues of exceptional importance, as well as constitutional challenges, death penalty cases, and certain election law issues. During her tenure, Eid has carved out a pattern as the most conservative justice on the court, frequently voting in favor of narrow interpretations of criminal and civil protections. Below are some patterns drawn from her jurisprudence.

Conservative View of Tort Remedies

A former torts professor, Eid has worked on the bench to narrow avenues for tort remedies, including limiting liability,[10]reading affirmative defenses broadly,[11]and expanding immunity.[12] In one case, for example, Eid dissented from a majority opinion that expanded the attractive nuisance doctrine to cover all children in Colorado.[13]

In another case, the Colorado Supreme Court eliminated the sudden emergency doctrine: a common law defense for defendants whose negligence was borne from responding to a sudden emergency.[14] In dissent, Eid noted:

[The sudden emergency doctrine] simply repeats the standard negligence formulation that the jury is to determine whether the defendants conduct was reasonable under the circumstances, including circumstances that would amount to a sudden emergency[15]

Narrow Interpretation of Criminal Procedural Protections

Eid also takes a conservative view of criminal procedural protections, interpreting the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments and their protections narrowly, and frequently voting against motions to suppress.

For example, in one case, Eid joined a dissent by Justice Nathan Coats arguing that revoking a defendants probation for refusing to answer questions posed to him did not violate his Fifth Amendment rights.[16] In another dissent, Eid argues that threatening a defendant with deportation to Iraq does not render his subsequent statements involuntary.[17]

Similarly, Eid has also generally voted against defendants who have argued for Fourth Amendment relief based on unreasonable searches and seizures.[18] For example, in one case, Eid was the lone dissenter arguing that a warrantless search of a cell-phone did not violate a defendants Fourth Amendment rights as the defendant had abandoned the cell-phone.[19]

Unwillingness to Consider Legislative History

Similar to Justices Scalia and Thomas, Eid refuses to consider legislative history in analyzing the meaning of statutes.[20]

For example, in one case, Eid notes:

I join the majority opinion because I agree that under the plain language of section 10-4-110.5(1), C.R.S.(2007), Granite States late notice resulted in a forty-five-day extension of the old policy, but not in a full-term renewal. Seemaj. op. at 14. I write separately to note that I would not resort to an examination of the statutes legislative history.[21]

Reversals

The Colorado Supreme Court, on which Eid serves, is the final authority on the interpretation of the Colorado Constitution and statutes. As such, the only decisions of the Colorado Supreme Court that can be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court are interpretations of the U.S. Constitution or federal law.

During Eids eleven year tenure on the bench, only a handful of Colorado Supreme Court cases have made it up to the Supreme Court. We have outlined the key cases below.

Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp. v. Hoeperwas a defamation action brought by a pilot based on statements to the TSA by airline employees questioning his mental stability. After the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed. The Colorado Supreme Court also affirmed the verdict in a 4-3 decision, holding that the airline employees were not immunized by Congress for their remarks.[22] Eid concurred in part and dissented in part, joined by two colleagues, arguing that the airline and its employees were immune from the defamation action under the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA), and furthermore, that the statements made were not materially false.[23] The Supreme Court granted certiorariand reversed the Colorado Supreme Court. Writing for a six justice majority, Justice Sotomayor agreed with Eids dissent that the challenged statements were not materially false, and that, in any case, the airline was immunized under the ATSA.[24] Justice Scalia, joined by Justices Thomas and Kagan, concurred with the opinion, agreeing with the reversal but noting that the material falsity of the challenged statements is a factual issue best left to the lower courts.[25]

Pena-Rodriguez v. Coloradoinvolved the question of whether racial animus on the part of a juror permitted a trial judge to grant a new trial. One of the jurors in the panel that convicted Pena-Rodriguez expressed anti-Hispanic sentiments during the jury deliberations. After the trial court denied a motion for a new trial, and the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed, the Colorado Supreme Court held on a 4-3 vote that the Colorado Rule of Evidence 606(b) barred inquiry into racist juror statements, and that such statements did not violate Pena-Rodriguezs Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial.[26] Eid joined a dissent by Justice Monica Marquez, which argued that inquiries into racially biased statements by jurors were permitted when they compromised a defendants Sixth Amendment rights.[27] The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-3 vote agreed. Writing for the majority, Justice Kennedy found that, where there is compelling evidence that racial animus motivated a jury decision, the Sixth Amendment requires examination.[28]

Nelson v. Coloradowas a challenge to a Colorado statute that required defendants whose convictions have been reversed or vacated to prove their actual innocence by clear and convicing evidence before they could get a refund of the court costs, fees, and restitution paid. The Colorado Supreme Court, in a 5-1 decision, with Eid in the majority, held that the statute was constitutional.[29] In dissent, Justice Richard Hood noted that keeping money paid by a defendant who was legally innocent was a violation of the Due Process Clause.[30] In a 7-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed. Writing for the majority, Justice Ginsburg found that the Colorado Statute violated the Fourteenth Amendments guarantee of due process.[31] Only Justice Thomas, in a lone dissent, sided with the majority (and Eid).[32]

Scholarship

During her time as a law professor, Eid has written many articles discussing salient law and policy issues. We have outlined the main topics of her writings below, along with the themes on each topic.

Federalism

Eid has written extensively on constitutional structure, specifically on federalism. Specifically, Eid has analyzed New Federalism, the re-invogaration of federal structure and states rights by the Rehnquist Court. Eid defends New Federalism against critiques that it is too formalistic, arguing that the Courts decisions striking down broad federal schemes recognize the value of federalism.[33] In another article, Eid argues that formalism in constitutional interpretation helps to counteract the Justices inherent tendency to nationalism.[34]

Similarly, Eid also argues for a limited role for the federal government in other contexts. In one article, she disputes the argument that the Property Clause of the U.S. Constitution gives the federal government broad authority to regulate environmental policy.[35] In another, she notes that the Supremacy Clause is not a repository of congressional power but rather a mere conflict-of-laws provision.[36]

Tort Reform

As a former torts professor, Eid has written and spoken repeatedly on tort law, usually in support of conservative tort reform.

In a 2001 symposium talk, Eid speaks approvingly of tort reform measures imposed in Colorado, including limitations on joint and several liability, and caps on punitive damages.[37] In her law review note as a student, Eid spoke in support of expanded immunity to federal civil rights actions (specifically 1983 suits) for private parties.[38] Specifically, she notes that opening public and private parties to civil rights liability could cause them to be deterred by undue fear of frivolous litigation.[39]

Overall Assessment

Eid is an ideal judicial candidate from a conservative perspective. She has a conservative pedigree (having clerked for Smith and Thomas) and a conservative record of jurisprudence. Furthermore, her writings on federalism and tort reform should draw support from those favoring a more right-wing judiciary.

As such, Eid will likely trigger strong opposition from Senate Democrats. They will likely argue that her judicial record shows an unwillingness to defend the rights of civil plaintiffs and criminal defendants, and will paint her as a clone of her mentor Justice Thomas. For Senate Republicans, these same qualities will be argued to be a positive. As Republicans still maintain a majority in the U.S. Senate (and as Democratic Colorado Senator Michael Bennet has returned his blue slip on Eid), there is little Democrats can do to stop her nomination.

As such, Eid is likely to bring a strong voice for limits on government power, and restrictions on tort liability to the Tenth Circuit. Democrats can take some comfort from the fact that Eids departure will permit Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper to make another appointment to the Colorado Supreme Court, reshaping it in a more liberal direction.

[9]See Sender v. Simon, 84 F.3d 1299 (10th Cir. 1996).

[10]See, e.g., Fleury v. IntraWest Winter Park Oper., 372 P.3d 349 (Colo. 2016) (finding that an in-bound avalanche was included among the risks of skiing for liability purposes).

[11]See, e.g., Hesse v. McClintic, 176 P.3d 759 (Colo. 2008) (finding sufficient evidence to submit comparative negligence instruction to jury).

[12]See, e.g., Burnett v. Colorado Dept of Nat. Res., 346 P.3d 1005 (Colo. 2016) (Eid, J., concurring) (finding that the plain text of the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act prevents tort relief from injury caused by tree limb).

[13]S.W. v. Towers Boat Club, 315 P.3d 1257 (Colo. 2013) (Eid, J., dissenting).

[14]Bedor v. Johnson, 292 P.3d 924 (Colo. 2013).

[15]See id. at 931 (Eid, J., dissenting).

[16]In re People v. Roberson, 377 P.3d 1039, 1049 (Colo. 2016) (Coats, J., dissenting).

[17]People v. Ramadon, 314 P.3d 836, 845 (Colo. 2013) (Eid, J., dissenting).

[18]See People v. Cox, 2017 Colo. LEXIS 88; People v. Fuerst, 302 P.3d 253 (Colo. 2013) (Hobbs, J., concurring in the judgment); People v. Arapu, 283 P.3d 680 (Colo. 2012); People v. McCarty, 229 P.3d 1041, 1046 (Colo. 2010) (Eid, J., dissenting). But see People v. Herrera, 357 P.3d 1227 (Colo. 2015) (affirming trial court suppression order).

[19]People v. Schutter, 249 P.3d 1123, 1126 (Colo. 2011) (Eid, J., dissenting).

[20]See Burnett v. Colorado Dept of Nat. Res., 346 P.3d 1005 (Colo. 2016) (Eid, J., concurring).

[21]Granite State Ins. Co. v. Ken Caryl Ranch Master Assoc., 183 P.3d 563, 568 (Colo. 2008) (Eid, J., concurring).

[22]Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp. v. Hoeper,320 P.3d 830 (Colo. 2012).

[23]Id.at 842 (Eid, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part).

[24]Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp. v. Hoeper, 134 S.Ct. 852, 858 (2014).

[25]See id.at 867 (Scalia, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part).

[26]State v. Pena-Rodriguez, 350 P.3d 287, 289 (Colo. 2015).

[27]Id.at 293-94 (Marquez, J., dissenting).

[28]Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado, 137 S.Ct. 855 (2017).

[29]State v. Nelson, 362 P.3d 1070 (Colo. 2015).

[30]Id.at 1079 (Hood, J., dissenting).

[31]Nelson v. Colorado, 137 S.Ct. 1249, 1254 (2017).

[32]Id.at 1263 (Thomas, J., dissenting).

[33]Allison H. Eid, Federalism and Formalism, 11 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rts. J. 1191 (April 2003).

[34]Allison H. Eid, Judge White and the Exercise of Judicial Power: Justice Whites Federalism: The (Sometimes) Conflicting Forces of Nationalism, Pragmatism, and Judicial Restraint, 74 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1629, 1634 (Fall 2003).

[35]Allison H. Eid, Constitutional Conflicts on Public Lands: The Property Clause and New Federalism, 75 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1241 (Fall 2004).

[36]Allison H. Eid, Pre-emption and the Federalism Five, 37 Rutgers L. J. 1, 38 (Fall 2005).

[37]Allison H. Eid, Symposium: Panel Four: Tort Law in the Federal System: An Exchange on Constitutional and Policy Considerations, 31 Seton Hall L. Rev. 740 (2001).

[38]Allison Hartwell Eid, Private Party Immunities to Section 1983 Suits, 57 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1323 (Fall 1990).

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Adding a room to your home can provide needed space without requiring a move for your family. A number of addition types carry specific construction issues, and different building scenarios may affect project prices. Your architect and contractor can help you plan a room addition that meets your needs and integrates effectively with your existing house.

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Ground level additions are popular, and can usually be incorporated smoothly with the structure of your existing home. Prices for ground level additions range with their size and foundation type, but typically cost an average of $32614 in the U.S. A second story addition provides options for expansion without increasing the footprint of your home, but requires raising or rebuilding your roof to provide a second living level and costs around $45802. Detached additions are growing in popularity around the country, with prices varying with the size and features of the structure. With an average price of $22814, detached additions can add space to your home in unconventional ways.

Many construction tasks are priced according to square footage, and while many aspects of your project will be priced according to their specifications, the overall size of your addition can help indicate total costs. Small builds of 200-300 square feet average $24608 in the U.S. Increased material and labor costs for larger additions bring prices of $39207 for a 300-400 square foot project, $55350 for 400-500 square feet, $66284 for 500-600 square feet, $84506 for 600-700 square feet, $90752 for 700-800 square feet and $112672 for additions of 800-1,000 square feet.

Architectural drawings provide important construction details for a project, but in most cases are not required to acquire a building permit for a room addition, or to complete construction. Having your addition built without drawings may cost $46171 on average, and requires your builder to prepare his own plans. Providing architectural drawings to your contractor can simplify planning, pricing, and executing construction. The use of drawing impacts overall project prices, with a national average of $58043 to complete an addition.

Building permits are required for room additions, and are granted by the municipality in which construction takes place. The process of securing a permit involves submitting an application and paying a fee, then awaiting approval for your project. With permits secured, construction on your room addition can begin without delay, costing an average of $38942 overall. Without permits in place, fines, suspensions and other setbacks can delay construction and increase costs, resulting in average prices of $45116. Discuss the permit process with your contractor to ensure your application is in order and that permits are secured before construction begins.

Room addition projects for which contractors include materials in their pricing cost an average of $39157. Contract pricing is often used when the parameters and scale of the project are clear, and usually includes buffers to ensure flexibility for changes or complications that may arise during construction. Your contractor may choose to price your materials on a cost plus basis instead, providing them as needed while the job progresses. Cost-plus pricing helps maintain a standard of quality while covering all expenses, and may be used on projects with incomplete designs, unclear scope, or when several contractors overlap. Using cost-plus pricing for materials typically averages $22057 for total room construction costs.

Special considerations for different types of additions affect construction and finishing costs. In addition to framing and exterior components, most rooms have several common requirements such as insulation, drywall, electrical, HVAC, and flooring. These elements combine for average addition prices of $24322 for bedrooms, $40237 for living and family rooms, $18643 for lofts, and $21774 for office space. The added plumbing and ventilation requirements of some rooms contribute to average prices of $22071 for bathrooms, $19158 for laundry rooms, and $58743 for kitchens. Other additions may have minimal finish and fixture requirements that affect construction prices, such as garages, which cost about $42901, and sun rooms and screen rooms, which carry installation rates of about $24513 and $16047, respectively.

Adding a new space to your house is a substantial project that involves several aspects of home construction. Regardless of the type and size of addition built for your home, several important factors affect the difficulty and expense of the project. Be sure to discuss with your contractor how the characteristics of your addition and its integration with your home affect the complexity and cost of the project.

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Hidden under a dropped roof-line of this home is 5,100 square feet of living space and renovations that started with a main-level great addition, a redesign of the original floor plan and updates to the kitchen, bathrooms and walk-out lower level.

Listed for $475,000 by Irongate Inc. Realtors, the brick tri-level at 417 Chowning Circle in Kettering sits on a 1.31-acre, corner lot with a three-car garage and a courtyard patio with a pergola and retractable awning.

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Three bedrooms and two full bathrooms are upstairs. The main bedroom has an updated bathroom with a tall double-sink vanity, whirlpool tub, glass-block, dual-head shower and an L-shaped walk-in closet with several built-in organizers. A second bedroom has a private bath that features a ceramic-tile surround walk-in shower with glass door and a single-sink vanity. The third bedroom is off the loft and is currently being used as an office. There is also a half bathroom on the second level.

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BBQ Barn & Burgers, formerly known as Roadhouse BBQ, is a locally owned restaurant serving up authentic Texas barbecue. Newly remodeled to capture the essence of southern cuisine, they offer a selection of smoked meats including brisket, turkey, ribs and sausage. Enjoy Happy Hour Monday thru Friday from 3pm to 7pm, with $1 Lone Star drafts and $2 domestic bottles. Hours of Operation Sunday thru Thursday: 11am - 10pm Friday & Saturday: 11am - 11pm Note: Hours may be seasonal and subject to change.

This longtime neighborhood bar & grill serves burgers, sandwiches, gumbo & more in simple surrounds.

Slick brewpub offering creative American bar bites & unique craft brews in warmly-lit surrounds.

The original Mama Teresa's opened back in the 80s in Crystal Beach on the Bolivar Peninsula. Patrons to that restaurant enjoyed 25 years of delectable Italian fare and hand-tossed pizzas. That venue was lost to Hurricane Ike, but they've now reopened in downtown Galveston, near the corner of Postoffice and 21st Streets. From crowd favorites like crispy calamari; to delectable entrees like chicken and pasta with olive oil and garlic and shrimp fettucine alfredo; to some of finest pizza you'll ever enjoy, Mama's is back - better and more authentic than ever. Hours of Operation Tuesday thru Thursday: 4pm - 10pm Friday: 4pm - 11pm Saturday: 11am - 11pm Sunday: 11am - 10pm Note: Hours may be seasonal and subject to change.

Modern sports-pub chain boasting recliners plus high-concept bar food & a huge selection of beer.

Board Game Island has a library of over 500 board games, card games, and puzzles that are open and ready for play. The friendly staff of gametenders can help you select and learn a game before taking your order for food and drinks. In addition to their library of games, Board Game Island also serves good food, as well as domestic and craft beers, and wines. They offer a caf style menu with a variety of soft drinks, coffee and espresso, smoothies, hot and cold sandwiches, pizzas, and baked goods. Board Game Island also has a retail section dealing in popular boxed games, gift quality classic games, and an assortment of puzzles and brain teasers. Hours of Operation Monday: Closed Tuesday thru Thursday: Noon - 10pm Friday & Saturday: Noon - Midnight Sunday: Noon - 10pm Note: Hours may be seasonal and subject to change.

general map menu diningdiva reviews Galvestonian Rudy Betancourt - famous for other successful ventures including The Press Box and Safari - presents The Black Pearl. The restaurant focuses on its oyster bar, but is equally lauded for its grilled specialties, fresh-from-the-Gulf seafood, and tantalizing steaks. Oysters at The Black Pearl are available via Oysters Rockafeller with spinach cream cheese; Oysters Haelen topped with crab meat, cheddar, and bacon; and Oysters Diablo with spicy diablo sauce, shrimp, and cheddar. Po-boys and sandwiches - along with a variety of garden-fresh salads - are perfect for those visiting for lunch. Specialties include barbecue shrimp, crab cakes, fish tacos, and crawfish etouffee. For meat lovers, ribeyes and pork chops are grilled to perfection. Fried seafood platters are hand-battered and fried to a golden brown, while fresh fish offerings include flounder, snapper, salmon, ahi tuna, talapia, and catfish. Hours of Operation Monday thru Saturday: 11am - 10pm Sunday: Noon - 10pm Note: Hours may be seasonal and subject to change.

Easygoing hangout with a roomy tree-shaded patio for pub grub, local draft beer & clever cocktails.

Riondos Ristorante is located in the heart of historic downtown in Galveston Island, TX. Proprietors Don McClaughtery and Chef Rico Caminos offer Northern Italian cuisine crafted from generations of family recipes and are known for their Farm to Fork and Sea to Table values.

Diverse American fare & weekend brunch are the draws at this counter-order cafe.

Sophisticated option with harborfront seating creating seafood, grilled meat & Greek specialties.

Family style cafe' serving American & Scottish cuisine, located on the east side of Galveston Island. Experience the laid back local hot spot for all-American burgers and tacos, with a pinch of Scottish cuisine located in the heart of Galveston Island. Ordering is at the window, pick your seat and your order is delivered to you by their friendly staff. Casual atmosphere, kid-friendly. Hours of Operation Monday thru Saturday: 6am - 8pm Sunday: 8am - 4pm Note: Hours may be seasonal and subject to change.

Trattoria La Vigna is your very own little slice of Italy in Downtown Galveston. We offer delicious lunch specials, fresh pasta made daily, homemade desserts, and much more!

ZaZa Bar & Bites features "Indo fusion," serving fine, contemporary Indian cuisine with locally-sourced meats and vegetables. Along with meat entrees, ZaZa also offers a great selection of vegan - no meat, dairy, or animal byproducts - recipes, as well popular Paleo-friendly offerings. ZaZa is also quickly becoming famous for its happy hour, featuring a full bar. Hours of Operation Weekdays: 4pm - 11pm Weekends: 4pm - 1am Note: Hours may be seasonal and subject to change.

Seafood eatery & bar overlooking Galveston Bay with ample outdoor seating & a low-key vibe.

Beachfront spot with a relaxed vibe, outdoor seating & eats such as catfish, shrimp & burgers.

Located on Galveston's West End next door to Premiere Cinemas, Magic Carpet Golf has been wowing kids and families for years. Featuring two colorful, fun-filled 18-hole courses for your enjoyment, Magic Carpet Golf is loaded with animated twists, turns, and trickery that'll keep you entertained for hours. Hours of Operation Sunday thru Saturday: 9am - 10pm Weather permitting Note: Hours may be seasonal and subject to change.

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The owner of the Sheraton at the Falls Hotel in Niagara Falls says he needs tax incentives to make his $20 million water park feasible.

That's why MichaelDiCienzo applied to theNiagara County Industrial Development Agency for a 12-year reduction on property taxes that would be assessed on the planned 150,000-square-foot, two-story facility.

The package also would include an exemption from paying sales taxes on the building materials and the equipment and furnishings for the water park. The NCIDA staff estimated that the incentives would save DiCienzo's company $6.6 million over the 12-year period.

"There's a lot more risks with attractions. It is needed to make the project successful," DiCienzo said after the NCIDA board agreed to schedule a public hearing on his request. A vote is likely when the board meets Sept. 13.

The Niagara Daredevil Waterpark, as the hotel calls it, would operate indoors year-round in an addition to the hotel and create 30 new full-time jobs and 20 part-time jobs,according to the company's application.

The water park would be built on a vacant lot owned by the City of Niagara Falls. In October 2015, the City Council agreed to sell the land to DiCienzo's firm for $189,262. However, the city's planning director, Thomas DeSantis, said Wednesday the sale has not yet closed.

DiCienzo told the NCIDA board that Niagara Daredevil would take about a year to build.

"It's close to shovel-ready," he said.

"It's great to have a family-friendly recreational project like that," said William L. Ross, the former Niagara County Legislature chairman, who serves on the NCIDA board.

DiCienzo said his water park would give his hotel and others a chance to lure more guests in the off-season.

"The hotels are busy for 100 days," he said. "It's a fantastic attraction and it's much needed. ... It brings new people in and keeps them here longer."

The incentive application, made in the name of NFNY Hotel Management,makes no mention of a $50 million, 200-roomaddition to the top of the hotel, which also was part of an expansion plan NFNY unveiled May 1.

DiCienzo said that would be the second phase of the expansion project at the Sheraton. DeSantis said the city Planning Board already has given conditional approval to the hotel addition, but if the project encroaches on the city's Third Street right of way, DiCienzo would have to take the hotel addition back before the Planning Board and the Council.

When the proposal was announced, Niagara Falls Mayor Paul A. Dyster was unenthusiastic about the Niagara Daredevil proposal.

Itwould be close to another proposed water park, Uniland Development's Wonder Falls project, which is supposed to be built in the unused portion of the old Rainbow Centre Mall at Rainbow Boulevard and Niagara Street.

Uniland was chosen by USA Niagara, the local arm of Empire State Development, to reuse that property. The Niagara County Community College Culinary Institute occupies the rest of the old mall.

DiCienzo said Empire State Development has declined to offer him any incentives for his project because it would compete with Wonder Falls.

"We have been unsuccessful. It's very disappointing," DiCienzo said of his approaches to Empire State Development. "We're looking for other possibilities."

The DiCienzo family owns hotels on both sides of the international border. Awater park operates on the roof of the parking garage that serves their Sheraton and Crowne Plaza hotels near Casino Niagara in Niagara Falls, Ont.

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A proposed addition to the Isle of Palms Recreation Center will make its way to full town council next month. If approved the recreation department building will feature a new state-of-the-art workout facility.

The designer for this project is a southeast architectural firm known as LS3P, located in Charleston, who specialize ininteriors, planning, and historic preservation services to a wide variety of clients nationwide.

The proposed fitness room specifies a 2,443 square foot addition at an initial estimate of $200 per square foot. The design includes a mirror wall, stretching area, bench, cubbies and new machinery according to the LS3P conceptual plan.

"All we have right now is cardio equipment, what I recommendputting in a fitness room is resistance equipment, for the upper body, lower body, legs, pecks, abs, etc." said Isle of Palms Recreation Director Norma Jean Page

The size of the addition is based on an occupancy of less than 50 people and therefore only one exit is required. Along with a double glass door with glazing for easy monitoring and movement of equipment. However, a full code analysis has not yet been completed and still needs to verify that the existingegress width and plumbing fixture count are compliantwith the additional occupant load, according to LS3P principal and public sector leader David Burt.

The totality of the project's expenditures will cost approximately $700,000, including the $100,000 of commercial grade fitness equipment from Carolina Specialty Fitness and an estimated annual additional utility cost of $6,422, according to city treasurer Debbie Sugg's financial analytics.

"I know that island people don't like to leave the island and we have quite a few folks that are members at O2 Fitness and other fitness centers and I think this would be a good alternative and they would join this as opposed to going across the bridge," Page said.

Important to note that all trees in the vicinitywill be preservedand no such removal will be necessaryfor the project's building plan, according to City Council.

City Council will hear first reading of the proposal after Labor Day weekend on Wednesday Sept. 6 at 11 a.m. located at 1207 Palm Blvd. Isle of Palms, SC.

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Rodney FergusonChief operating officer, Potawatomi Hotel & Casino

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In 2014, the Forest County Potawatomi tribe opened a 381-room hotel at its casino in the Menomonee Valley. It is one of the largest hotels in Milwaukee. Now, three years later, the tribe says it plans to expand the hotel with a 119-room and suite addition, which will bring its total room number up to 500.

The project will also include the addition of 15,000 square feet of meeting space, bringing the total meeting space at the hotel and casino to about 65,000 square feet.

Construction for the $80 million project is expected to begin this fall and be complete in the spring of 2019.

In a recent interview with BizTimes Milwaukee editor Andrew Weiland, Potawatomi Hotel & Casino chief operating officer Rodney Ferguson explained the hotel expansion plans.

The reason we built the initial hotel was because there was a demand from our standpoint to satisfy our market. Typically if you have a casino without a hotel, you can extend the stay of your guests by adding some accommodations for them. We have been increasing our guest counts on a regular basis as a result of the hotel. Over the past three years, our attendance levels have skyrocketed. We went from 4 million in attendance (the year prior to the hotel opening) to over 6 million last year. We also knew when we built the first hotel, we didnt have enough suites. Thats something our guests really like. So we decided to add on another 59, which will quadruple the number of suites that we have.

Another thing we learned from talking to our guests they wanted some additional amenities, other than the restaurants and shows. So, we decided to have a spa and salon where you can get a manicure, pedicure, facials, haircuts. Another reason (for the hotel expansion) is, of course when we built the hotel we had some meeting space. We didnt have enough space in the casino and as we added the hotel we added more meeting rooms, as well, and that still hasnt been enough. We will be adding on some additional space for additional meetings.

It will take about 18 months (to build the hotel addition) from start to finish. Fortunately, we designed the property with the possibility of expanding, so we dont have to do the level of pilings that we did for the first project. So, it will be much easier to start and complete this project.

Rodney FergusonChief operating officer, Potawatomi Hotel & Casino

In 2014, the Forest County Potawatomi tribe opened a 381-room hotel at its casino in the Menomonee Valley. It is one of the largest hotels in Milwaukee. Now, three years later, the tribe says it plans to expand the hotel with a 119-room and suite addition, which will bring its total room number up to 500.

The project will also include the addition of 15,000 square feet of meeting space, bringing the total meeting space at the hotel and casino to about 65,000 square feet.

Construction for the $80 million project is expected to begin this fall and be complete in the spring of 2019.

In a recent interview with BizTimes Milwaukee editor Andrew Weiland, Potawatomi Hotel & Casino chief operating officer Rodney Ferguson explained the hotel expansion plans.

The reason we built the initial hotel was because there was a demand from our standpoint to satisfy our market. Typically if you have a casino without a hotel, you can extend the stay of your guests by adding some accommodations for them. We have been increasing our guest counts on a regular basis as a result of the hotel. Over the past three years, our attendance levels have skyrocketed. We went from 4 million in attendance (the year prior to the hotel opening) to over 6 million last year. We also knew when we built the first hotel, we didnt have enough suites. Thats something our guests really like. So we decided to add on another 59, which will quadruple the number of suites that we have.

Another thing we learned from talking to our guests they wanted some additional amenities, other than the restaurants and shows. So, we decided to have a spa and salon where you can get a manicure, pedicure, facials, haircuts. Another reason (for the hotel expansion) is, of course when we built the hotel we had some meeting space. We didnt have enough space in the casino and as we added the hotel we added more meeting rooms, as well, and that still hasnt been enough. We will be adding on some additional space for additional meetings.

It will take about 18 months (to build the hotel addition) from start to finish. Fortunately, we designed the property with the possibility of expanding, so we dont have to do the level of pilings that we did for the first project. So, it will be much easier to start and complete this project.

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The 2017 Summer Learning Program has just ended and we are thrilled to announce we had a record-breaking year with more than 1,000 children county-wide signing up to participate.

I believe the overwhelming response this year was due to the changes made to our usual summer program. First of all, we changed the name from Summer Reading to Summer Learning because, in addition to reading, we wanted to encourage families to explore their community. To support this goal, we changed the reward system so that when children finished their 10-book challenge, they received a custom-designed t-shirt. During July, when the children wore their t-shirts to participating businesses, they received special reading rewards, such as free ice cream, pizza, etc.

If you noticed lots of green T-shirts around town, now you know why. Parents and children have told us they had a great time visiting the generous businesses who partnered with us to offer reading rewards. They include Benny Adelinas, the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum, Dairy Queen of Rocky Mount and Ferrum, Daylight Donuts, Homestead Creamery, McDonalds of Rocky Mount, Rocky Mount Bowling Center, TNT Auto Body Repair and Service Centers, Westlake Cinema, The Whole Bean Coffeehouse and The Zone Family Fun Center. Parents and children alike appreciated the support given by these local businesses and they greatly enjoyed the rewards of the program.

Dairy Queen, The Zone Family Fun Center, and TNT Auto Body Repair and Service also hosted Bookmobile visits. In addition to the rewards offered by each business, the bookmobile offered activities and crafts for children and the opportunity to check in and out books.

And if exploring the community and reading rewards were not enough, we had special programming at both the Main and Westlake libraries throughout the summer. The Friends of the Franklin County Library provided the funding for great events such as Craft Day, Larsens Amazing Lizards, Red Herring Puppets, and Jonathan Austins Juggling and Magic Show. Our Main Library annual Carnival Day was made even better this year with the contribution of balloons by Jimmy Russell State Farm and the donation of personal pan pizza coupons by Pizza Hut. Mugsy, the mascot of the Salem Red Sox, even came to join the festivities.

It has been wonderful to see the community support childrens literacy this summer. So many businesses were excited to partner with us and we thank them for such a successful year.

Here at the Main Library we have also been enjoying our newly created Teen Room where we offer special programming for patrons aged 13-17. In June and July, teens participated in our journaling workshop as well as FAN Club. This summers FAN Club themes included Board Games, Comic Books, Middle Earth and Doctor Who. At each of these meetings we enjoyed snacks, themed activities, and encouraged teens to play as their favorite characters. We hope to take advantage of the momentum of such a great summer by continuing to hold FAN Club meetings during the school year--the first of which will be held Saturday, Sept. 9, from 2-3 p.m. Teens are invited to come join the fun and be a part of planning future FAN Club themes.

Many other popular programs such as art classes and Lego Club will also be returning this fall. Be sure to pick up our monthly event calendar or check our website at library.franklincountyva.gov to find out whats happening.

Thank you library staff, Friends groups, local businesses and patrons for making this one of the best Summer Learning Programs ever!

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