OKLAHOMA CITY -- Starting Wednesday, the Homeland at NW 18th and Classen Blvd, will undergo major remodeling, sprucing up what many in the neighborhood said was an out-dated and neglected grocery store.

In February, Homeland announced it was preparing to put $2 million in upgrades to the exterior and interior of the existing building, which was built in 1972.

As reported earlier by Red Dirt Reports Louis Fowler, The bakery and deli will be renovated with items such as fresh sushi and artisan breads to be featured, as well as a much-needed expansion of their produce section with an added emphasis on organic goods. Additionally, the meat department will have a service counter offering a broader selection of beef, fish and poultry.

Dennis Maxwell, director of marketing for Homeland grocery stores, said the company was very excited to make the proposed improvements to this store, and said the anticipated completion date for the renovation would be late fall.

Construction will include an updated storefront and added LED parking lots, new landscaping, a new vestibule entry, new paint and decor and mostly replaced floors.

The store will also have a new check-out and customer service counters, an updated break room for employee owners and new LED lighting throughout the store, Maxwell said.

The deli section of the store will offer enhanced hot and cold deli offerings like flat bread pizza, sushi made on site, heat-and- eat entrees and gourmet cheeses. The bakery will also be updated to offer artisan bread, cakes and other cookies and pastries.

Maxwell said the produce and meat sections will also be updated, offering exclusive Red River Ranch certified Angus beef and a new service case with marinated meats, store-made sausage, custom cuts, kebabs and fresh seafood.

The store will also have an increased variety of organic items like fruit and vegetables, gluten- free items, Asian offerings and Hispanic items.

Homeland is an employee-owned grocery chain in Oklahoma.

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Harley-Davidson Museum's Motor restaurant undergoing renovations Milwaukee Business Journal As part of the remodel, the Can Room will also see the addition of a garage door so that the room can be opened up to the outdoors during the summer, a spokeswoman said. Garage doors had previously been installed throughout Motor Bar & Restaurant.

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After 40 years of serving up square hamburgers, French fries and milkshakes among many other sundry culinary delights Wendys in Keene has undergone a major remodel inside and out, and is now open for business.

Its being called image activation by the co-owner of the Wendys at 329 Winchester St., and took nearly 10 days to complete, start to finish.

Weve been here for 40 years, Jennifer Zullo, co-franchise operator, said Wednesday afternoon. We are putting the final touches on the remodel, and we should be open tonight.

In fact, Wendys reopened Wednesday afternoon, and as of 3:30 p.m., hungry customers were pouring in, Zullo said.

The major remodel started June 19, but preparation for the work began a week before that, she said. A new roof was installed, along with an air-conditioning unit, according to Zullo.

She said the new look is an attempt to modernize the interior and exterior of the Keene Wendys.

Between company restaurants and franchises, there are more than 6,500 Wendys in the United States and in 29 other countries and U.S. territories, The Wendys Co. reports. It is the third largest fast-food restaurant selling hamburgers in the nation, behind McDonalds (first) and Burger King (second), according to QSR Magazine. QSR is an acronym for quick-service restaurant, and the category is reserved for fast-food restaurants that specialize in hamburgers.

Several emails and telephone calls to Wendys headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, went unanswered. Wendys began in 1969 when founder Dave Thomas opened his first restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, according to its website.

We have a fresh new approach, and people should come look, see for themselves, Zullo said. Weve added a fireplace, restaurant seating, new menu; the entire place has changed.

Although the remodel actually reduced space from about 2,700 square feet to 2,500 a reconfigured eating area allows for the fireplace, and restaurant-style seating that affords more room at each table, among other changes.

The facade has new colors, new lettering and a minimal approach to the logo, making it appear sleeker and more modern.

The Wendys Co.s website indicates locations are being similarly revamped throughout the country, and touts the transformation of the Wendys brand through contemporary Image Activation restaurants.

Not only do these restaurants deliver a striking street appearance, they are designed to greatly enhance the customer experience, the website says. Prominent features include fireplaces; a variety of inviting seating options, including lounge chairs and booths; Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs; digital menuboards and more.

The site highlights similar overhauls at Wendys restaurants in several states and Canada.

All great brands evolve to remain fresh and relevant to consumers, according to a company video on the topic, which cites Apple, Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart and Starbucks as examples. Were moving forward in multiple dimensions.

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The public was invited to catch a glimpse of the remodeled Blair Clinic on Tuesday.

Residents tour the treatment rooms at the renovated Blair Clinic on Tuesday afternoon. The project included a remodeled registration area to provide more privacy; the addition of "sick" and "well" sides of the waiting room; and expanded treatment rooms and offices.

Started in February, construction is wrapped up on renovations of the waiting room and registration area, exam rooms and offices.

Some changes are similar to the Fort Calhoun Clinic, which has "sick" and "well" sides of its waiting room.

Patient chairs and divider walls were added to the registration desk to allow patients more privacy.

Three exam rooms and a provider office were also added. The call center was moved to a room with a large window.

The Blair Clinic's main entrance was scheduled for reopening Friday, June 23.

The remodeling project is partially funded by a $50,000 donation from the Memorial Community Hospital Foundation. It contributed $250,000 for facility improvements in late 2016; the remaining $200,000 will go toward the building of a new clinic in Tekamah.

Blair Clinic has seven providers specializing in family medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, geriatrics and sports medicine, as well as six certified physicians assistants.

The Blair Clinic's registration area has been remodeled with divider walls to allow more privacy for patients.

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WILLIAMSPORT -- This week Lycoming County Commissioners agreed to support the James V. Brown Library during its newest renovation project. The largest library in the county received a $40,000 grant to remodel its circulation room.

Thanks to support from the Lycoming County Commissioners, the library can now use the $40,000 Keystone Park and Recreation Fund -- a grant awarded through the Department of Education -- towards the $80,000 remodeling project to update the room.

The renovations include new seating. The people who work in this room want it to feel welcoming so people stay and use this space as the community center it already is. Changes also include removing a pole, adding new carpets, and creating a new centralized service desk.

"We have a ton of families coming through here," said Executive Director Barbara McGary. She wants every one of those families to feel welcome, and to do that, she says this room needs a re-write. "You can see that this pole right here is a bit of a barrier."

"There is two different service places to go for totally different reasons now you can go to any of these one desks and be served," she added."

The new desk will be lower too -- making it more accessible to folks in wheelchairs.

"There's a lot of disadvantage people too in the county and they can come here and everyone is equal when it comes to knowledge and books," said Mike Shulski of Williamsport. "We are all on the same page."

If it were up to Bella Splain, she'd probably be at the James V. Brown Library every single day.

"I have never been here one day where I haven't had a hand full of books," she said. "But I also like how a lot of people just cause what's the point of having so many books if there's no one to read them."

The 13-year-old bookworm said she's excited for the new changes.

"I like it because it will sort of make it feel like there is more room," she added.

The project is expected to begin this summer and be completed by the end of the year.

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When the Tomorrows Hope organization began 18 years ago in Paris, the leaders of the group perhaps could only have hoped that one day their dream would have reached the size it has.

Begun as a non-profit organization aimed at counseling pregnant teens, the organization has mushroomed through the years into a virtual full-service counseling center that even provides certain medical services.

Now known as Tomorrows Hope Pregnancy Medical Clinic, the group recently remodeled its offices at 211 N. Brewer St. An open house is planned so the public may see all the improvements from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. June 28.

The center has been located at its current site since 2003, when it moved from West Blythe Street. In 2006, Tomorrows Hope, which had been using only part of the Brewer Street building, took over the entire building when the local Salvation Army chapter moved out. Then, last year, the center received a significant boost it was given ownership of the building. (Tomorrows Hope had previously been leasing the space.)

Cheryl Conner, executive director, said the center now has about 4,000 square feet, which is finally enough to meet the centers needs.

The center now has a medical director based in Hopkinsville, Ky., who communicates with the staff here to handle cases. There is an ultrasound stenographer on staff.

While pregnancies, especially teen pregnancies, are still a big focus of the center, Conner and Wayne Clark, administrative assistant/financial secretary, said there may be a misconception among the public that pregnancies are all the center handles.

Actually, the center provides anger management classes, parenting classes that are usually prescribed by the court system, and personal, pre-marital and marital counseling.

Conner said the center served about 2,800 clients in the last year. Some quick math shows you thats about 235 a month.

The center has five full-time employees and about 30 regular volunteers who help out.

Conner described the center as offering religious-based counseling, but its non-denominational in nature. Most clients are referrals from the court system, doctors, the Department of Childrens Services, the Department of Human Services and local churches, but people who are interested in services without having a referral are also welcome.

EXPANDING TO OTHER COUNTIES

The center has grown so much that there is now a Tomorrows Hope in McKenzie and one in Camden. Conner said each of those have their own board of directors, but operate under the same umbrella as the Tomorrows Hope in Paris.

Our next goal is to open one in Stewart County, she said.

The center also operates a thrift store. Its located at 407 N. Market St.

Weve got a good donor base, Conner said, pointing out that she sometimes picks up donors through speeches at churches, appearances at civic organization meetings and by setting up booths at various local venues.

Clark said the two main fundraisers for the center are a duathlon, which is scheduled for this weekend, and a banquet in September.

The much-needed remodeling included placement of a new sign on the front of the building and removal of several windows that had been placed along the front.

There were three large rooms added, Conner said, using space that wasnt being used except for storage. The ceilings in the building were lowered, and carpet and linoleum tile were replaced by new ceramic tile.

Other work included reworking of the heating/air conditioning system and enlarging the ultrasound room, which basically doubled in size.

Since the remodeling, there is a new bathroom for clients, parenting classes now have their own room and the board of directors has its own meeting room.

The center has four counseling rooms available now. Clark said that means as many as six clients could receive counseling at the same time, because Conners office and Clarks office may also be used for counseling.

The center is open from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays and from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays Fridays. Its closed on weekends.

The center can be reached by calling 642-0600.

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A section of Palace Station is shown under construction as part of a multimillion-dollar remodeling project, Friday, March 17,2017.

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Tuesday, March 21, 2017 | 2 a.m.

Palace Station will soon be ditching its train motif as a multimillion-dollar renovation project on the 41-year-old casino continues.

The remodeling began last fall, and work on the parking lot and landscaping has been completed. Work is progressing on the exterior, and workers will soon convert the steam locomotive theme to a more current mid-century modern design, Station spokeswoman Lori Nelson said.

As part of those changes, the six faux locomotive noses and the train cars on the front of the building facing Sahara Avenue will be removed and may be donated to the Neon Museum.

The donation is not a done deal, Nelson explained, because of the logistics of dismantling and transporting the heavy pieces. Once theyre gone, however, she said Palace Station will sport very clean lines and a very contemporary look.

Its not clear if the train theme will be abandoned completely. Its still front and center on the casinos marquee that sits at the northeast corner of the property, near Sahara Avenue and the Interstate 15 on-ramp. Nelson said management has not yet decided what to do about the sign.

In addition to adding landscaping and removing the trains, a new main entrance and porte cochre will be constructed. The company is also updating the look and feel of part of the interior and adding a new bingo room.

It goes back to our roots, Nelson said. When it first opened in 1976, we opened as The Casino with 100 slot machines and the snack bar. And then a year later, the first expansion happened with the addition of a bingo room, and the casino was renamed Bingo Palace.

Nelson said the room will be themed and run much like the bingo rooms at Red Rock Resort and Santa Fe. It's nightclub meets bingo, she said. There's a DJ who comes in, and theres special lighting. If someone at your table wins bingo, everyone at the table gets a shot. You're going to see a lot of that kind of fun programming here at Palace Station as well.

The company has not disclosed an exact cost of the project because the renovation is being done in phases, and the status of future phases is still being discussed.

When current renovation is complete in mid- to late-spring, the Feast buffet will be moved from the second to the first floor and the casino will add two restaurants.

Current project

A new porte cochre/valet at the casino entrance facing Sahara Avenue. It will join the current porte cochre/valet entrance at the hotel tower

Complete remodel of the front casino exterior facade

A new bingo room. The space housing the current bingo room will be revised over the project's span

Parking lot improvements, including repaving, landscaping and lighting

Some interior casino floor upgrades with new finishes and fixtures

The next phase

Creation of a new Feast buffet on the casino floor (the current Feast Buffet is located on the second floor above the casino where the meeting and event space is located).

Addition of two new restaurants (details to come at a later date)

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The Bingo Palace, which Frank Fertitta Jr. would eventually rename Palace Station.

Historic upgrades and renovations

1976: The Casino opened. It had a 5,000-square-foot casino with 100 slot machines, a snack bar and 90 team members)

July 1977: Renamed Bingo Palace. The first expansion included a bingo room, buffet and other amenities

April 1978: 60,000-square-foot addition

August 1980: Work began on an expansion that included a race and sports book that opened in March 1981 and a new buffet and new bingo room that opened in November 1981

November 1983: Bingo Palace name evolves into Palace Station along with another expansion

March 1991: Hotel tower opens with an additional 25,000-square-foot casino expansion

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Mar 21, 2017

MARSHALL Along with a community meeting, Marshall Public School community open house and tours have been scheduled to provide information and answers regarding the referendum vote on April 18.

The community open houses and tours are scheduled on two different occasions 9-11 a.m. on Thursday and 5-7 p.m. on March 27. The tours provide an opportunity to learn more about the needs within the district. It allows time to observe the school buildings firsthand in addition to asking questions. Tours will be provided by building administrators and school board members.

Weve got open houses and indoor tours at all of the buildings Park Side, West Side, the middle school, the high school, MPS Superintendent Scott Monson said. We just really want people to come out and see the sights.

The community meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on March 29 at the MPS district office school board meeting room at MMS.

The Marshall School Board is asking voters to consider approving a $39.4 million building bond referendum. An additional question will also be on the ballot, asking whether or not a $1.25 million renovation of the unused swimming pool area should be made into a multi-purpose space at the Marshall Middle School.

Weve talked before about how, if you dont have students or children enrolled in the district, you may not have been in some of the buildings for a number of years and theres a lot to celebrate and we want people to see the great things going on as well sometimes when you can see the buildings and what were talking about when you can see those things visually, it makes a difference. Monson said. It ultimately helps everyone become a more informed voter, and thats really what our efforts have been focused on.

During a comprehensive Facilities Study Committee process from which students, staff, parents and community members gave input four primary priorities were identified. Those needs the reasons for the referendum are: safety and security at each school building, increased space and opportunities for early childhood education, additional classroom space to accommodate increasing student enrollment at all grade levels and increased space and courses for career and technical education.

Growing enrollment has been a driving force in need for the referendum vote. In 2010, district-wide enrollment was recorded at 2,139 students. In 2013, student enrollment was at 2,240. In 2016, MPS enrollment had grown to 2,459 students. Demographic studies show that the district enrollment will continue growing for many years to come.

If the referendum is approved, Park Side Elementary School would be converted to a pre-K through first-grade building, with nine kindergarten rooms, nine first-grade rooms, seven early childhood rooms, one Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) room and one Early Childhood Special Education room (ECSE). That would involve adding 7,200 square feet, remodeling 12,300 square feet and constructing a safe and secure front entrance, totaling $4.5 million.

West Side Elementary School would be sold or repurposed if the referendum is approved. A new elementary school for grades 2-4 which would be built on the Marshall Middle School site would be built, totaling $21.9 million.

The new building would consist of 81,500 square feet, which includes 27 classrooms and a 650-student capacity. Also included would be: eight special education classrooms and support spaces, two multi-purposes and tech learning labs, media resource centers, two music rooms, kitchen prep areas and a full-size basketball gymatorium with seating for 700.

MMS would still house fifth- through eighth-grade students, but four additional classrooms would be built, as would two science labs. A yes vote would also give the go-ahead for orchestra room and Family And Consumer Science (FACS) lab upgrades in addition to the conversion of the early childhood area to art and technology lab. If the second question regarding the swimming pool is approved, the MMS effort would total $3.2 million.

At Marshall High School, a single-story addition, which would allow for more classroom space, increased space for agriculture and increased safety features, totaling $9.1 million. The plan includes an additional 25,250 square feet and the remodeling of 6,500 square feet, for a 1,050 student capacity. It also involves expanding the team lockers and locker rooms, cafeteria, woodworking and welding areas.

For questions, call 507-537-6924, refer to the district website at http://www.marshall.k12.mn.us/referendum2017 or email to referendum2017@marshall.k12.mn.us.

If anybody has questions, they can call the office, Monson said. Were certainly not limited to providing tours of the sites during these times, but these are community-wide open houses. If it doesnt work for these times and days and somebody wants to get into the buildings, wed be more than happy to help them with that if they want to give us a call.

Referendum voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on April 18 at Marshall National Guard Armory (500 Timmerman Drive). Those who wish to vote early can do so by stopping at the district office at 401 South Saratoga Street (Marshall Middle School).

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