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This Wasaga Beach cottagewhich got renovated on HGTVjust sold for $1.1 million

Address: 16 William AvenueTown: Wasaga BeachAgent: Cassandra Allen, Royal LePage Royal City RealtyPreviously sold for: $650,000, in 2017

A 970-square-foot waterfront cottage on Georgian Bay. The three-bed, one-bath getaway has more than 50 feet of east-facing, sun-catching beachfront, plus a bunkie with extra beds. Its also just a short drive from the slopes of Collingwood and the shores of Wasaga Beach.

Ryan Smith, 41, an animator, and Sarah Smith, 34, a behavioural therapist

In 2017, Ryan and Sarah moved from Toronto to Hamilton with their two kids. Later that year, Ryans parents and another family member bought the original propertya rundown cottage with peeling wallpaper and stale carpetingfor $650,000. They planned to use it as a summer getaway and winter income property, but were unable to attract any vacationers. Then, in late 2019, producers from HGTV were looking for dilapidated lakefront income properties to renovate for a show called Scotts Vacation House Rules, featuring reno expertScott McGillivray. This one fit the bill. It was livable but in need of serious upgrades.Ryan likened it to Minebuster, the rickety wooden roller coaster at Canadas Wonderland. The interiors were dark and old-fashioned. On the main level, it had a tiny kitchen, dated flooring and two flimsy balconies. On the lower level, it had little natural light, cheap barnboard wood and patchy walls. In September, HGTV agreed to update the cottage later in the fall of 2019, with the episode airing in the summer of 2020. That gave Ryan and Sarah an idea. Knowing the reno would add value to the property, they could get the place appraised, buy out their family member, and co-own the freshly upgraded cottage with their parents. And thats exactly what they did. After getting it appraised at around $800,000, Ryan and Sarah were co-owners.

Ryans cousin and realtor, Cassandra Allen, and her partner Kelsey Sutcliffe, actually appeared as the property managers in the episode, which aired during Pride weekend this past June. On the exterior, the HGTV team added new windows, painted and re-sided the cottage in cream and white, and replaced the waterfront deck. Inside, they removed built-in closets to make more space, stripped walls to the studs and installed white shiplap panelling to brighten the interiors, and expanded the kitchen. All of that cost the family approximately $100,000.

After the speedy TV reno, which drastically improved the propertys income potential, the family rented it out for $2,700 a month from the winter of 2019 to the spring of 2020. When Covid hit, it was still occupied. Ryan and Sarah felt penned in by the lockdown and wanted to move to the country, where their kids would have more space to run around. In June, they moved to the Wasaga property full-time for the summer. Then, in August, they read an article about the red-hot cottage market and thought it might be a good time to sell Wasaga and look for a new place in the country. Since both Ryan and Sarah were flexible working remotely and thought the kids were young enough to adjust to a new school, on Aug. 11, they listed the place for $1,099,900.

Last winter, Scott Gorman, 45, an insurance executive, and Michelle Gorman, 49, a tech entrepreneur, started thinking about selling their home in Oakville and moving to Collingwood, where they had long planned to retire. They already owned a ski chalet in the area and their two daughters, Paige, 11, and Rylie, 9, were getting into competitive snowboarding. But if they were going to give up their suburban backyard with a pool, they wanted something that could be used as a summer property.

When Covid hit in March, they spent two full months in Collingwood, and set their plans in motion to look for a cottage nearby. They wanted a small, three bedroom on the waterfront for around $700,000, approximately 30 to 40 minutes from Collingwood. No need for it to be winterized since it would mainly serve as a summer property. On July 22, they listed their Oakville home for roughly $1.3 million. After 60 showings and nine offers, it sold four days later for almost $100,000 over asking, with a 30-day close.

Two days before the sale closed, they found the Wasaga Beach place online. Before visiting the property, they watched the HGTV episode, which gave them some peace of mind that the work was done well. The next day, they learned that an offer had already been registered. Since they felt the property was priced a bit high, they guessed the other bid was likely below asking, so they submitted an offer of $100 over asking, rounding the sale up to $1.1 million, with no conditions. When they hadnt heard back the next day, they learned the process had been delayed by a third offer, so they decided to up the ante. They refiled their bid, bumping it up by $5,000 to show the sellers they were serious. That sealed the deal. The sellers accepted the same day that Scott and Michelles Oakville sale closed.

The buyers, Scott and Michelle, plan to eventually renovate the bunkie into a garage with a loft bedroom. They have no plans to rent out the cottage. Instead, theyll use it year-round, full-time in the summer and part-time in the winter, with friends and extended family. They already own a set of paddleboards, and the kids said they would forego Christmas gifts if they can get a water trampoline. The sellers, Ryan and Sarah, are still looking for a new place, either a new summer cottage or a full-time country home, near Georgian Bay, Lake Simcoe or the Muskokas.

Heres the entrance to the cottage. McGillivray restored and painted the original arched door, repainted and sided the exterior, and repurposed an old ski lift they salvaged from nearby Mount St. Louis Moonstone for outdoor bench seating:

On the show, McGillvary likened the entryway to a dark and cramped medieval dungeon. To brighten and open it up, they cut through the plastered cinderblock foundation to add the window, replaced a closet with a bench and hangers, and stripped the walls to add new drywall and white shiplap panels:

They also installed laminate flooring and a new gas fireplace:

The three bedrooms are themed by season. This is the summer room, which features vintage water skis:

This is the winter room, which features vintage cross-country skis:

Heres the spring room, which has a floral theme and faces the back garden:

Theres white subway tile and cedar plank walls in the bathroom:

Upstairs, McGillvary sealed off a doorway that formerly led to a back balcony, then extended the kitchen counter space in that direction. They installed the banquette seating in the dining area and added ceramic tile for the kitchen backsplash:

They kept the original barnboard walls upstairs, but replaced the ceiling, added laminate floors and painted the original fireplace:

To help brighten the space and contrast the dark wood in the living room area, McGillvarys interior designer Debra Salmoni added white couches and painted the walls and window casings white:

Heres the new waterfront deck, with a frameless glass rail for unobstructed views of Georgian Bay:

This summer, Ryan and his family added truckloads of sand to the waterfront firepit:

They also added $6,000 worth of boulders and rocks, which helps fight erosion of the shoreline:

Theres a bunkie in the back, which got excluded from the HGTV renovations. It has two additional bedrooms inside, but no heat source for winter:

Heres a view of the back of the cottage. The canoes were added for a pop of colour by the HGTV team:

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The caf is being planned at 80 Plungington Road. Pic: Google Street View

A new caf could replace a carpet shop in Plungington after a planning application was submitted.

The new caf, which is set to be opened at 80 Plungington Road, would take over what used to be James Carpets.

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The caf plans to serve sandwiches, wraps and cake as well as soft drinks, tea and coffee. The plans show the owner hopes that the caf will increase footfall to help other businesses in the area.

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Only a small amount of building work is set to be completed, should the planning application be accepted, including installing an extraction system for the kitchen area.

The customer area will hold several tables and a counter.

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LAKE TWP. Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 2952 Edison St. NW, recently broke ground on a long-awaited education wing of the parish.

Members of the parish planning committee were joined by representatives of Braun & Steidl, architects and Fred Olivieri Construction in celebrating the groundbreaking.

Through the generous support of the parish community, the fund-raising goal was overmatched.

Several unique challenges were met and overcome, many due to the need to meld the new addition with the original wood structure (current administrative offices) and the existing church and social hall.

The new structure will include four meeting/classrooms and a 20-foot extension of the existing social hall. It will bring the total number of meeting/classrooms to six.

Construction is expected to be complete in the spring.

The parish, which began in 1977 as a mission affiliated with St. Paul in North Canton, rapidly grew into a stand-alone parish in 1979, occupying a renovated youth club building.

The current church building was dedicated in 1986.

Holy Spirit serves the Uniontown-Hartville community.

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By John H. Wright Jr., MAI, and Martin H. Aaron, MAI, SRA

The role that religion plays in the midst of this pandemic is a philosophical matter.

However, the role that religious facilities play is a decidedly practical matter particularly for church mortgage lenders.

Before the pandemic, 36% of Americans attended religious services weekly, and 69% attended at least a few times a year, according to the Pew Research Center. The coronavirus brought attendance to a halt in many states, and some religious facilities adapted by providing online or drive-by services.

Unlike online shopping and curbside pickup for retail, virtual and drive-by religious services havent become a widely accepted new normal (although many larger churches have had success with online services). Even though people are eager to attend worship services for strength and spiritual guidance during this time of uncertainty, there are some concerns that the pause will drive long-term negative attendance and giving trends and affect the use and valuation of religious facilities.

Over the years, religious facilities have expanded to provide childcare, education, elder care, recreation, and community services such as job fairs and food pantries. This, in turn, has affected the ratio of seating to total building area. With social distancing, religious facilities can seat only a fraction of their capacity. Like their public counterparts, religious schools may not fully reopen for some time. These changes could have material value implications.

Space restrictions, along with elevated risk of infection for elders and the potential for church services to become super-spreader events, prevent many people from attending religious services.

At the same time, community support services that religious facilities provide are in high demand in the midst of the pandemic. Food,daycare, and job and housing insecurity have become grim concerns for many Americans, and religious facilities can come to their aid to the extent that social distancing requirements allow. In some communities, religious facilities even serve as COVID-19 testing sites because of their large parking lots and recognizable locations.

However, religious facilities survive on tithing, donations, foundations and other sources of cash flow that have been curtailed by the economic downturn. Some religious facilities with mortgages have missed payments since the pandemic, or they are debt insecure.

Every market is different, though, with unique advantages and challenges. There has been a surge in religious facility appraisals as lenders grapple to reassess the value of buildings that arent being fully used in the intended way. While some congregations are looking to sell their facilities, lenders are trying to determine if COVID-19-induced trends constitute a short-term interruption or long-term disruption to religious facility use, and resulting in possible changes in the highest and best use of the facility. This process is critical in the accurate estimation of COVID-19s impact on the current market value of the facility.

Looking to the future, some congregations with stable finances might be considering construction plans or additions as they reconcile how to best serve their communities during the pandemic and beyond. An accurate estimate of the market value of the real estate forms the foundation for sound decision making in this unprecedented time.

John H. Wright Jr., MAI, and Martin H. Aaron, MAI, SRA, are Senior Managing Director and Managing Director, respectively, at BBG, a national due diligence commercial real estate firm. They are also authors of The Appraisal of Religious Facilities, the recognized industry standard for valuation of religious facilities, schools and nonprofits.

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Construction is underway on a 94-unit senior-housing project in Northland, the third such project for a community that has a high concentration of vulnerable seniors, according to data from Ohio State University's Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity.

National Church Residences, based in Upper Arlington, is building the $16 million Northland Gate at 5771 Maple Canyon Drive.

Columbus City Council member Emmanuel V. Remy, who spent six years as president of Northland Community Council, said he remembers the project in its infancy.

"We know the senior population will grow exponentially by 2030," he said. "We also know those residents in Northland and throughout the city would like to age in place. Having the ability to stay in their neighborhood in affordable housing means everything to the seniors out there."

Currently, Franklin County has the second-highest number of people ages 65 and older in the state, according to the 2014 Kirwan Institute study, which said this senior population is projected to grow by more than 53% by 2030, a rate five times more than the anticipated overall population growth of Franklin County.

Remy and others took part in a groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 25 for the 3-story, 85,000-square-foot building, which will offer one- and two-bedroom residences.

Rents will range from $400 to $1,000, depending on income levels. The development will provide free Wi-Fi, a fitness center and outdoor walking paths.

Construction will take a little more than a year, said Amy Rosenthal, vice president of affordable development for National Church Residences.

"The community members know best, and they're coming to us saying they have a need," she said. "The data were there, too. Northland was lacking affordable senior housing. It had never received a low-income housing-tax-credit award for seniors. It felt like the time was right."

National Church Residences received $1.2 million in tax credits in 2019 from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, which essentially gave the company the approval to proceed with the project.

The company already has a strong presence in the community: It manages Restoration Plaza I, II and III and owns Northland Community Center for Senior Health North and other properties in the neighborhood, Rosenthal said.

In addition to Northland Gate, National Church Residences is building two other senior-housing developments that should be completed in the next two years, according to information from the company.

Salem Village at Dublin-Granville and Karl roads will have 76 one-bedroom apartments, and Bretton Woods at 4836 Cleveland Ave. will have 62 one- and two-bedroom apartments.

National Church Residences and its financial partners have invested nearly $50 million in the Northland area, according to the company.

"The numbers of our aging population are astounding, so it's important we have partners like National Church Residences," Remy said.

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Eagle Rock news through a Zoom lens | Artwork by Andrew Jacobs, ERNC Communications Director

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE EAGLE ROCK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL

By Sylvia Denlinger

What do Katy Perry, the Catholic Church, and Eagle Rock have in common? If you had been attending ERNC meetings, you would know!

What is the ERNC?

The Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council (ERNC) is part of the Neighborhood Council system created in 1999 when voters in L.A. approved a new city charter.

The Neighborhood Council system gives neighborhoods a voice in local government. It makes sure that neighborhoods hear in advance about city decisions so that people have time to discuss the decisions and respond.

The Charter also allows neighborhoods to be a part of city budget planning. It gives money to the Neighborhood Councils $32,000 in 2020 to spend on local projects and organizations.

Every two years, Eagle Rock can elect 19 people to the Board of the Neighborhood Council. (Elections are coming up in 2021, so watch this space!)

Each Board member receives training in ethics, funding and communication as it relates to the Neighborhood Council. Members are bound by ethical and organizational laws, primarily the Brown Act and Roberts Rules of Order.

In addition, the ERNC creates its own governing bylaws. These are reviewed every two years.

How does the ERNC help me?

The ERNC is a place to start if you have a question, an idea, a project, a problem, based in your community.

When and where does the ERNC meet?

The Board of the ERNC meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. to discuss issues that affect Eagle Rock and vote on how to spend their budget.

In normal times, the monthly meeting takes place at the Eagle Rock City Hall. But now, due to COVID-19, the ERNC is meeting online via Zoom. You can join us for all or part of a meeting from the comfort of your home.

A few days before the meeting, a link to a Zoom conference appears on the ERNC website. Click on the link (it will install Zoom if you dont have it already) and prepare to join in the discussion!

Heres the link to our website to find out more: http://www.wordpress.eaglerockcouncil.org/

And the answer to our riddle? What Katy Perry, the Catholic Church and Eagle Rock have in common is the Bekins Estate!

Bekins Estate is a mansion in Eagle Rock that the Church wanted to buy and remodel as part of a deal that also involved selling a convent to Katy Perry.

In the end, Katy bought the convent but the Church backed out of buying Bekins. Chris Hardwick now owns the property, with no remodel.

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From David Clegg

Tyrrell County Manager

Tyrrell County Food Bank project received a tremendous boost when Tyrrell County received a $100,000 grant from the Cannon Foundation. The grant will be paired with an $180,000 Community Development Block Grant to construct a food bank facility for the county. It is estimated that 22% of the countys population is food insecure.

The facility will be located on the site of the recently demolish Flair Building next door to Tyrrell Hall on U.S. Highway 64 East. The Cannon Foundation grant award will allow Tyrrell County to place for bid a 1660 square foot facility. The food bank will be an affiliate of the distribution system of the Food Bank of the Albemarle. Architects for the facility are Cahoon and Kasten of Nags Head.

It is the intention of the Tyrrell County Board of Commissioners to create a non-profit corporation to operate the food bank with management assistance from the county commissioners, Tyrrell County DSS, Tyrrell Senior Adult Center and community based religious and civic organization. The building and equipment will remain property of Tyrrell County.

This new facility will be a great tribute to the faithful volunteers of the Church Road Emergency Food Pantry, said Tommy Everett, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners.

County Manager David Clegg commented, This food bank building will allow us to take full advantage of opportunities to assist our food insecure citizens and leverage many government and private resources.

The Cannon Foundation was formed in 1943 by Charles A. Cannon, chairman and president of the Cannon Mills Company. The foundation, located in Concord, N.C., continues his philanthropic legacy by funding primarily capital and infrastructure projects for organizations across the state of North Carolina. TO date, the foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $305 million.

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Tony Judnich|Northwest Florida Daily News

CRESTVIEW The massive Patriot Ridge subdivision slated to stand next to the southeast part of Crestview over the next five years will have an alternate access road, as well as many more single-family homes than initially planned.

The additional houses will mean even more traffic on area roads, an impact the subdivision developer and local officials are working to address.

An amended development agreement that includes the alternate access road and 106 additional houses for Patriot Ridge received the Okaloosa County Commissions unanimous approval Tuesday.

More: More new housing is coming, but not much is available to low-income folks

The original county-approved agreement from last fall allowed Patriot Ridge LLC, led by developer Greg Matovina of Jacksonville, to develop up to 570 single-family homes on almost 417 acres.

The project site is east of State Road 85 and between Shoal River Drive and Airmans Memorial Road, on property that once contained the Adara Golf Course.

The initial agreement showed the main access to the future subdivision would be via Shoal River Drive east of Live Oak Church Road. Based on a request from commissioners, as well as residents who live adjacent to the future subdivision, the developer more recently was able to acquire about 60 acres directly east of the Patriot Ridge boundary for a secondary access.

The additional access road will connect to Airmans Memorial Road just east of Chanan Drive. Another approved update to the agreement limits access to Skyline Circle through the first phase of the development for emergency vehicles only.

The overall amended agreement now allowsfor construction of a total of 676 houses, which will be built in 16 phases over five years. The price range of the subdivisions interior-lot homes reportedly could be about $200,000 to $400,000.

The project changes received the county Planning Commissions unanimous support in August. Before that meeting, the county provided residents who live around the project site notice of the proposed agreement amendment.

The two members of the public who commented on the then-proposed updated project at the planning boards meeting both spoke in favor of it, county Growth Management Director Elliot Kampert told the County Commission Tuesday.

District 1 County Commissioner Graham Fountain, whose district includes the Patriot Ridge development area and a part of Crestview, and District 3 County Commissioner Nathan Boyles, whose district also includes a part of Crestview, both praised the developer on Tuesday for being able to add the additional access road.

In response to questions from the Daily News, Boyles on Thursday said Patriot Ridge would help provide housing for the military-associated workforce and other people.

Do we have some traffic challenges there (along S.R. 85 by the south part of Crestview)? Yes, Boyles said. But will this project help fill some niches in our housing market? I think so.

More: DOT unveils possible SR 85 upgrades in Crestview

Boyles chairs the Okaloosa-Walton Transportation Planning Organization, which is helping to plan the eventual widening of a 12-mile-long stretch of S.R. 85.

According to TPO documents, the four-lane S.R. 85 between its connection with State Road 123 north of the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport and its segment just north of Interstate 10 in Crestview could be widened to six lanes sometime between 2031 and 2040.

The Florida Department of Transportation is the lead agency on the planned, state-funded widening project, construction of which might cost about $50 million.

For fiscal year 2022, the agency has $1.65 million funded for the projects initial planning and engineering tasks.

That is what will kick that process off, said Boyles, who added that the TPO is trying to get the widening work timeframe accelerated.

For its part, Patriot Ridge LLC will widen Live Oak Church Road to four lanes from S.R. 85 to Shoal River Drive, help the county upgrade John King Road, and make other road improvements to help offset traffic impacts stemming from its future subdivision.

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The patchwork of surface parking lots that once blighted DowntownToronto's urban fabric are now few and far between. Rising land values and a planning policies have spelled the demise of surface parking in the city centre, and most of the remaining lots are facing redevelopment in the near future. This week's Throwback Thursday looks back just over two years, comparing an aerial view of a former surface parking lot at Church and The Esplanade with a recent view of its ongoing redevelopment. Back in June, 2018,the parking lot at the intersection's southwest corner was gearing up for the arrival of heavy machinery to begin construction at 75 on The Esplanade. The east-facing view is from the nearby 25 The Esplanade apartment building which overlooksthe site.

Looking east over site of 75 on The Esplanade, 2018, image by Forum contributor mburrrrr

Just over two years later, thenew 29-storey condominium tower, designed by architectsAlliance forHarhay DevelopmentsandCarttera Private Equities, is rising fast towards an eventual height of approximately 100 metres as cladding installation begins on lower levels. Other changes have also happened in the background, with the upper edge of the photo showing slivers of the Sherbourne and Front streetsites of St Lawrence Condos at 158 Front and Time and Space Condos.

Looking east over site of 75 on The Esplanade, 2020, image by Forum contributor mburrrrr

A GIF helps to visualize the last couple years of change.

Looking east over site of 75 on The Esplanade, 2018-2020, images by Forum contributor mburrrrr

We will return next week with another look at the changing face of Toronto. In the meantime, you can submit your own Throwback Thursday comparisons in our dedicatedForum threadfor your chance to be featured in next week's edition.

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Your startup is special and different, and you need to explain that to distracted investors in just a few short slides. The pandemic has added to your challenge, because more investors have been looking through more decks than ever online and spending less time on each.

To help you create the right fundraising presentation, weve put together a panel of expert investors at Disrupt 2020 from September 14-18 who have been backing early-stage companies through good times and bad. Were also providing daily pitch deck teardown sessions that can serve as a guide (heres how to submit your own if youve already registered for Disrupt 2020).

Ann Miura-Ko is the co-founder of Floodgate and a leading early-stage investor (and computer security expert) with investments including Lyft, Xamarin, Clover Health, Clever and many more. Shes been one of our most popular guest authors and speakers over the years, covering topics like building a minimum viable company and finding the inflection point.

Lo Toney is a long-time founder and product leader who spent much of this past decade investing with Comcast Venturess Catalyst Fund and Google Ventures, before founding Plexo Capital in 2018 (and serving as a mentor at Mucker Capital during this time). His focus includes investing in diverse founders globally, as well as backing other funds with the same mission. Some of his recent investment include PlayVS, Replicated and StyleSeat on the company side, and Precursor, Boldstart, Female Founders Fund and WorkBench on the fund side.

Rajan Anandan is the leader of Surge, Sequoia Capital Indias rapid scale-up program for founders in India and Southeast Asia. He previously served as Googles top business executive in the region for more than eight years, held executive roles in Microsoft and Dell operations before that and has invested in dozens of startups in India and around the world.

Join us at this pitch deck teardown and so much more at Disrupt 2020 happening from September 14-18. Grab your Disrupt Digital Pro Pass today and during our Labor Day Flash Sale you can save an extra $100! Hope to see you there!

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