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Downtown location showcases Cannon Moss Brygger capability

Firm recognized as 'Best Places to Work'

After celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2012, Cannon Moss Brygger Architects embarked on a project to move their Spencer office from 20 W. Sixth St. to a more visible and spacious location in downtown Spencer.

Matt Barstad, project manager and designer, has plenty of work space available to review drawings in his office at Cannon Moss Brygger Architects. (Photos by Randy M. Cauthron)

"It sort of helped to fulfill a goal of the firm in all three locations," Matt Barstad, project manager and designer with Spencer's office, said. "We wanted to invest in the downtowns of all three towns."

The first work was done in Sioux City, followed by Grand Island and then in Spencer.

"We were looking to be back on Grand Avenue in the midst of the hustle and bustle," Barstad said.

Calling it a "contemporary setting in an old building," Barstad said the doors opened on the new office space in April to strong reviews. The offices provide the firm a facility to showcase its own capabilities in the renovation and repurpose arena.

The "fun space" meeting room overlooking Grand Avenue is one of the many popular open area features of Cannon Moss Brygger Architects downtown office.

The wide open office space at Cannon Moss Brygger Architects allows for an interactive and collaborative work environment.

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Rotting wood, creeping mold, dilapidated decks, roaming rodents and cracked foundations can unintentionally turn homes into haunted houses.

The trick for renovation companies and builders is turning the properties into inhabitable houses. By repairing, rehabbing and sometimes gutting the structures, it becomes a treat to see the transformation of bungalows, ranches and multi-story homes of various architectural styles across metro Atlanta.

Some neighborhood eyesores, which could include a home that you are considering buying, are being improved by metro Atlanta contractors and builders who frequently tackle these ghoulish issues. The horrifying truth is that some obstacles can delay projects and add unexpected expenses to a renovation budget.

Unsteady structures

Bungalows can charm buyers, but inspections and consultations with builders may uncover unpleasant obstacles. Sometimes, the floor and ceiling joists are too small and far apart for the span of the room, especially when theres an open floor plan. The problem also can be seen in carports and garages that are sagging in the middle, which is a sign of overspan, said Anthony Pourhassan, founder of Atlanta-based Highlight Homes and Vesmont. Beams were not sufficient enough to support the weight, said Pourhassan, whose company builds homes in areas such as Brookhaven, Chastain Park, Sandy Springs and Dunwoody.

If the floorboards are bowing, the boards may be removed and thicker ones installed, which could delay the project for a month. You have a board and it cant handle the weight, said Randy Glazer, owner of Atlanta-based Glazer Design & Construction.

Menacing mold

One of the most frightening mold problems that Scot LaVelle has seen was in his own Georgia home. When water seeped from behind his refrigerator (a small screw was loose), he discovered that mold on his floor joists was causing water to leak through this walls, moving from the kitchen to the living room and office.

It can get inside the walls like ours and be growing for a long period of time and you dont even know it, he said.

The floors and walls had to be removed, and the total bill was close to $54,000 for the family, who had homeowners insurance. LaVelle, who owns Dalton-based Niche Custom Flooring, created MoldHold, a sticky tape that traps mold into place until a professional restoration company can remove the it and repair the home. MoldHold, which adheres to wet surfaces and prevents spores from becoming airborne, received its patent in 2014. MoldHold offers a temporary solution, he said, that enables people to stay in the home, reducing costs. Hes heard even nastier mold stories, such as how mold in one home ate through the homeowners leather boots.

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For years Pat Huth came home from vacation with photos she'd taken of barns she admired on her journeys, but she never thought to take any of the ones around her home in central Illinois.

"I never realized how pretty the barns are right here around us," Huth said as she drove up a lane toward a 1920s barn.

Huth realized something else about barns in her home state.

"They are a dying breed," she said.

That's why Huth has joined others in Illinois to promote the restoration and preservation of these onetime hubs of farm activity.

Barn preservationists say the iconic symbol of agriculture in the heartland is disappearing at an astounding rate. They estimate that as few as 10% of the barns Illinois had in the 1920s are standing.

The once-essential buildings are crumbling to the pressures of time, weather, modern farming and the expense of keeping them up. Although small, grass-roots organizations are trying to make a difference, they say they need more support within the state to help keep these barns around. They point to Iowa, where grants and state tax credits help the preservation movement.

Since 1997 the volunteer-run Iowa Barn Foundation has given 119 matching grants totaling more than $1 million to Iowans rehabbing barns. Funding comes from donations by individuals, corporations and other foundations.

Barns in Iowa built before 1937 and those listed in or considered for the National Register of Historic Places are eligible for a state tax credit. And barns built before 1937 are eligible for a property tax exemption when they are restored, the foundation said.

But farmers these days struggle with putting the structures to good use. Modern equipment often doesn't fit in the old barns, and fewer farmers have livestock and feed requiring a barn's shelter.

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Friday marked a major milestone for a federally funded Everglades restoration project as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and conservationists celebrated along with representatives from the local, state and federal level.

A ceremonial ribbon-cutting marked the opening of the Merritt Pump Station, one of three pump stations that will help restore water to what was once wetlands decades ago.

Eric Draper, executive director of conservation organization Auduban Florida explained what caused the problem in the first place.

This was going to be a subdivision, this was going to be a 55,000-acre subdivision, he said.

In the 1970's the area was abandoned by developers who had hoped to expand the residential part of the Golden Gate Estates. Even though the houses weren't built, the roads had been paved and the canals dug. The canals drained the wetlands and they're now being plugged, along with several other measures, like the opening of the Merritt Pump Station.

I'm so excited this has been underway for 30 years, Draper said.

Bob Progulsky from U.S. Fish and Wildlife works on Everglades management and said the opening of the pump station is a major step in the Picayune Strand Restoration Project.

It's important for panthers, it's important for manatees, it's important for wetland restoration all the way down to the 10,000 Islands area, he said.

On a tour, resident engineer, Mike Miller explained how several pumps would help get water from one side of the building out into levees on the other side, which would guide the water to spread out into its natural course.

If you look out there in that open area over there, that was all trees at one time, it'll probably more than likely look like that, Miller said.

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By - Associated Press - Saturday, October 25, 2014

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - The State Bond Commission has approved the sale of $10 million in hospital revenue bonds to pay for expansion and remodeling at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.

State Treasurer John Kennedy told The American Press (http://bit.ly/1rqvJVg) the money will pay for work on the hospitals emergency room and an intensive care unit.

The Southwest Louisiana Hospital Association is the entity borrowing the money. The bonds will be paid off using revenue from the hospital.

Hospital CEO Larry Graham said the expansion is necessary to prepare for an expected influx of workers and their families tied to the more than $70 billion in industrial projects planned or under construction in southwest Louisiana.

We are already seeing some of the early arrivals from the growth, he said.

The public-private partnership between Memorial and W.O. Moss Regional Medical Center that was created last year is another reason the expansion is needed. Since July 2013, Graham said emergency room visits have increased by 70 percent.

We were already the busiest emergency room in town, and its gotten bigger, he said.

Graham said the project should be finished by the end of the year.

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