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By H.M. Cauley

Drive through some of Atlantas established neighborhoods, and its hard to find a garage facing the street. Intown neighborhoods were often laid out with streetscapes that focused on front porches and sidewalks rather than places to park the car.

But behind those houses, many developers laid out networks of alleys that linked to freestanding garages, back yards and, most frequently, the trash bins. While many of those access ways have disappeared, either overgrown or reclaimed into existing lots, some still exist. In Virginia-Highland, alleys behind Maiden Lane between Barnett and Frederica streets have become a source of community connection, bringing neighbors together to make them functional once more.

If you go back and look at the [neighborhood] plat, you see the alley was designed for garbage collection and utilities, said Jeffrey Keesee, a 2-year resident of the neighborhood who has been one of the catalysts behind the alley cleanup. But for years, its been a primary access way for AT&T because theres a power line back there. We own it collectively, but it still has an easement for utility access.

Keesee and his neighbors along St. Charles Avenue knew of other alleys that had been restored. One in Poncey-Highland was reclaimed with new plantings; another off Virginia Avenue has become a popular path where neighbors have held yard sales. But it wasnt until a brush fire in their alley last winter that Keesee and his colleagues got serious about making improvements.

People were camping back there, and they built a fire that got out of control, said Keesee. Thats when everybody said, Lets be proactive. We had several clean-up dates in February and March, and then we received a $1,000 Love Your Block grant from the city.

The money went toward eradicating the undergrowth, adding gravel and taking out some trees. The neighbors also had help from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which, instead of money, sent 30 college students to do some of the heavy lifting. The neighbors also decided to drop the word alley when referring to the area, and instead, they now call it Maiden Trail.

There were negative connotations about saying alley, said Keesee. And since the trail lines up with Maiden Lane, the named seemed to fit.

This summer, the trail has developed a following of residents from the surrounding community.

There are about 500 households withing walking distance of this alley, so theres a lot of foot traffic back there now, said Keesee. We could have fenced it all off and not dealt with it, but we decided to create a situation that invites more people to use it. We changed the alley into a feature rather than an issue.

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This is a rendering of the interior of the new St. Frances Xavier Mother Cabrini church.

St. Frances Xavier Mother Cabrini Church Pastor Frank Lopez showed a rendering of the new church Wednesday. The diocese will have a groundbreaking ceremony Sunday.

St. Frances Xavier Mother Cabrini Catholic Church will break ground on a $4.5 million sanctuary on Sunday.

Construction is expected to take from 12 to 14 months.

"We have been working tremendously hard to make our vision of our church come true," said the Rev. Frank Lopez. "It's been a while since we moved to our temporary church which is our multi-purpose building."

Rosie Torres, director of religious formation, said it's exciting to finally be able to break ground.

"The church was first established about 1993," she said.

Lopez said it's taken longer than they had hoped to start construction at 12200 Vista del Sol but for a good reason.

"We didn't want to just build a building, put church furniture in there and call it a church. We wanted a church that represents the community and shares the start and history of our faith with the missions," Lopez said.

The church hired Hyndman and Hyndman Architects, a California firm that has designed numerous churches including Mormon temples. Renderings of the new church inside the multi-purpose building feature a mission style building that will contain pews surrounding the altar in the center. A baptismal font will be at the entrance of the sanctuary.

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Mansfield, TX (PRWEB) August 22, 2014

Design-build commercial modular construction firm Ramtech Building Systems of Mansfield, TX has announced that the First United Methodist Church of Blue Ridge, Texas has approved the design portion of the company's design-build proposal for the construction of a new 10,250 square foot modular church building that will be placed on the Churchs new 18 acre site. The estimated $1.2 million project will be configured as an L-shaped structure in order to maximize the available space for a worship center, three offices, eight adult and childrens classrooms, and a daycare center. This will allow First United to replace their existing facility with a new modular building that can meet their current needs for the next three to five years. The Church ultimately plans to construct a permanent building complex which will then allow the modular building to be used exclusively by the youth ministry. As the general contractor for the modular construction project, Ramtech will manage all of the site preparation for the new building and parking lot, including the extension and connection of the utilities as well as installing the pad-on-grade foundation. A HardiePanel embossed stucco siding with an elastomeric paint finish will be used for the exterior, while the interior will be finished with vinyl covered gypsum wall covering, commercial grade carpet and vinyl composition tile flooring, and a lay-in tile ceiling. Ramtech will also provide the wood steps, ramps, and landings for the building.

The First United design-build project is another in a long list of church building contracts that Ramtech has secured over the last three years. As part of the company's continuing focus on developing modular church building projects for faith-based organizations, Ramtech was United Methodist's first choice based on the company's successful performance in completing two high-profile education facilities for the community's local Blue Ridge Independent School District. According to Gary White, Ramtech's Vice-President of Sales, "Seeing firsthand how we were able to provide sophisticated modular buildings for the local school district made First United very comfortable in selecting Ramtech for their new church building". Once the manufacturing of the modular sections begins, Ramtech expects to have the project completed in less than 120 days.

The First United Methodist Church of Blue Ridge is located in the rolling hills of north central Texas 50 miles north east of Dallas in one of the many small farming communities in northern Collin County that is now seeing rapid development. The modular building for the First United project will be designed and manufactured at Ramtechs Mansfield, TX manufacturing facility, part of a 20 acre development located in the southern part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The company has convenient access to the major transportation arteries that serve cities throughout Texas and the Southwest. Structured as a vertically integrated design-build construction company, Ramtech provides space planning, design services, manufacturing, site construction and finish-out on every project they produce. The company maintains a consistent workforce of production workers and supervisory personnel with an average of 13 years experience, many with tenures over 20 years. This experience, coupled with Ramtechs approach to modular manufacturing and construction, allows for greater control at each step in the building process resulting in significant time and money savings for their clients. For more information, visit the company's website at ramtechmodular.com.

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You've never loved your church members and you never cared if the church lost money.

Yesterday, former City Harvest Church (CHC) investment manager Chew Eng Han continued to assert that the megachurch's founder, Kong Hee, had deceived those close to him.

He accused Kong of falsifying information - such as the church's attendance figures - and for choosing not to recoup the money sunk into singer Sun Ho's American album.

Chew, Kong and four others are accused of misusing more than $50 million of church money to finance pop singer Ho Yeow Sun's music career and covering up their tracks. (See report below.)

Yesterday, Chew continued his cross-examination of Kong, who is the second accused to take the stand after former board member John Lam.

Chew, a former CHC fund manager, told the court that Kong had urged churchgoers to donate to the building fund despite not doing so himself.

"During the years of the bonds being issued for the Crossover, from 2007 to 2010, you could have put your own money into the Crossover instead of buying personal properties for yourself."

The Crossover Project was the church's attempt to evangelise internationally through Ho's secular music.

Chew added later: "You withheld yourself from giving ... tithes to your own church despite being the founder and senior pastor and... the one on stage who challenged thousands to sacrifice for the building fund."

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