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Don't toss it, fix it. That's the idea behind Repair Cafe, a movement that started in the Netherlands and has now made its way to Gresham.
Repair Cafe is a free event that connects people who like to fix things with people who need something fixed, whether it's a ripped seam or a broken lawnmower.
The concept behind Repair Cafe is when we fix things instead of throwing them away, we reduce the load on our landfills and lower carbon dioxide emissions by reducing the need for more manufacturing.
East County's first Repair Cafe will be from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Rosewood Initiative, 16126 S.E. Stark St.
According the the Repair Cafe Foundation's website at repaircafe.org, people throw away too much, "even things with almost nothing wrong and which could get a new lease on life after a simple repair.
The trouble is that people are out of the habit of fixing things.
We throw away vast amounts of stuff. Even things with almost nothing wrong and which could get a new lease on life after a simple repair, the site states. The trouble is, lots of people have forgotten that they can repair things themselves or they no longer know how. Knowing how to make repairs is a skill quickly lost.
But plenty of people still have those skills and they not only can help people make repairs, they also teach those skills to those they help.
Shaunna Sutcliffe, residential and schools program coordinator for the city's Recycling and Solid Waste program, said the city has partnered with the city of Portland and Repair PDX and the Rosewood Initiative to put on the Repair Cafe.
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Modular Building Institute is pleased to announce that the August 2014 Modular Building of the Month is the iconic Broadway Stack, located at 4857 Broadway in New York City. This seven-story modular multifamily housing unit was manufactured by Deluxe Building Systems, Inc. of Berwick, Pennsylvania and designed by architecture firm Gluck+ of New York. It is one of the first modular apartment buildings to be completed in Manhattan and is a move towards more affordable housing in the city.
Modular construction was chosen for this project because it shortened the construction timeline by as much as half and cut the budget by nearly 20 percent. Offsite manufacture of the Stack allowed for an overall streamlined construction process modules arrived on site with fixtures like towel bars, cabinets, and countertops already installed. Any mechanical, electrical, and plumbing was already in place, with only connections between the modules to be completed. Manufacture of the 56 modules began at Deluxes Pennsylvania plant, while at the same time a construction crew on site began to prepare the foundation, basement, and first floor in Manhattan. After site prep and manufacture, installation of the modules took a mere 19 days, an eight-person crew, and a crane. The Stacks developer estimates he saved 6 to 8 months of construction time and 15 to 20 percent of the approximately $7 million in construction costs.
Its speedy construction and cost-savings for the developer is a potential solution to NYCs growing housing problem. The Stack is being marketed as housing for moderate income families. Additionally, six of the 28 apartments were reserved for affordable housing for families who met certain income and household size requirements. Architect Gluck+s website reads [The Stack] is a pilot project for developing a quality and economically viable housing solution to strategically rebuilding and filling gaps in outmoded housing infrastructure. Future projects like this one may even have a shorter timeline as these processes become more conventional.
Founded in 1983, the Modular Building Institute (MBI) is the only international non-profit trade association serving modular construction. Members are manufacturers, contractors, and fleet owners in two distinct segments of the industry - permanent modular construction (PMC) and relocatable buildings (RB). Our Mission: As the Voice of Commercial Modular Construction, it is MBI's mission to expand the use of offsite construction through innovative construction practices, outreach and education to the construction community and customers, and recognition of high quality modular designs and facilities.
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In the wake of an apartment fire in North Whitehall that killed 61 cats and two dogs, the township is going to explore whether to require annual inspections of rental properties.
The July 15 blaze at the three-story apartment building at Route 309 and Game Preserve Road displaced seven people and closed two businesses. The fire inspector said the cause was an electrical problem.
Township Manager Jeff Bartlett told the township supervisors Monday that an annual inspection of each rental property in the township would likely have turned up that the property manager who lived in the building was keeping 61 cats and two dogs. He and his wife reportedly took in abandoned cats.
The township zoning ordinance only allows six pets per home, but Bartlett and his staff don't have the authority to go into someone's home to check out such violations if they get a complaint.
With a rental property inspection ordinance, North Whitehall could hire inspection firms it now uses for new construction, Bartlett said. Those inspectors could check for such health and safety conditions as railings for porches, smoke detectors and working water and sewage.
"We are not talking about anything more than a basic health and safety inspection of the property," Bartlett said.
The inspections could be done at minimal cost, which could be passed on to the tenants, he said, adding that annual safety inspections can bring down a landlord's insurance rates.
"I'm not for over-regulating and creating ordinances just for the sake of creating ordinances," Bartlett said.
Supervisor Chairman Ronald J. Heintzelman and Supervisor Richard Celmer sounded favorably disposed to such an ordinance.
Supervisor Steve Pany said he'd want more information about how many rental properties are in the township and how they would be affected.
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This Atlantic-to-Pacific switcheroo is a new kind of sea change.
The developer of Atlantic Yards is rebranding the controversial project as Pacific Park as it gears up to begin construction on the next apartment building.
All 298 rental units in the 18-story building, on 535 Carlton Ave. at the corner of Green St., will be set aside as affordable.
The space surrounding the 285,000-square-foot building and six adjacent structures will be converted into an 8-acre park.
Right now, its a gash in middle of Brooklyn, said Forest City Ratner spokeswoman Ashley Cotton. It will become a place people want to move, live and visit.
The developer hired an award-winning branding agency, Pentagram, to help rename the new buildings.
But one industry expert was not impressed with the new moniker.
Its not really rebranding; its just giving it a new name, said branding guru Rob Frankel.
They seem to be on the wrong coast, he added.
Construction is expected to start in December and last two years.
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The race to provide housing for a growing population in western North Dakota got a boost today.
A 20-unit apartment building was unveiled in New Town - at the same time construction was set to begin on a second building next door.
The ribbon was cut on the Wooden Bowls Estates - a collection of one, two, and three bedroom apartments on New Town's north side.
Meanwhile, work is set to begin this month on a second, 20-unit apartment building adjacent to the first.
Tribal officials say the apartments will mean a lot in the battle to provide low-cost housing to residents of the Three Affiliated Tribes who are dealing with skyrocketing rent prices due to the oil boom.
(Ken Hall, Tribal Business Council Member) "In this area we will accommodate 40 families in these two apartment complexes and any time we can help people to meet some of their needs, it's really gratifying."
(Elgin Crows Breast, Tribal Community Development) "There's a lot of gouging around here in New Town, Watford City, Williston. It hurts the people that have been here. It hurts the people that have been living here all their lives."
The apartments carry rental prices half the cost of standard apartments in the region.
The developer of the apartment complexes says there's a dire need for low cost housing.
(Tony Krejci, Developer) "They need housing and they need affordable and quality housing out here. What I saw here in my experience - it's been very much not to standard, and we want standard housing to be built and it's got to be affordable."
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Food and shelter are basic needs, but clean clothes can mean a renewed level of self-respect for the underprivileged.
Laundry Love, a charity based in Portland, Oregon, aims to help people who are struggling financially by partnering with local laundromats to offer free laundry services. According to Laundry Loves national director, Greg Russinger, it all began in 2002, when he and his friends offered to help a homeless man named Eric, a.k.a. T-Bone, in Ventura, California.
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In addition to providing a service, Laundry Love aims to make weekly and monthly events a social experience.
He just said, If I had clean clothes, I think people would treat me as a human being, Russinger told TODAY.com.
Russinger and fellow volunteers found a local laundromat and provided the money and supplies to wash the clothes of T-Bone and other community members in need. The Ventura branch of Laundry Love has remained active ever since.
In the years that followed, Laundry Love has provided an estimated 450,000 loads of laundry to about 300,000 people, according to Russinger. Beneficiaries include the jobless, the homeless, immigrants, victims of natural disasters and others who find themselves financially strapped.
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