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Pictures of Progress
By Dean Gray, August 20, 2008
As the city begins the largest public works project it its history,
images begin to appear suggesting the amazing transformation
already begun.
By Dean Gray, August 20, 2008
As the city begins the largest public works project it its history,
images begin to appear suggesting the amazing transformation
already begun.
KDM Civil Engineering and Land Surveying
begin surveying every street in the city in
anticipation of the re-pavement project of
every street in the city. Near the north end
of Pierson Benjamin Caldwell works with
sophisticated GPS equipment that
calibrates space in fractions of the inch.
begin surveying every street in the city in
anticipation of the re-pavement project of
every street in the city. Near the north end
of Pierson Benjamin Caldwell works with
sophisticated GPS equipment that
calibrates space in fractions of the inch.
Dust flies with the fast moving equipment scurrying about on the new
multi-million dollar Cabot Yxerxa Elementary School on Desert View. The
magnificent view equals the massive amount of earth moved.
multi-million dollar Cabot Yxerxa Elementary School on Desert View. The
magnificent view equals the massive amount of earth moved.
An unfinished apartment complex on Hacienda, right below the new school, will find financing for
completion as the economy improves and families look for housing near school. Cabot Elementary is where
the concrete crane rises in the background.
completion as the economy improves and families look for housing near school. Cabot Elementary is where
the concrete crane rises in the background.
The Pizza Hut remodeling exterior job puts up a new
front shape to welcome diners to a soon to be
remodeled interior.
front shape to welcome diners to a soon to be
remodeled interior.
Businessman and Real Estate
Broker Young Park proposes to
build a chicken drive thru
restaurant north of Desert View
on Palm Drive. He's ready to
commit $100,000 towards
construction if he can get
approvals for his project. The
problem is that someone on the
City Design Review Committee
sees Young's project as too
small and inappropriate for the
property. Others welcome an
entrepreneur willing to spend
money during tough economic
times. As far most residents are
concerned, more places to eat
are really needed, especially
north of Hacienda and close to
the downtown core.
Broker Young Park proposes to
build a chicken drive thru
restaurant north of Desert View
on Palm Drive. He's ready to
commit $100,000 towards
construction if he can get
approvals for his project. The
problem is that someone on the
City Design Review Committee
sees Young's project as too
small and inappropriate for the
property. Others welcome an
entrepreneur willing to spend
money during tough economic
times. As far most residents are
concerned, more places to eat
are really needed, especially
north of Hacienda and close to
the downtown core.
Young is perplexed as he has gone
thru 4 architects in 4 years trying to
win approval for developing his
property.
thru 4 architects in 4 years trying to
win approval for developing his
property.
The whimsical building is designed to resemble a chicken.
Both public and private money is
being spent on renewal,
rehabilitation and restoration.
The blight is being removed like
some troubling mold. Over $70
million will be spent in the fiscal
year of '07 - '09. At no other time
in the city's sometimes troubled
history has so much happened
at once. While there are still a
few working at odds against the
positive flow of things, for the
most part the city remains
united in following through on
the strategic plan. It is a grand
plan requiring a steadfast
determination to succeed, a
willingness not to spend the
allocated money on some
sudden tangent, and the
patience to see things to the
end. By these images we see
history being created. Soon the
roar and frustration of
construction will be our sad but
temporal lament.
being spent on renewal,
rehabilitation and restoration.
The blight is being removed like
some troubling mold. Over $70
million will be spent in the fiscal
year of '07 - '09. At no other time
in the city's sometimes troubled
history has so much happened
at once. While there are still a
few working at odds against the
positive flow of things, for the
most part the city remains
united in following through on
the strategic plan. It is a grand
plan requiring a steadfast
determination to succeed, a
willingness not to spend the
allocated money on some
sudden tangent, and the
patience to see things to the
end. By these images we see
history being created. Soon the
roar and frustration of
construction will be our sad but
temporal lament.
Abatement has cleared the
property of nuisance
structures leaving only dirt
and the concrete foundation
to suggest a building once
here. Abatement is the last
resort of the city to make
corrections. This property on
2nd street fell victim to
neglect. Another property on
Ironwood suffered the same
fate with twice the amount of
square footage reduced to
rubble and hauled off at the
owner's expense. Often the
owner is disappeared or
bankrupt making collection a
long, drawn out process
taking years for the city to get
paid back for the expense of
abatement.
property of nuisance
structures leaving only dirt
and the concrete foundation
to suggest a building once
here. Abatement is the last
resort of the city to make
corrections. This property on
2nd street fell victim to
neglect. Another property on
Ironwood suffered the same
fate with twice the amount of
square footage reduced to
rubble and hauled off at the
owner's expense. Often the
owner is disappeared or
bankrupt making collection a
long, drawn out process
taking years for the city to get
paid back for the expense of
abatement.
Planning commissioner Gabriel
King pouring over the topo map
of the long stalled Tuscan Hills
development on Pierson. He's
concerned about the threat to
the city and homeowners should
a flash flood suddenly inundate
the land that is suspended in an
economic limbo.
King pouring over the topo map
of the long stalled Tuscan Hills
development on Pierson. He's
concerned about the threat to
the city and homeowners should
a flash flood suddenly inundate
the land that is suspended in an
economic limbo.