sandwalk

Amish workers irk labor organizations http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/09/26/front/911607.txt By CORY FROLIK | Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:41 PM EDT NORWALK - The Norwalk Commons still has a long way to go. Much of the complex remains bare land. Piles of dirt sit where restaurants and a hotel are expected to be built. But in the back part of the development, near the intersection of Stower Lane and Norwalk Commons Drive, contractors are working hard to finish Redwood Village Luxury Suites by Christmas. The 56-unit, upscale-condominium complex has a grand opening scheduled for Oct. 11.

LOL! Well I'd feel comfortable driving across that! :D

County touts new plastic bridge http://www.norwalkreflector.com/articles/2008/09/25/front/iq_623614.txt By MARY LISA BOOSE - Reflector Staff Writer | Thursday September 25 2008, 11:25am ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interesting article, to say the least. The Huron County Engineer is one of the more progressive, forward-thinking elected individuals in the area... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huron County Engineer Joe Kovach will officially open a new era for bridge construction in the state at 10 a.m. Friday at a ribbon cutting for a Fairfield Township bridge made of plastic. There are no steel reinforcing rods, no prestressed concrete box beams; instead, fiber reinforced polymers (FRPs) make up the 17-foot long, 24-foot wide span on Ridge Road south of Ohio 162. The FRPs are made up of polyester resins, vinyl ester resins and glass fibers.

Buyers found for Norwalk Furniture; production to resume this week http://www.norwalkreflector.com/articles/2008/09/22/front/iq_622578.txt By JOE CENTERS - Reflector Managing Editor | Monday September 22 2008, 5:41pm Norwalk Furniture has a new owner and work is expected to resume this week. Local investors purchased the property and they are waiting for the paperwork to go through, said Jim McTevia, of McTevia and Associates, Management and Financial Consultants.

Norwalk Furniture is history ...............what a sad, sad for my town :-( http://www.norwalkreflector.com/articles/2008/09/17/front/iq_619713.txt By JOE CENTERS - Reflector Managing Editor | Wednesday September 17 2008, 2:20pm It’s official. Norwalk Furniture Corp. is history. While talks continue to sell the 106-year-old company, Chairman Jim Gerken announced Tuesday that all layoffs from the old company are permanent. If the company is sold, former Norwalk Furniture employees would have to be hired by the new owners.

See the past, present and future of Tremont House Guided tours Sunday at historic Bellevue building http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/09/06/front/884419.txt By CORY FROLIK | [email protected] BELLEVUE - A Bellevue resident from the mid-19th century probably wouldn’t recognize the building at 101 E. Main St. as it stands today. Built as a hotel in 1846, the Tremont House has undergone many transformations.

It always scares me how fanatical some people will be over religion; this documentary/movie looks like it will be a little angering and entertaining....I'll probably go see it! Why not?!

Norwalk deal is off, IRG's Lichter confirms Not good news, folks http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/09/irgs_lichter_confirms_that_nor.html Posted by Frank Bentayou September 04, 2008 10:50AM Stuart Lichter, the California developer who had been negotiating to purchase Norwalk Furniture Corp. and save its 876 jobs, confirmed this morning that the deal has collapsed. The northern Ohio maker of quality home furniture early Wednesday idled workers at its headquarters and factory in Norwalk, 60 miles west of Cleveland, and also employees at its Fulton, Miss., plant.

Downtown Franklin looks attractive AND fairly busy! And I absolutely LOVE that photo of the courthouse towers peaking out of the valley! Great job!

Nice theater! I believe this town is (possibly) going to be the home of a new CSX Railroad intermodal facility.

Council passes TIF legislation http://www.norwalkreflector.com/articles/2008/09/03/front/iq_611358.txt By SCOTT SEITZ - Reflector Staff Writer | Saturday August 23 2008, 12:00am After months of consideration, Norwalk city council passed the tax-increment financing (TIF) legislation at its Tuesday night meeting. The agreement was passed on a 6-1 vote, with Councilman Dwight Tkach casting the "no" vote.

Norwalk Furniture suspends work, blames bank By CORY FROLIK | Thursday September 04 2008, 11:34am http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/09/04/front/881571.txt NORWALK - It was deja vu Wednesday at the Norwalk Furniture plant. At 6 a.m. Wednesday -- less than two months after the furniture company first closed the doors at its plants across the U.S. -- employees were told to go home and await further instructions. Production at the company was brought to a grinding halt after the money needed to cover payroll ran out a second time, company officials said.

Interesting photos....thanks! And by the way, I go to school in THE corn town LOL

Maybe Tucson, Albuquerque, or Wilkes-Barre (I'm not even quite sure how to say this one)! Wilks-Bar???

Amazing!!!

Nice city! And is that a Woolworth's I see, about halfway up???

:)

Dana sells headquarters, will relocate to Maumee Health Care REIT buys Dorr St. site By JON CHAVEZ BLADE BUSINESS WRITER In a stunning development, a little-known downtown Toledo firm that invests in health-care facilities plans to buy the 160-acre campus of Dana Holding Corp., which means the automotive-parts supplier will move its global base to the suburb of Maumee. The announcement yesterday, which will open space in a premier riverfront office building that is trying to find tenants, means Health Care REIT Inc. will push Dana out of Toledo after 80 years. Dana Holding Corp. has been headquartered in Toledo for 80 years, on Dorr Street since 1970. More at: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?Avis=TO&Dato=20080822&Kategori=BUSINESS03&Lopenr=106232150&Ref=AR

UT to get $1.13 million grant from NASA for new facility BLADE STAFF The University of Toledo announced Friday that it will be receiving a $1.13 million grant from NASA to build a solar panel testing and certification facility. The facility will test the power, efficiency, and safety of solar panels from throughout the Midwest, and will be one of the few such facilities in the country. University officials said the facility will bolster Toledo’s image as a center for the research of solar energy. "This will help to create a brighter future for us, in more ways than one," U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, (D.. Toledo) said, while announcing the grant with UT President Lloyd Jacobs. Full story at http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/NEWS21/106232136

Delphi buyer sells buildings Two manufacturing buildings and 128 acres sold to Illinois developer http://activepaper.olivesoftware.com/Default/Skins/RegisterD/Client.asp?Skin=RegisterD&Daily=SDSKY&AppName=1 By ANNIE ZELM | [email protected] PERKINS TWP - Four months after becoming KBI,the former Delphi plant may be changing hands again. Kyklos Bearing International sold more than 128 acres of property at 2509 Hayes Ave. to an Illinois developer for $25.5 million, according to a recent filing from the Erie County Auditor’s office. Two manufacturing buildings are located on the property, though it was not clear Thursday what the sale represents or how it will impact the manufacturing company. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This site was originally a GM factory and changed names many times (New Departure-Hyatt, Delphi, etc.).

Wal-Mart coming to Lorain http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2008/08/19/news/doc48ab98678c767634273849.txt Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:39 AM EDT By ALAN INGRAM [email protected] LORAIN — A Wal-Mart store that could employ about 400 people is coming to Lorain’s Lighthouse Village shopping center on Leavitt Road, developer Tom Kuluris said yesterday. The store could open in fall 2009 or early 2010. Kuluris said he thinks the approximately 200,000 square foot Wal-Mart will be a supercenter, offering groceries as well as general merchandise. ...

Rest in peace. I've never been very political but my mother always said that Ms. Tubbs-Jones was "one of the good ones." Thank you for your service to Ohio!

Obviously, Sandusky has all that touristy stuff. But just to the south of Sandusky near Bellevue (which lies just a couple miles west of SR 4) there are a couple things to do. *At the corner of SR 4 and SR 113 is Lyme Village, a pioneer type thing. http://www.lymevillage.com/index.html *And in the city of Bellevue, on the south end of its downtown, is the Mad River & Nickel Plate Railroad Museum http://www.madrivermuseum.org/ *And between Bellevue and Sandusky is the Sand Hill Winery (wine tasting and sometimes live entertainment in an old barn). I've never tried the wine though, so if you go let me know how that goes haha http://www.hermesvineyards.com/

Do they really have the capacity in the immediate Chicago area to support all of the soccer prelims??? I know in China they are using 7 stadiums for soccer, all with capacities over 33,000. If I remember correctly, my school's (Northern Illinois Univ) stadium was part of the plan as well as the a new stadium being built at the University of Minnesota; other stadiums too, I presume.

Oh wise and powerful moderators, can you please change my username??? It's just a minor change to: tcj1985 Thank you in advance :)