Carrizo Springs has always been a simple small community. Although my childhood, the community had a few restaurants, hardly any hotels, and each member of the community knew one another. Yet in 2013, Carrizo Springs was introduced to the oilfield industry. The oil field industry had plenty of benefits such as the economic impact and employment in our community. Many members of the community were fortunate to benefit from the oilfield whether it was a new job or opportunity. I was grateful to be
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Have you ever been to Chicago, IL? Have you ever been there during Independence Day? Regardless, the 4th of July is a date in which us as Americans celebrate our Independence, as the holiday’s name suggests. Often times, fireworks are closely related to this day. In this entry, I am going to talk about a mishap that happened with me during the 4th of July in Chicago. It was late in the evening, nearing midnight. Our family had happened to bring some small fireworks for us to celebrate with, some
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completed in phases, in which phase I is design to hold a new three story independent living facility in the south portion of the lot, corner of S. Webster Ave and Herschel Street. The lot zone is MF-22 Multi-Family Residential. Per Table 3.4-1 of the City of Lakeland Development Code the maximum setback to a local street is 20’ and the minimum frontage build out is 60%. In order to build the independent living facility on this lot, this variance request is to: 1. Extension of the 20’ maximum setback
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From September to June, I live in the hallowed “Orange Bubble”— Princeton, New Jersey. About an hour south from my hometown of Clifton, Princeton offers me a state-of-the-art education and endless opportunities. However, this summer, I would like a change of scenery. I would like to walk the historic streets of Athens, Greece as in intern at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation’s mission is one that is particularly appealing to me. There are many organizations around
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On the corner of Broad and some street near VCU’s campus there is a man who day after day leaves a large backpack, clothes spilling out of it, sitting on a bench next to a bus stop. I’ve never seen the man whose home is contained in the bag, but apparently he feels comfortable enough leaving his life in a public area believing nobody will tamper with his belongings. I’ve never seen anyone doing so. We would never steal from the man, who trusts the world enough to put it out for anyone to see, yet
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outer edges of the site (fig. 1) and along St. Clair (fig. 2). Hulchanski (2010) argues that “some of the increases in incomes and housing prices occurring in City #1 could very well result in spillover gentrification into adjacent, relatively low-income census tracts that are part of City #2 ”(p. 14). While Hulchanski wrote The Three Cities Within Toronto when this was only a possibility, it is now a strong reality. For example, the intersection of Davenport and Christie shows signs of gentrification
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different, with those organisations responding that increased population and urbanisation would mean that there would be more land degradation, energy usage, pollution and destruction of flora and fauna habitats. The location of this issue would be in the City of Sydney, CBD, and surrounding suburbs although the impacts of this issue will be felt around the world as Sydney and Australia as whole is one the world’s largest economies and energy suppliers. Nevertheless the increasing population will impact
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Pelandale Avenue, and to the west of Sisk Road and Highway 99. The boundary will leave Modesto with 10,000 acres for development. This boundary will benefit Modesto by protecting prime farmland and critical groundwater recharge areas while providing the city with a sufficient amount of land for development.
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areas. Characteristics such as narrow streets, wide sidewalks, and buildings built to the property line remain in older parts of downtown fort worth. Unlike the new plan, the outdated sections of the city were built under the principle of traditional urbanism. For example,” the majority of the city has developed in a suburban configuration, where the scale and layout of new development requires use of an automobile, with parking lots between sidewalks and storefronts (Fort Worth).” This makes it
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