Coming Sunday Building Permits On The Rise
The article notes a rise in building permits expected for the upcoming Sunday, highlighting trends in construction activity and potential economic implications for developers and homeowners.
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1989
Page
7
The article notes a rise in building permits expected for the upcoming Sunday, highlighting trends in construction activity and potential economic implications for developers and homeowners.
Rosamond McDuffie of the Historic Aiken Foundation says the turn of events is sad as efforts to relocate and preserve the Williamson House faltered. Julian Salley of the Henderson and Salley law firm now holds the property and agreed to donate the house to the foundation to protect its exterior and heritage. The two story dwelling near Park Avenue and Chesterfield Street features a Mansard roof, seven bedrooms, three baths, two dining rooms, a sun porch, and a sizable kitchen, with relocation costs estimated around twenty five thousand dollars.
South Carolina officials stress environmental quality as a core economic issue. Betty Spence of the SC Wildlife Federation cites timber, tourism, air and water quality, while Deputy Commissioner Lewis Shaw notes gaps in air toxics laws and faltering nuclear waste storage agreements.
Bright colors fill Mead Hall as K-1 students cut build type and draw. Teacher Janice Caridad circulates among children, guiding activities in a specially designed bridge grade between kindergarten and first.
Dawn Fail flames at bungling construction and utility work near her home at the Houndslake Drive and Pine Log Road intersection. She reports road widening, driveway blocks, and phone line damage while calling for coordinated planning and accountability from contractors highway officials and planners.
A 24 member task force led by former federal judge Richardson Preyer will probe why North Carolina ranks last on SAT scores. State Superintendent Bobby Etheridge said subcommittees of teachers counselors parents students principals and others will prepare reports on classroom realities and what works in high schools.
A five member health coalition in Aiken County plans to increase awareness of cigarette effects. They note a rise in smoking from 21 to 27 percent between 1985 and 1987 and push fact sheets leaflets and non smoking sections in restaurants. They urge community support and provide contact numbers for cessation programs and local health groups.
Washington SBA officials handed out the initial five disaster loan checks at a Charleston ceremony for hurricane damaged homes and a business. They aim to spend about 1 billion in low interest reconstruction loans in South Carolina by year end and note 739 applications are in verification totaling over 21 million if approved.
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