Another blog post by Dace via MSHDA.
posted on July 20, 2010 07:30
By Dace Koenigsknecht
Economic Restructuring Specialist
Michigan Main Street Center
Michigan State Housing Development Authority
I consulted my respected Random House dictionary the other night; the anchor of a book that came with the Windows 3.1-compatible CD that fostered a chuckle. In the age of Google, I like the massive weight of it, the starchy feel of the pages filled with words that have evolved through the centuries. My destination: value or valuable. I discovered the 18 definitions of value to be daunting for my exercise, but valuable was perfect for the task.
I found the following three definitions for the word valuable. Each one depicts a specific segment of why downtown matters – why downtown is worth saving – why downtown is VALUABLE.
1. “Having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high price”
Real estate. Land. Terra firma. No matter the word, a plot of earth and its improvements are the largest single investment most people will ever make. It is a conservative investment, even in a challenging economy, which provides stable, long-term growth – a positive return-on-investment (ROI).
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5th Year Cancer Free Party
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Saturday, July 17th, 2010
My husband gave me a wonderful anniversary party for my 5th year of being cancer free. According to ustoday.com women who survive five years after being diagnosed with breast cancer have a good chance of remaining cancer-free, a new study shows.
In the most detailed study of its kind, the report shows that 89% of such patients remain disease-free 10 years after diagnosis, and 81% are cancer-free after 15 years.
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY
Thank you for coming out and supporting me!
Thank you babe for being my rock and taking good care of all of us during our time of difficulty. We are moving on up.
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Article from the Scrapfest
CityPulse, June 30 - July 6, 2010 » Page 12
Fabrication was no vacation
Fussy neighbors, scorched tables: Welcome to Scrapfest
Some random bit of wisdom says to “do something every day that scares you.” For two weeks, I did that consistently as a member of a team competing in Old Town Scrapfest 2010. The event, a fund-raiser for the Old Town Commercial Association, is in its second year. Such Video owner David Such, who launched the project, found an apt sponsor in Friedland Industries, a metal salvage company located in Old Town.
The competition begins with teams scrounging around Friedland scrap yard for one hour to gather up to 500 pounds of scrap. They then have just under two weeks to fabricate sculptures, which are displayed and auctioned off at Old Town’s Festival of the Moon/Festival of the Sun.
For some reason this sounded like a great challenge for me in April, when OTCA put out its call for entrants. Being primarily
Fabrication was no vacation
Fussy neighbors, scorched tables: Welcome to Scrapfest
Some random bit of wisdom says to “do something every day that scares you.” For two weeks, I did that consistently as a member of a team competing in Old Town Scrapfest 2010. The event, a fund-raiser for the Old Town Commercial Association, is in its second year. Such Video owner David Such, who launched the project, found an apt sponsor in Friedland Industries, a metal salvage company located in Old Town.
The competition begins with teams scrounging around Friedland scrap yard for one hour to gather up to 500 pounds of scrap. They then have just under two weeks to fabricate sculptures, which are displayed and auctioned off at Old Town’s Festival of the Moon/Festival of the Sun.
For some reason this sounded like a great challenge for me in April, when OTCA put out its call for entrants. Being primarily
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