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Culver Garden Court Property Annexation Continues to Move Forward

May 2, 2011February 6, 2010 by

The Culver Town Council held a public hearing on the annexation of 80 acres on South Main Street on January 26, 2010. Part of this property is the parcel slated for the Culver Garden Court. There are three properties involved in this annexation. One property owner is protesting, but the Town Council has chosen to move ahead despite this. The Annexation passed on the second reading by a vote of 4 to 1. The article is currently online here and is available in two scans, Part 1 here and Part 2 here.

Despite the protest, this annexation should benefit all three property owners as well as the Town of Culver. The Town plans to extend water and sewer to this area in an effort to promote future development. There is a distinct dearth of developable land within Culver that has adequate water and sewer. The few parcels that do have the potential for development are currently held under ownership with no interest in development on their own or in selling parcels for development. Two of the parcel holders within this annexation have expressed an interest in development. Regardless of their intentions for their property, the third property owner will no doubt see and increase in their property value resulting from the potential achieved here.

Pulaski County Public Library Grand Re-Opening

November 18, 2009 by

PCPL Grand Re-Opening Brochure Cover 11-15-09 — Grand Re-Opening Brochure

On Sunday, November 15, 2009, I attended the Grand Re-Opening of the Pulaski County Public Library. They went through a remodeling and addition project over the last couple of years. While we were unsuccessful in our bid to do the initial project, due to our past relationship with previous head librarian, Katherine Scott, we have been asked to consult on some issues that have developed. This has led to some miscellaneous small projects. From this we have developed a relationship with the new head librarian, MacKenzie Ledley. I was pleased to be invited to their Grand Re-Opening. I enjoyed hearing the presentations and talking to some of the patrons in attendance.

The Grand Re-Opening was fairly well attended with approximately 40+ people in attendance. The Library Dedication was conducted by Roberta Brooker, Indiana State Librarian. She made a nice presentation. Board President Paul C. Baker presided over the ceremonies and Ms. Ledley unveiled several sculptures that had been donated to the library by a former resident.

This is the second major renovation to the Pulaski County Public Library. The original Carnegie Library is still the prominent portion of the building visible from the street. The Carnegie portion of the building is still in use, though mainly as offices and administrative facilities at this point. A previous 1987 addition houses the library’s geneology section while the new addition houses a new computer lab, children’s section, community room and a several reading rooms. There is some history written by past librarians here.

Raffle tickets were distributed for chances at door prizes. They had several gift baskets as well as library logo items that were given away.

There were refreshments and door prizes (I didn’t win…) and tours of the library. Overall the event was interesting and worth attending. We wish Ms. Ledley, the library staff and the library board all the best as they move into this next era for the Pulaski County Public Library.

LaPaz Garden Court Ground Breaking II

October 30, 2009 by

We had the official Ground Breaking for the LaPaz Garden Court yesterday, Thursday, October 29, 2009. An article and some pictures are in the Pilot News here. There were about 25 or 30 in attendance, representing various entities that support the project. This was about 10 days after we began the actual earthwork on the site. Today’s unfit weather has slowed us down, otherwise we would have been cutting in the footings today.

LaPaz Garden Court Ground Breaking

May 3, 2011October 27, 2009 by

This is a bit of a misnomer since we literally broke ground last Monday, October 19th, but this Thursday, October 29th at 2:00 PM will be the Official Ground Breaking. We will break out the gold shovels and make sure everyone gets their picture taken. Reverend Liechty, President of Garden Court, Inc., will make a short speech. Often local government officials will attend. Congressman Donnelly has been invited as well since this project is funded by a Federal Grant through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The site is at 110 Cale Street. It is behind the Community Church of God which fronts on Hwy 31, just south of downtown LaPaz.

We are pushing hard on this one as we would like to see it under roof before the weather turns. That may be difficult with the late start, but the schedule calls for footings to be installed by the first of next week.

We are still working towards a Garden Court in Culver next year and there is talk of another in Plymouth as well. We look forward to these additional opportunities to assist Garden Court, Inc. in the community service they provide.

Lapaz Garden Court under Contract

May 3, 2011October 16, 2009 by

Yesterday was a long day, but a good day. I went to Indianapolis for the closing on the Lapaz Garden Court. This project is a 14 unit assisted living facility in Lapaz, IN. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This will be the 6th Garden Court facility built by Easterday Construction Co., Inc. We’re pleased to have the opportunity to work with Garden Court, Inc. once again.

The closings are interesting as there is a flurry of HUD personnel in and out making sure that their different criteria are met. As always, paperwork is a big part of any government project. Fortunately the Garden Court team (Hughes & Associates, Real Estate Management and B.A. Martin Architects) has been through this multiple times in the past. I think the HUD personnel appreciate what they do and try to make things as painless as possible. This closing went smoothly and only took a little more than two hours, but in the past we have been phoning, faxing, emailing and otherwise chasing the necessary paperwork. It seems there is always one more thing required.

Thanks to the work of Garden Court and the HUD, Lapaz will have a new Garden Court facility ready to occupy by this time next year.