- Aug 11 Sun 2013 12:41
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USFS considers closing Cucamonga Canyon hiking area
Source: San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.self storageAug. 10--RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- The U.S. Forest Service is considering a plan to close the popular Cucamonga Canyon hiking area above Rancho Cucamonga because of low moisture levels in the area and the potential high-fire danger, officials said.The closure, if approved, would only impact federal public land, which includes a popular waterfall area north of the city that is frequented by scores of people during the summer months. Officials said there has never been a Cucamonga Canyon-specific forest closure in memory, save for a time prior to the late 1970s when national forest areas in the region were closed to the public during the dry summer months."We're in the second year of a severe drought so, we have looked at the fire danger levels and yes, we have had discussions with the city of Rancho Cucamonga and we are considering an area closure," said U.S. Forest Service spokesman John Miller.He added, "You do it because the fuel moisture in the area is low and we are receptive to fire. You do it because there's a lot of fire activity in Southern California, which strains the ability of resources. It's all about fire prevention."Rancho Cucamonga Fire District Deputy Chief Mike Costello provided a report on the potential closure at a recent council meeting and said the U.S. Forest Service is close to finishing the federal declaration required for the closure. Local fire and law enforcement officials will be meeting soon to discuss how to enforce such a plan, Costello said."That declaration will obviously enforce the fire severity and the live (fire) potential but it might give us some breathing room as we look at the remainder of this fire se迷你倉son, probably into December for the closure," Costello said.U.S. Forest Service spokesman John Miller said the agency doesn't take such closure decisions lightly because the land is owned by the public at large."It's just another tool we have to use as needed," Miller said. "It's not a decision we take lightly because of the fact that you are restricting public use of public lands."Miller said the only other U.S. Forest Service closures in the region are related to the Mountain and Silver fires in the San Jacinto ranger district in Riverside County."I think the most exciting thing would be if we can get cooperation with our federal forest service to close the canyon and I hope that would not just be for 2013 but going onward into future years when fuel moistures reach a certain level that they give the federal order to give a closure for fire danger," said Mayor Dennis Michael.The canyon, officials said, has become increasingly popular as larger numbers of people are entering the canyon to visit the so-called Sapphire Falls, which has become a popular attraction for area hikers and visitors because of recent social media coverage.Residents say the increased crowds have created issues such as crime, graffiti and vandalism, in the canyon and in neighborhoods in the northwest of town near the public access route into the wilderness area. The city has taken steps to restrict parking for visitors near the access point in an effort to control the numbers of people entering the canyon.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, Calif.) Visit the San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, Calif.) at .sbsun.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉
- Aug 11 Sun 2013 12:38
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9萬高考落榜生仍有多條成才路
楚天都市報訊 □本報記者羅欣 通訊員沈考高校招生錄取漸近尾聲。今年我省共有43.8萬考生參加高考,迷你倉按照約80%的錄取率推算,約有9萬考生將落榜。近日,不少家長致電本報咨詢,孩子錄取無望,不知出路何在。昨日,記者從省教育廳、省教育考試院採訪瞭解到,低分考生仍有高等教育自學考試、成人高等教育、中職教育等多條成才之路可選擇。29所高校辦自考助學班不能上大學的學生,可以通過自學考試取得大學文憑。自考文憑為聯合國教科文組織以及美、英等幾十個國家所承認,還可以作為出國留學的學歷證明,在國外高校學習可免修已取得合格成績的相應課程。取得自考文憑,可報考研究生或公務員。目前自學考試有三類開考形式,即面向社會開考、面向學校開考和麵向系統委托單位開考。面向社會開考形式中,考生是完全自學,不到高校學習。面向學校開考形式中,考生要報考高校自考全日制助學班。今年我省共有35所高校(機構)舉辦全日制助學班,其中普通高等學校29所,民辦非學歷高等教育機構6所。設置了近40個專業,多數是符合市場需求的應用型專業,如電子商務、工程管理、會文件倉、國際貿易、國際旅遊管理等。具備招生資格的學校名單、招生專業已在省教育考試院網站“全日制助學班網絡報名服務平台”(zxzs.hbee.edu.cn)上公佈。去年3萬落榜生讀中職省教育廳中職處相關負責人介紹,近幾年高考落榜生選擇讀中職的比較多,去年大約有近3萬人。學生可以持畢業證到選好的中職學校報名,一般學制一年或兩年。高中生讀中職,只要符合條件,也能享受國家資助金,如高中起點學制兩年,考生在第一年可申請1500元的國家助學金。該負責人說,從目前人力資源市場就業情況看,男生選擇汽修、數控、汽車商務、機電等與製造業緊密相關專業就業較好;女生選擇電子類、旅遊、護理、酒店管理等與現代服務業緊密相關專業就業較好。成人高考下月初報名今年的成人高考下月初�動報名。省教育考試院稱,高考落榜生也可通過成人高考圓大學夢。成人高考實行全國統一考試。考生參加考試達到錄取分數線,通過省招辦被成人高校錄取後,就能獲得入學資格。完成學校教學計劃規定科目的學習後,學生便可以拿到相應的國家認可的專科或本科文憑。成人高考拿文憑幾率比自考高。存倉
- Aug 11 Sun 2013 12:32
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文登拓養生旅遊產業鏈
香港文匯報訊(記者 于永傑,迷你倉沙田通訊員 陳宏青、張丹)大批銀髮族選擇到文登養老,除因為沿海地區夏季氣溫涼爽外,當地特有的文化和物產資源亦是重要優勢。文登目前60餘萬總人口中,共有百歲老人56位,是名副其實的「中國長壽之鄉」。另外,文登還特產西洋參、海參、鮑魚等食療珍品;擁有五處溫泉,有悠久的「湯」文化傳統。尤其是文登的聖經山一帶,是道教「全真派」的發祥地,道教長生之術在當地迷你倉價錢綿延不絕的傳統。擬引進微整形技術 文登市旅遊局局長馬金波介紹,文登正在結合溫泉養生、海洋養生、文化養生、醫療養生等「九養」概念。結合道教養生文化,目前文登正在聖經山開發道教養生體驗項目;借助毗鄰韓國的優勢,文登擬引進韓國的微整形技術和專家,建設一處康療美容機構。馬金波表示,目前文登旅遊產業規模在50億元左右,據估算如果將養老、養生產業同旅遊相結合,規模有望增至300億元以上。迷你倉庫
- Aug 11 Sun 2013 12:31
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馬來西亞
(吉隆坡10日訊)到了2020年,迷你倉價錢我國的公共交通系統將呈現一個國人“無法想像”的完善水平。陸路公共交通委員會主席丹斯里賽哈密說,在我國具備了完善的公交設備後,該委員會將建議政府實施區域付費(Area Pricing),通過收費機制來紓緩交通擁擠地區的車輛。“不過這個機制當然不是馬上實施,而是要等到我國的公交設備達到非常完善的時候。”賽哈密接受星洲日報專訪時指出,政府目前正專注於整合國內的公交系統,並推展交通引導發展(Transit Oriented Development,TOD)策略。他說,該策略就是把我國的火車站、輕快鐵站及銜接車站的人行道等打造成環境舒適的場所,讓乘客感受到舒適。政府關注公交站銜接性此外,他也強調,公交站之間的銜接也是政府所關注的。“因為完善的公共交通系統並不是從一個車站到另一個車站那麼簡單,而是各類公共交通系統的完整性。”他說,由於我國氣候炎熱,因此該委員會在提昇國內公交系統的同時,也會把車站提昇至多方位的冷氣車站。“我們計劃把各地的車站提昇至像吉隆坡中環廣場(KL Sentral)一樣,乘客可以逛街、用餐等,還有在車站前往另一個公交站的也會提供有蓋的銜接人行道。”提倡“停車轉搭”概念賽哈密指出,為了提倡“停車轉搭”(Park&Ride)的概念,該委員會也將在車站附近興建更多座多層停車場,如此一來,民眾可以不必開車進市區,而只需將車停在停車場再去搭車。此外,他指出,該委員會推出了《國家未來20年的公共交通系統大藍圖》,希望能將我國打造成全球20個適宜居住國家之一,而提昇公交系統是首要部份。他指出,該委員會仍未將該大藍圖呈交給政府,而目前只是將報告放上其官網,以收集人民的回饋。“根據我們擬定的大藍圖,我們希望能在2020年達到全國至少有40%的國人使用公共交通工具。”他也說,為了達到該目標,該委員會也將為國人提供更多選擇,並加強國內公交的鏈接性。“例如在瑞士的日內瓦,當地居民只需用一張卡就可以乘搭所有的公共交通工具,因為當地的公交系統有完善的鏈接性。”賽哈密指出,為了達致國內公交完整性及達致我國成為公交系統完善國,政府應給予該委員會在陸路交通上的絕對負責權力。“就是由我們制定條規,國民就跟隨,這樣我們才能儘早實踐我國成為公交系統完善國。”加強區域性公交計劃他認為,當政府推出一系列改變時,經常都會引起反彈,因此政府必須要有面對這些反彈的準備,且相信人民很快就會適應改變。此外,他說,該委員會也會加強區域性的公交計劃,並會與各州政府合作,包括東馬兩州,推動該委員會的發展計劃。包括探討德士收費提昇德士巴士服務在陸路交通委員會的《迷你倉庫家未來20年的公共交通系統大藍圖》中,該委員會也將提昇德士及巴士服務,包括探討德士收費事項。賽哈密透露,多德士司機服務良好及有禮貌,然而其中也有不照表收費的害群之馬。“為此,我們展開了執法行動,包括裝扮成乘客對付沒有照表收費的德士司機。”他披露,該委員會在幾天的行動中就已對付了約30名德士司機,執法行動將繼續展開。他說,該委員會也將與警方合作,監督及培訓違規的德士司機,同時也將舉辦一些課程以提昇德士司機的素質及相關知識。將統一使用普騰EXORA此外,賽哈密表示,該委員會也將提昇德士領域的整體服務,如改善德士站,及統一我國德士的顏色。“因為有遊客指我國的德士太多顏色,所以我們將會統一使用普騰EXORA。”“旅遊業是我國最主要的收入,因此我們必須友善對待遊客,所以我們一定要有良好的德士服務,把大馬人友善的性格呈現給外國遊客。”他指出,該委員會將針對各公共交通展開問卷調查,並列出及檢視民眾所提出的課題,然後會呈交建議書給政府。交由部長級委會探討政府接受馬新高鐵建議書談及馬新高速快鐵計劃(HSR)的進展,賽哈密指出,該委員會是主要負責探討初步計劃的單位,目前政府已接受了其提呈的建議書,並交由部長級委員會加以探討。“我們(陸路公共交通委員會)利用了2年時間探討這項工程,而今後也會繼續扮演秘書的角色。”他說,馬新雙方目前已同意該計劃,而後續工作也將交由聯合委員會探討相關詳情,如經濟及技術效益。他解釋,馬新高速快鐵分為2個種類,一種是從吉隆坡直通新加坡,另一種則是會在途中的5個火車站停下。5個火車站分別是在森美蘭、馬六甲及柔佛,而每天將有15趟的列車。從隆抵新只需90分鐘賽哈密說,在這項全長350公里的馬新高速高鐵計劃中,乘客只需90分鐘就可從吉隆坡抵達新加坡,並用80分鐘抵達柔佛。“我相信大家(對馬新高速高鐵)都感到興奮,而我們也會探討應採取的商業模式,或將這項工程交給私人界,或採納公共與私人合伙關係(PPP)。”他表示,希望所有細節能儘速完成,並達致雙方的同意,那樣這項工程才能趕在2020年完成。針對高鐵車票的價格,賽哈密披露,該委員會在制訂車票費用時,肯定會將所有因素納入考量中,包括人民的憂慮。詢及民眾擔憂價格高昂,他說:“你不能用19或20世紀的思維,活在21世紀;如果你要享受好的設施,你應願意支付高價格的車票。”確保人民能負擔票價他舉例,他瑞士旅行時,發現當地人民偏向於使用公共交通工具,因為可避開塞車及比較方便,而他們更願意支付高昂的票價。此外,他說,如果人民無法承擔高鐵的票價,仍可選擇其他交通工具。他一再強調,該委員會將確保票價是人民所能負擔的。;儲存
- Aug 11 Sun 2013 12:29
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驚聞“女遊客被打還要賠錢”
新銳觀察□浙江 司馬童日前,存倉網絡上爆出一段《麗江景區工作人員群毆女遊客》的視頻,事件系一位女遊客騎馬結束後未按事先約定價格支付費用,與馬場工作人員發生爭執。經警方調解,最終由遊客和旅行社共同賠償景區馬場工作人員5000元。“為什麼被打還要賠錢?”對此,麗江相關部門回應媒體稱,爭執中馬場工作人員楊振面部及身體多處被抓傷,遊客龍小麗無明顯傷痕。(據《春城晚報》8月10日報道)且不說媒體報道除了“官方”及馬場方面的說辭,賠錢走人的遊客一方純屬“無言的背景”。讓人驚詫的是,有圖有動作的視頻爆料已經表明,即便女遊客衝動之下用手亂抓,那也完全是場處於弱勢的吃虧爭執。如此力量懸殊的糾紛“對決”,最終卻被“調解”為遊客和旅行社共同賠償5000元,不是“官景相護”,又當作何解釋?的確,從事後麗江旅遊部門發佈的“管理員受傷”圖片來看,馬場一名孔武有力的自存倉子面部,隱隱有著兩道被抓的指痕。由此而論,調解賠償中所稱的“身體多處被抓傷”,就算不假,大約也是類似的傷情吧。但是,僅僅憑著這些“受傷證據”,就能一邊倒地要求女遊客和旅行社賠償5000元嗎?還有,女遊客的“無明顯傷痕”,又是一種什麼樣的“傷痕”?縱然未見“外傷”,就能成為必須賠償的處理標準?也許是自己也覺得這樣的調解更像逼賠,所以,在當地有關部門主持下,最後達成的“調解協議書”里,除了寫明賠錢的數額,還特別加注了一條:女遊客、旅行社及“受傷男子”三方,均不得再以此事產生任何糾紛。給人的感覺,就好像那些參與群毆的景區工作人員“獲賠”得還不夠滿意,倒是吃了啞巴虧的另兩方撿了“大便宜”。驚聞“群毆女遊客還有錢賠”,豈止是驚在有關部門的“調解”方式和本領如此獨特,更為憂心的是,這樣的“形象廣告”一經傳開,將給某些美麗風景貼上怎樣的“聲譽標簽”。迷你倉新蒲崗
- Aug 11 Sun 2013 12:19
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City readies to improve Highway 178
Source: The Bakersfield CalifornianAug.存倉 10--With the Westside Parkway open for business, city transportation officials are embarking on a $43.5 million, two-year rebuilding of the Morning Drive intersection with Highway 178 in northeast Bakersfield."The idea had always been to continue progressing eastward," said TRIP Program Manager Ted Wright. "(Development) was going humongous out there, and then it slowed down like the rest of the country, but now it's picked up again."Actual work will begin in mid-September with the construction of new on- and off-ramps to the highway at Morning Drive. Highway traffic then will be diverted onto these ramps while the actual freeway portion of the 178 is widened to four lanes and extended two miles eastward to Canteria Drive.Both roadways are one lane in either direction where they cross, approximately one mile past the Fairfax Road exit, where signs currently warn eastbound motorists on Highway 178 that the freeway is ending. Once the project is complete, the freeway will become highway and be reduced back to two lanes, at Canteria Drive.The northern segment of Morning Drive is a two-lane, paved road that dead-ends at Highway 178. During the project, it will be connected to the southern segment of Morning Drive south of 178, and widened to six lanes from Highway 178 north to Auburn Street, and to four lanes from Auburn Street n自存倉rth to Morningstar Avenue.Because the area remains largely undeveloped and roadwork has been planned for more than a decade, the city was able to purchase all the land it needs to expand the highway interchange, and no homes or businesses have had to be torn down.Any improvements to hilly, two-lane Morning Drive would be appreciated, an area coffeehouse barista said."I definitely think so," said Travis Anglim, a barista at Summit Coffee on Auburn Street. "We get a lot of traffic from people coming out from the opposite side, the north side of the freeway. I bet if they opened it up, it would be even better."City officials hope construction crews' hard work will translate into increased development in this part of the northeast -- but the area isn't entirely devoid of investment.Next month, Fresno-based developer G.L. Bruno Associates, which specializes in health care developments, will begin construction of a $150 million medical complex initially planned more than two years ago.It will include a cancer treatment and imaging center, as well as an out-patient surgery facility and medical offices, on 14 acres of land southwest of the Highway 178-Morning Drive intersection.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Bakersfield Californian (Bakersfield, Calif.) Visit The Bakersfield Californian (Bakersfield, Calif.) at .bakersfield.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉新蒲崗
- Aug 10 Sat 2013 13:05
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Stacy: Cut bus driver positions, teacher training to restore full-time teachers
Source: Ocala Star-Banner, Fla.迷你倉新蒲崗Aug. 08--School Board member Nancy Stacy wants to forgo filling 10 lead bus driver positions and slice the teacher training budget in lieu of using full-time substitutes in 2013-14.Stacy believes the cuts can generate most of the $1.8 million needed to shift 100 state-certified substitute teaching positions back to full time.The district announced in May that it intended to use full-time substitutes to save money. Full-time subs get paid $100 per day -- roughly half that of a first-year teacher who makes $36,000 annually -- and receive no district-paid health care benefits. These subs must have a bachelor's degree and a state teaching certificate.Because funds are tight, Superintendent of Schools George Tomyn in May announced the layoffs of 261 employees -- including all 160 first-year teachers -- to balance the 2013-14 budget. Even with the downsizing, he is still planning to use $3 million in excess reserve funds to balance the budget.After many retirements and resignations, nearly all of the 160 laid-off teachers were offered full-time jobs. At least 90 agreed to be reinstated full time, while others rejected offers after finding jobs elsewhere.Stacy said the district has lived without lead bus drivers and can wait another year to fill the openings. She also believes the $2.3 million the district budgeted for teacher training is too much."My No. 1 priority is the classroom, not training," Stacy said after Thursday's work session.The district created the 10 new supervisory bus driving positions this year to train new drivers, observe routes, and fill in when desperately needed.Chester Gregory, the district's deputy superintendent of operations, said these drivers are needed for safety since the district transports about 25,000 students daily to and from school. The supervisor can ride on a route with a driver and hopefully avoid an incident similar to the 2012 videotaped bus beating that involved several Liberty Middle School students.The positions will cost the district about $600,000, including salaries and benefits, officials estimated.The district will break down the costs and present the information to the board at the Aug. 22 budget workshop.School Board 迷你倉出租ember Angela Boynton said she didn't agree with cutting bus trainers, stating the cost of them now will save the district in lawsuit costs in the future. Bus safety should be a top priority, she noted.After Stacy questioned teacher training, officials said the state requires the district to provide teachers with "so many" hours of training annually, depending on every teacher's time or service and specialty.Those training sessions, often referred to as in-service training, keeps the teachers up-to-date with ever-changing requirements.Pam Brewer, the district's executive director of K-12 Academic Services, said a part of the training is to also prepare for the new complex state-mandated Common Core State Standards curriculum.Common Core is part of the new national education road map that most states have adopted to replace No Child Left Behind.Common Core, which will be fully implemented statewide in fall 2014, leaves behind -- for the most part -- the curriculum-based Sunshine State Standards to focus on critical thinking through comparison and contrast.The new concept is designed to better prepare students for college, as well as help those students heading directly into the workforce after high school graduation.Brewer said the district needs to be following a different academic path, considering the county has been losing ground on the state on the FCAT. She also said the district must rethink how it teaches its students to keep Marion from sliding even further."Training is a key to that," she said.Stacy said she wanted a breakdown of how much of the training is required by the state and how much is optional. She hopes about half the training funds, or about $1 million, may can be used to upgrade the subs."It may not be the lack of training for the dropping (FCAT) scores," Stacy said after the meeting. "It could be that morale is the reason. Teachers are tired of seeing the district doing these things (like creating full-time subs)."Contact Joe Callahan at 867-4113 or joe.callahan@starbanner.com. Follow me on Twitter at JoeOcalaNews.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Ocala Star-Banner (Ocala, Fla.) Visit the Ocala Star-Banner (Ocala, Fla.) at .ocala.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存倉
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Creating a master-planned border city
Source: Albuquerque Journal, N.迷你倉庫M.Aug. 09--The border communities of Santa Teresa in New Mexico and San Jeronimo in Mexico could become the first masterplanned, binational city along the U.S.-Mexico border.Gov. Susana Martinez and Chihuahua state Gov. Cesar Duarte are scheduled to announce a new joint initiative today in Santa Teresa that commits both governments to work together on a crossborder master plan to turn the area into an industrial powerhouse capable of propelling the Santa Teresa-San Jeronimo ports of entry into a world-class international trading zone."We want Santa Teresa and San Jeronimo to be the most competitive border zone and the land port of choice for trade in North America, including shipments to and from Asia and Europe," said New Mexico Economic Development Secre- tary Jon Barela.Unlike other twin cities along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Santa Teresa-San Jeronimo initiative is being planned from the start -- before they emerge as bustling metropolitan centers -- to avoid the chaotic development that has generated intense congestion and industrial and residential sprawl at other border regions, such as El Paso-Juarez."We believe it will be a first-of-its-kind, binational, master-planned community that starts with a clean slate," Barela said. "We'll work with our Mexican partners to align all the infrastructure, highways, utilities, roads and more needed to maximize job creation along the border. It will include green spaces, residential areas and industrial zones without the congestion and transport choke points typical at other places along the border."The initiative aims to build on development momentum already underway at Santa Teresa and San Jeronimo. The two communities, which hug the north and south sides of the border, are booming with trade-related activity connected to Mexico's "maquila" assembly industry.On the New Mexico side, Santa Teresa's two industrial parks are rapidly expanding as supply companies set up shop to provide goods and services to Mexico's maquilas. And, on the Mexican side, Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn has established a huge factory that's now billed as the largest maquila operating in Mexico.Union Pacific Railroad is also building a massive intermodal transshipment terminal and locomotive refueling station next to the Santa Teresa industrial parks that, once operational in 2015, will be the company's largest shipping connection facility along the U.S.-Mexico border.'Stars lined up'Both border communities are still in their infancy, since development there only began after the Santa Teresa Port of Entry opened in 1993. Together, they have a combined 70,000 acres of land available for industrial, commercial and residential development.The land is held by two private companies, Verde Realty on the New Mexico side, and Corporacion Inmobiliaria, owned by Mexican businessman Eloy Vallina, on the other side. The two firms designed a joint master plan this spring.At today's event in Santa Teresa, Martinez and Duarte planned to publicly commit to building out that master plan together as a public-private initiative and to jointly market the industrial zone to companies worldwide.The governments will work to create the needed public infrastructure, such as roads, while working with landowners and local business associations to attract private investment in new industrial operations and residential and commercial development.Jerry Pacheco, a longtime trade consultant and executive director of the International Business Accelerator at Santa Teresa, said public officials and private s儲存ctor leaders on both sides of the border are united around the plan."The beauty of it is the public and private sectors are working together to build a model border city that avoids all the problems with zoning that you see elsewhere," Pacheco said. "It's a chance to do it with everyone on board on both sides."A lot of infrastructure is either already in place or under construction. This year, for example, the New Mexico Legislature appropriated $6 million for new water and wastewater facilities at Santa Teresa."The water supply is now complete and can handle growth projected out a decade," Barela said. "Our roads have been planned to handle traffic out five to 10 years, and we're right now building a new road to link the new Union Pacific facility with Pete Domenici Highway, which connects with the port of entry."On the Mexican side, the government has built a direct road connecting SanJeronimo with Juarez for rapid access to maquilas there. And Corporacion Inmobiliaria recently built a new wastewater treatment plant and other utilities.One of the next, biggest projects is building a long-planned railroad bypass that would skirt Juarez and connect San Jeronimo directly into southern Mexico, plus new lines northward into Santa Teresa. The Mexican government has already done a feasibility study on its side, and New Mexico is now preparing for a study in Santa Teresa."The railroad bypass is one of the top three projects that the Chihuahua state government requested funds for this year from the Mexican federal government," Pacheco said.Still, more modernization is needed on border crossing infrastructure in Santa Teresa and San Jeronimo, said Francisco Uranga, Foxconn corporate vice president and chief business operations officer for Latin America.A lot has been done, such as opening two new commercial and two new passenger crossing lanes this year on the New Mexico side, he said."The most important thing is to make that border crossing more efficient," Uranga said. "If they modernize the port of entry, private investment will come."Infrastructure development could be costly, however."We don't have any hard estimates, but between public and private investment on both sides, it could easily stretch into billions of dollars," Pacheco said.Barela said New Mexico and Chihuahua officials are forming binational committees to work on seven issues: the rail bypass, port of entry, water use, security, energy, logistics and marketing."We're forming the committees and appointing members now," Barela said. "We expect to begin work immediately."Pacheco, who has worked for nearly 20 years to promote the Santa Teresa Port of Entry, said the two state governments are demonstrating an unprecedented level of cooperation."There's never been a binational effort like this that I can remember," Pacheco said. "I've never seen the stars lined up so nicely to get things done."Martinez said the Santa Teresa-San Jeronimo area is "endless.""With this visionary, master-planned community, we will be well-positioned to compete for large, global investments to locate in New Mexico," she said in a statement."This region is strategically located in the central corridor of the NAFTA region, and it's right in the middle of the U.S.-Mexico border between the two major seaports of Houston and Long Beach, making it an attractive location for manufacturers, transportation and logistics companies."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) Visit the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) at .abqjournal.com Distributed by MCT Information Services新蒲崗迷你倉
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熱門概念全沾邊新海宜擬配股募資4.8億
☉記者 覃秘 ○編輯 吳正懿8月6日下午臨時停牌的新海宜今日披露配股融資計劃。值得一提的是,儲存其募資投向包羅了LED、電子商務、移動互聯網手游和4G等多個熱門概念,試圖追趕新經濟的步伐。公司股票12日複牌。根據預案,公司擬向全體股東按照不超過10:3比例配售股份,配股總數量不超過1.32億股,本次配股擬募集資金總額不超過4.8億元,公司控股股東張亦斌和馬玲芝承諾以現金全額認購其可配股份。值得關注的是公司此次募資的投向頗為熱門。一是高效節能半導體照明集成光源項目,計劃投資1.733億元,由公司控股子公司蘇州新納晶負責實施。該項目計劃建立新一代外延片、芯片、封裝生產線,預計形成年產LED外延片50萬片(以2寸外延片折合計算),LED高效照明芯片50億顆,LED COB模組光源5000萬套的生產能力。公司預計達產後年平均利潤(稅後)為4228萬元。第二個募投項目是易思博創新業務支撐平台建設項目,總投資為1.52億元,項目的主要建設內容包括電子商務綜合服務業務和移動互聯網手機遊新蒲崗迷你倉項目,其中手游項目包括手機遊戲孵化器、手機遊戲運營平台以及自主開發手機遊戲等,預期整個項目運營期年平均利潤為3359萬元。公司還計劃投資8480萬元進行4G通信設備生產基地建設,針對上馬的新項目對原有廠房進行工藝環境改進,並購置新型生產、開發和測試設備,開發和生產高附加值的面向4G網絡產品。預期項目達產後年平均利潤為3055萬元。另外,公司還計劃用7006萬元補充流動資金。公告稱,通過前述項目的建設,公司將擴大LED、軟件業務、4G產品的規模,LED、電子商務、移動互聯網手游等將成為公司新的業務增長點。同時將進一步推進公司的戰略發展布局,形成“母公司——通信網絡設備、全資子公司深圳易軟技術——軟件外包、控股子公司新納晶——LED、全資子公司圖像公司——視頻監控”的四輪驅動產業綜合布局。簡單計算可知,前述三個項目的預期年增利潤達到1.06億元,公司2012年全年淨利為1.1億元;今年上半年淨利潤為3961萬元,同比下滑38%。現有主營業務的不景氣,加快了公司調整轉型的步伐。mini storage
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First Coast Happenings
Source: The Florida Times-Union, JacksonvilleAug.self storage 09--SATURDAYBack2School Beach Fest, Sunrise Yoga, 6:45-8:15 a.m., north side of the St. Augustine Pier, 350 Florida A1A Beach Blvd.; Beach Clean-up, noon-5 p.m., with free surf lessons, kid's fun run, a 5K challenge and ocean safety education; music, food and movies, 6-10 p.m., St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 Florida A1A S. Free. keepersofthecoast.org.Tour de Pain, 5K, 7 a.m., First Place Sports, 3931 Baymeadows Road; Mile Sizzler, 4:30 p.m., The Jacksonville Landing. Races are part of a series designed to test one's ability to run three different races in a 24 hour period. 1stplacesports.com.Bass Fishing Tournament to benefit the Detective Dave White Law Enforcement Scholarship, sunrise-7 p.m., weigh-in 4 p.m., Whitey's Fish Camp, 2032 County Road 220, Orange Park. Includes a silent auction. $50 per boat, five fish limit. Registration (904) 545-4308 or 899-3128.Paint the Paw Prints, 8-11 a.m., meet at the Shipyards, Parking Lot X. Paw Prints run from the base of the Main Street Bridge to EverBank Field. After party at the Shipyards includes food trucks. downtowncouncil.org.Cars and Coffee Cruise-in, 9-11 a.m., The Florida Times-Union, 1 Riverside Ave. All makes and models welcome. Group meets the second Saturday of each month. automotiveaddicts.com.Volleyball Tournament to support a campaign to cover Africa with 7 million insecticide-treated bed nets to prevent malaria, 9:30 a.m., Jacksonville Beach Pier. $25 per person, $100 for team of four players. jacksonvillejaycees.org, bit.ly/14hifnq or nothingbutnets.net.Open house, presented by the Marines of the Jacksonville Semper Fidelis Society, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturdays, 5 Star Vets Center, 40 Acme St. Includes coffee and doughnuts. Donations needed to keep center open. (904) 723-5950 or 5starveteranscenter.org.Book sale, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Bartram Trail Library, 60 Davis Pond Blvd. Includes DVDs, CDs, VHS tapes and audiobooks. Proceeds to benefit the library programs. (904) 287-4929.Back to School Fest, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Expo Center at the Fairgrounds. Includes free backpacks and school supplies for children 4-18, health and vision screenings, haircuts, entertainment and a fashion show. (904) 443-0750.Back to School Jam and Health Fair, presented by the First Baptist Church of Oakland, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Metropolitan Park, across from EverBank Field. Includes 1,000 backpacks stuffed with school supplies distributed and free physicals and health exams. Open to all students in elementary, middle and high schools, and their parents/guardians. Reservations suggested. (904) 354-5295.Back to School Rally and supply giveaway, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Ribault Senior High School, 3701 Winton Drive. Includes free school supplies and refreshments. (904) 710-4097."Help Us Battle Hunger Classic Car and Craft Show," 10 a.m.-2 p.m., The National Guard Armory, 9902 Normandy Blvd. Includes trophies. Show participants, $20 cars, $15 bikes and golf carts, plus a non-perishable food item. Admission and parking free. (904) 779-0879.Clifford the Big Red Dog, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Museum of Science and History, 1025 Museum Circle. Includes story times and special activities. $10 adults, $8 military, seniors and children 3-12. (904) 396-6674.Riverside Arts Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 715 Riverside Ave. Includes arts and crafts, fresh fruits and vegetables and live entertainment. River Stage: Josh Knight, 10:30-11:30 a.m.; Larry Mangum, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m.; Lucky Mud, 1:15-2:30 p.m.; Jacob Creel, 2:45-3:30 p.m. riversideartsmarket.com.Literary Lions Book Club, 10:30 a.m., St. Johns County main library, 1960 N. Ponce De Leon Blvd., St. Augustine. A book by John Jakes will be discussed. (904) 827-6940.Children's Health Month health screenings, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., all Sam's Club locations. Includes a take-home DNA kit, child safety ID kit, dental tablets and screenings. samsclub.com/clublocator."Take it to the Community, Stop the Violence" grand opening, presented by Nehimiah Family Life Center, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, 2036 Silver St. Includes back-to-school supplies, a bounce house, puppet shows, games and refreshments. (904) 733-1382 or 683-0972."The Dixie Swim Club," meal 6:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays; meal 11:15 a.m., show 1:15 p.m. Saturdays; meal 12:15 p.m., show 2 p.m. Sundays; Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd. Special show 6 p.m. Aug. 29, featuring "A Decade with Donna" to benefit The Donna Foundation. Show runs through Sept. 15. Tickets start at $38; Aug. 29 show is $75. Reservations, (904) 641-1212 or alhambrajax.com.Clean Water Music Fest, 1-11 p.m., Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 Florida A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach. All funds go to building freshwater wells in developing countries without access to safe, clean drinking water. Includes a food truck court, farmer's market and a silent auction. $10. (904) 209-0399 or mycharitywater.org/cleanwatermusicfest.Celebrate Children, 1-4 p.m., Brooks Family YMCA, 10423 Centurion Parkway N. Program for area parents, professionals and providers of pediatric-related services, and includes educational sessions and speakers. Reservations, brooksrehab.org.Foodapaloosa, 5-9 p.m., Spring Glen United Methodist Church, 6007 Beach Blvd. Includes food trucks, a free children's area, live music and prizes giveaways. A portion of proceeds to benefit Blessings in a Backpack. (904) 724-2434 or jaxblessingsinabackpack.org/about.html.Artrageous Artwalk, 5:30-8:30 p.m., downtown Fernandina Beach and Amelia Island. Free. (800) 226-3542 or ameliaisland.com.Jacksonville RollerGirls, River City Rat Pack vs. Sintral Florida Derby Demons and First Coast Fatales vs. Duval Derby Dames, 6 p.m., University of North Florida's Arena, 11852 University of North Florida Drive. $10 in advance, $12 at the door. jacksonvillerollergirls.com.Jacksonville Sharks Conference Championship, 7 p.m., Veterans Memorial Arena. $12-$135.50. (904) 621-0700, facebook.com/jaxsharks or jaxevents.com."3 Divas and a Guy Named Darryl," hosted by Angela Robinson, 7 p.m., Stage Aurora Performance Hall, 5188 Norwood Ave., inside Gateway Town Center. $20 adults, in advance; $13 students 5-17 and senior 65 and older, in advance. (904) 768-6004, 765-7372 or ticketleap.com."The Last Romance," 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine. $20. (904) 829-5807 or limelight-theatre.org.The Premiere Elvis Anniversary Bash, 8 p.m., Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St. Stars Mike Albert, Scot Bruce and the Big E Band. $30, $35. (904) 355-2787 or floridatheatre.com.Live music by Stevie Fingers and Sho Nuf, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., The Jacksonville Landing. (904) 353-1188 or jacksonvillelanding.com."The Dozen Divas Show," 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre performing at the Adele Grage Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach. $15 adults, $10 students for Sunday only. Reservations, (904) 249-7177 or abettheatre.com.SUNDAY"Save the St. Johns" River Ferry A1A Bike Ride, to benefit St. Johns Riverkeeper, 9 a.m.-noon, Mellow Mushroom, Jacksonville Beach to the Ferry. $10. stjohnsriverkeeper.org.Beach Cleanups and International Surfing Day, 1-3 p.m., One Ocean Resort and Spa. Includes prizes. Trash bags and gloves provided. (904) 630-3420 or (856) 912-8117."Bye Bye Birdie," as part of the Summer Movie Classics series, 2 p.m., Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forysth St. The 1963 film stars Janet迷你倉Leigh, Dick Van **** and Ann-Margret. $7.50; movie card $45 (10 admissions). (904) 355-2787 or floridatheatre.com.Artful Evening Series final show, pop-up gallery-style reception, 5-9 p.m., Tapa That, 820 Lomax St., 5 Points. Includes local art, music, door prizes, raffles and tapas. Free, $2 donation for musical guests, Cesar Cardona. (904) 383-5650.MONDAYI Heart Art, Monday-Aug. 26, various YMCA venues. Program is an art supplies drive and free community events. firstcoastymca.org.Go First Coast! Blood Drive, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Prime Osborn Convention Center, 1000 Water St. The first 40 donors who donate using the automated double-red blood cell collection system get one pair of tickets to the Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Philadelphia Eagles game on Aug. 24. igiveblood.com.Town Hall meeting, 6 p.m., Terry Parker High School auditorium, 7301 Parker School Road. Meeting presented by Clay Yarborough, city council vice president, regarding the mayor's proposed 2013-14 city budget. Includes a question/answer period following an overview of the budget. (904) 630-1389 or clay@coj.net.Alhambra After Dark, 6 p.m., Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd. Features music and dancing with "Evening of the Big Band" features TBA Big Band, a full 17-piece jazz band. $45, includes dinner. Reservations, (904) 641-1212 or alhambrajax.com.TUESDAYSixteenth National Convention, presented by the Vietnam Veterans of America, Tuesday through Aug. 17, Hyatt Regency Jacksonville. Includes speakers, informational sessions and an awards banquet. (301) 585-4000, ext. 146.-- Tuesday -- Registration 1:30 p.m.; Wreath-laying, 2:30 p.m., Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Welcome Home Party, 7-11 p.m., with music by The Mystery Band, $5.-- Wednesday -- Registration, 8 a.m.; opening session, 9 a.m.-noon, with keynote speaker David Bonior, former Congressman who spoke at the Founding Convention in 1983; AVVA Luncheon, noon-1:15 p.m., advance tickets required.-- Thursday -- Registration, 8 a.m.; general session, 9-11:45 a.m., with speakers, awards and recognitions.-- Aug. 16 -- POW/MIA Ceremony, 7 a.m.; Women Veterans Breakfast, 7:30 a.m.; 50th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony, 1:30 p.m.-- Aug. 17 -- Legislative Coordinator Breakfast, 7:30 a.m., advance tickets required; general session, 10 a.m.; AVVA Agent Orange Town Hall meeting, 11 a.m.; special presentations, 1-3 p.m., with book signings and autographs; Catholic Mass, 4:30 p.m.; reception, 5:30 p.m.; VVA Awards Banquet, 7 p.m., advance tickets required.Jax Beach Art Walk, 5-9 p.m., First Street North, from Beach Boulevard North to Fifth Avenue North, Jacksonville Beach. betterjaxbeach.com.Vocal Auditions for middle and high school singers, 5:30 p.m., Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum, 829 N. Davis St. Be prepared to sing one stanza of "Life Ev'ry Voice and Sing" and a selection of your choice that shows your vocal range. Event repeats Aug. 20. (904) 632-5555.Jacksonville Suns vs. Birmingham Barons, 7:05 p.m. Tuesday-Aug. 17, Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. Promotions: Wednesday, Winn-Dixie Great Grocery Giveaway; Thursday, Military Appreciation Night, College Night and Social Media Night; Friday, food drive with Second Harvest Food Bank, blood drive donation, Christmas in August with the Salvation Army and fireworks; Aug. 17, blood drive donation, Christian Yelich replica jersey backpacks and ZOOperstars appearance. $7.50-$22.50. (904) 358-2846 or jaxsuns.com.Dance, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Lane Wiley Senior Citizens Center, 6710 Wiley Road. Features a live 2-piece dance band. $5. (904) 260-8061.WEDNESDAYLittle Learners, 9-11 a.m., Museum of Science and History, 1025 Museum Circle. Program for preschool-aged children and their caregivers and includes the Planetarium program "Sesame Street's One World, One Sky." $5 per person, ages 3 and older. (904) 396-6674, ext. 226.Fundraisers to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Jacksonville, 5-9 p.m. Wednesday, Firehouse Subs, 1949-1 San Marco Blvd.; 5-9 p.m. Sept. 11, Firehouse Subs, 4347 University Blvd. Venues will donate a portion of the evening's proceeds. (904) 280-7960.Music by the Sea Concert Series, 7-9 p.m., St. Augustine Beach Pier Pavilion, 350 Florida A1A Beach Blvd. Features Jimmy Parrish and the Ocean Waves with beach music. Bring a folding chair and cooler. Series continues through Sept. 25. Free; dinner available for $10. (904) 347-8007 or thecivicassociation.org."Honey, I Shrunk the Kids," as part of Movies by the Bay, 8:30 p.m., at the Marina behind the Bayfront Mini Golf, 111 Avenida Menendez. Bring beach chair and blanket. Series concludes Friday. (904) 824-1606 or facebook.com/saintaugustineripleys.THURSDAYComedy Dinner Theater, 6:20 p.m., Middleburg-Clay Hill Library, 2245 Aster Ave. Features comedian Carl Hurley on DVD and includes a pizza dinner. Reservations required. (904) 541-5855.Concerts in the Plaza, 7 p.m., Plaza de la Constitucion, 1 King St., across from the Bridge of Lions, St. Augustine. Series continues at 7 p.m. Thursdays, ending at 1 p.m. on Labor Day. Features The Grapes of Roth. Free. (904) 825-1004 or plazaconcerts.com.AUG. 16Fitness in the Plaza, 11 a.m. Fridays through Oct. 26, Hemming Plaza. Includes two Zumba classes and a nutrition workshop. Program features kid-friendly exercises. Weekly schedule: fitnessintheplaza.com.Josh Gracin, doors open 6 p.m., Mavericks, The Jacksonville Landing. (904) 356-1110 or mavericksatthelanding.com.Cosmic Concerts, Laser Mania, 7 p.m.; Beatles, 8 p.m.; Led Zeppelin, 9 p.m.; Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon, 10 p.m. Museum of Science and History, 1025 Museum Circle. $5 per person, per concert; $1 for laser glasses. (904) 396-6674 or moshplanetarium.org."American Graffiti," as part of Movie Nights in the Gardens, 7:30 p.m., The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave. Features classic car movies in conjunction with the "Future Retro: The Great Age of the American Automobile" exhibit. $6 members, $10 nonmembers. Registration required. (904) 356-6857 or cummer.org.Live music by Radio 80, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., The Jacksonville Landing. (904) 353-1188 or jacksonvillelanding.com."Singing in the Rain," as part of Movies by the Bay, 8:30 p.m., at the Marina behind the Bayfront Mini Golf, 111 Avenida Menendez. Bring beach chair and blanket. (904) 824-1606 or facebook.com/saintaugustineripleys.AUG. 17Fight For Air Run/Walk to benefit the American Lung Association, 8 a.m., The Jacksonville Landing. (904) 353-1188 or jacksonvillelanding.com.Fossil I.D. Day, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Museum of Science and History, 1025 Museum Circle. A panel of scientists on site to provide information about your find. Museum admission, $10 adults, $8 military, seniors and children 3-12. (904) 396-6674, ext. 226.Live music by Little Green Men, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., The Jacksonville Landing. (904) 353-1188 or jacksonvillelanding.com.AUG. 18"Charade," as part of the Summer Movie Classics series, 2 p.m., Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forysth St. The 1963 film stars Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn and Walter Matthau. $7.50; movie card $45 (10 admissions). (904) 355-2787 or floridatheatre.com.Fax to (904) 359-4478 or email events@jacksonville.com. Complete listing at jacksonville.com/calendars. To put your event in the free online calendar, go to events.jacksonville.com.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Fla.) Visit The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Fla.) at .jacksonville.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉
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Confusion Over Residence Numbers a Pain for Polk County Officials
Source: The Ledger, Lakeland, Fla.迷你倉沙田Aug. 09--BARTOW -- People don't have a problem finding their way home.The confusion begins when they call 911 and a stranger has to find his way to their home.That's because many home addresses and even some business addresses don't match the computerized mapping system Polk emergency officials use.They're out of sequence, on the wrong side of the road or contain fractional numbers the system can't read.Fixing these addressing errors, which affect services as critical as emergency medical assistance and as mundane as pizza delivery, falls on Polk County's 13-member Emergency 911 staff."We change or assign addresses every day," said Sally Jackson, manager of Polk's E9-1-1 Systems.It's no small task.There are 326,336 buildings in Polk County and more potential address points such as mobile home park lots and apartments, she said.The current system is an improvement over the one public safety employees did use, said Pete McNally, Polk's emergency management coordinator."We had paper maps and we updated them as often as we could," McNally said.He said it would have been worse, but at one time paramedics and firefighters operated from the same ambulance and fire station."They knew those areas pretty well," he said.But a housing boom over the past two decades in the Four Corners area and the creation of hundreds of rural and suburban subdivisions in areas all over Polk County that were once sparsely inhabited requires a better system, county officials said.PROBLEMS WITH OLD SYSTEMThe old addressing system, which was largely handled by postal employees, led to a number of problems, the officials said.There was no uniformity between postal service areas to blend addresses where postal or municipal boundaries met.No street addresses were assigned to customers using post office boxes, leaving those residents to create their own addresses.Sometimes odd-numbered and even-numbered addresses were on the same side of the street instead of being on opposite sides of the street as they're supposed to be.Addresses were assigned only to structures on main roadways but not to structures on short side roads or private roads.There was no system to standardize the naming of roads to prevent duplicated or confusing, similar-sounding road names in the same area of the county.Many mobile home parks were assigned one main street number, but there was no standardized addressing criteria for lots inside the parks.Although Polk emergency officials had been trying to put some order into the county's addressing system as long ago as 2001, the rules were not formalized until the County Commission approved an addressing ordinance in 2004.That ordinance established criteria for the street numbering system and for naming and renaming roads. It also requires street address numbers to be posted in a visible location.The ordinance required only new mobile home and RV subdivisions to adopt the new addressing criteria, but Jackson said she and her staff have tried to work with existing mobile home communities to update their addressing systems.One effort occurred in 2004 in the Cypress Lakes community north of Lakeland.Jackson said she and her staff scheduled community meetings to explain to residents what they were trying to accomplish and how it would help them."We have to go out and talk to people to accomplish this," she said.By the time that was done, 1,602 residences had new addresses."It worked out fine except for some challenges with postal delivery," said Mitch Krach, Cypress Lake's general manager, who said the main office address on U.S. 98 did not change.He said the transition involved changing the names of som迷你倉價錢 streets as well as getting the house numbers in order.Jackson, who said she'd like to work with residents in other parks, said similar efforts occurred at Indian Lake Estates east of Lake Wales and at Grenelefe near Haines City.PROBLEMS ENCOUNTEREDThe changeovers haven't been problem-free.There have been reports of problems with residents in Indian Lakes getting private delivery companies such as UPS and FedEx to accept their new addresses.Developers have complained that Jackson's office has turned into a bottleneck in getting subdivisions platted, which involves assigning addresses to lots."They have no sense of urgency," County Commissioner George Lindsey, a Lakeland builder complained.Despite the thousands of address changes her office has implemented over the years, Jackson said she doesn't recommend changing addresses unless it's necessary.In the case of the most recent change involving 203 addresses along Rifle Range Road in Wahneta, it was necessary.Jackson said the problem was brought to their attention by school officials who use the addressing database for establishing school bus routes, setting school attendance zone boundaries and even keeping track of the locations of registered sexual predators.There were three houses along Rifle Range Road that had the same address, one of which was listed as being in Alturas, another unincorporated community to the south.Although she and her staff react to reports of problems they receive from various agencies, Jackson said one staff member's full-time job is to travel around Polk County checking for problems.Jackson said Polk County makes its database available free to any other private or public userSome address changes occur suddenly and unexpectedly.That happened in 2002, two years before the addressing ordinance was approved, when Polk's Republican County Commission suddenly voted to rename a section of County Road 54 between U.S. 27 and U.S. 17-92 to Ronald Reagan Parkway."That caught us off guard," Jackson said. The decision sent them scrambling to change more than 60 addresses.But readdressing Ronald Reagan Parkway, a 6.5-mile highway that's entirely within unincorporated Polk County, was easier than other tasks Jackson's staff has taken on.In 2001, they set out to readdress U.S. 27, which stretches 48 miles from U.S. 192 to the Highlands County line.That involved dealing with addresses in unincorporated Polk County as well as with addresses in several cities from Frostproof to Davenport.And, it involved changing more than house numbers. Businesses were affected, too."We went to chambers of commerce, community groups and business owners," she said, explaining she likes to work with people as much as possible."We're very sensitive to businesses," she said, explaining the address change for them involves everything from stationery and business director advertisements to replacing large signs.Jackson said she did learn that in some cases the changes helped businesses in the long run. That's because some customers previously had trouble finding them because of the confusing array of addresses along the highway corridor.Polk's McNally said he'd like to see the same changes occur along the State Road 60 and U.S. 17 corridors, too."That would require a lot of manpower," he said.[ Tom Palmer can be reached at tom.palmer@theledger.com or 863-802-7535. Read more views on the environment at environment.blogs.theledger.com and more views on county government at county.blogs.theledger.com/. Follow on Twitter @LedgerTom. ]Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.) Visit The Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.) at .theledger.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉庫
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