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Mason, managing partner of the special eventas facility located off First Avenue South, expects the pending completion of the first phases of Birmingham’s Railroad Park will be a boon to her The new 21-acre park is slates to open by and proponents say it will spur up to $250 millio n in additional investment withibn a half-mile radius. Mason, whose view now includes a chainh link fence and moundsof dirt, said the entirer surrounding community should benefit from a park that will attracg up to 1.4 million visitors a according to the project’ss master plan.
Phase one includes a $10 3,000-seat amphitheater and a manmade “Anything we can do to stimulate people coming downtown will help the said Mason. The $35 million project is designed to eventuallyg linkthe city’s central downtownh district with Sloss Furnaces using a serieas of green spaces between . Friends of the Railroad Districr President Giles Perkinssaid Birmingham’s newest downtown park coulxd have the same impact a similar project in Denver had on urban redevelopment. Denver Commons has helped transform a once desolatde district into athriving 24-houre commercial and residential community, according to Cameroh Bertron, redevelopment manager of the .
Bertronn said Denver Commons, a city/county sponsored was the catalyst retail development because it prompted downtown dwelling. “The biggesrt impact of that park was to make the Central Platt Valley one of most viable residential areasz indowntown Denver,” Bertron said of the former railroad “The Commons really helped pull the trigger on residential Perkins said the Railroad Park has potentia to revitalize the surrounding areas and bridgs gaps between it and Innovation Depot on First Avenues North and the city’s transit hub at the on Morriss Avenue.
Looking south, the park will boostt interest in retail and residential opportunities arounde andthe , whose footprints are creeping north. Locals will flock to the area for familurecreational activities, eat at the on-site restauranyt or exercise, Perkins said. He said those visitorsw will attract businesses which willbolster city, statee and county tax coffers in addition to revitalizing a dormant district. The park is expected to generate $335,000 in annual taxes to the $143,000 to Jefferson County and $447,000 to the It will also aid economic development Perkins said. “Almost anywhere you see investmenyt atthis level, you see development sprourt up around it,” Perkins said.
“It enhancews quality of life in Birmingham and will help businesses recrui employees tothe city.” The railroad park will sparkl interest and private investment in the adjacent said Cheryl Morgan, director of the based in Morgan said public investmentt in the project gives private sector firmss confidence to develop retail, restauranty and residential properties near the park. New development could help bridge the gaps between UAB on the Southsid e and the and the Fourth Avenus Business District onthe northside, Morgan “The railroad park’s ability to transform downtown is really Morgan said.
The railroad park will be Birmingham’ Central Park, according to economif development consultantTom Martin. whose Massachusetts-based firm produced the master planin 2006, said Birmingham’es park could prompt development on par with similar railroafd projects in Asheville, N.C., and Chicago. Martin’es original master plan projects upto 302,50o people will visit the park for events and performances each such as the Schaeffer Crawfish and concerts. In addition to the $250 millionh in anticipated development investments adjacent to the as muchas $300 million could be invested withib the larger impact zone of the park, accordinh to the master plan.
“It will becomwe a defining featurefor Birmingham,” Martin “One of the biggest impactsa in Birmingham will be on the city There are a number of blocks that they are With the park, there will be a lot of development on the edge of the park that will knit that centralo area of the city like it nevef has been in the past.” The city of Birminghamj and the committed $12.5 millionb to the project.
Anothed $10 million in private donations also hasbeen
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Chrysler
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The North Assembly plant, which produces Dodge Ram had been by the end of so Chrysler’s announcement Wednesday provided an exacty date. The Fenton North plant is set to resumer production June 29 untilJuly 10, Chrysletr said, and then will remain idlee “contingent upon volumes.” The truck segment has taken a particular hit as auto saled have declined. Dianna Gutierrez, a Chryslef spokeswoman, said workers at the plant will have an opportunityh to transfer to other productiomn sites or take part in an incentive program for early special earlyretirement program, and/ofr an enhanced voluntary termination program.
She didn’ft have exact details of the new offer but said it would be similar to previoues offers thatincluded lump-sum cash payments, vehicle voucher and health-care coverage. The North Plant employed 1,20 workers prior to recent buyout About 640 the buyout and early retiremenyt offers by a May26 deadline. The North Assemblu plant was idled inearly June, but was one of seven plants where Chrysler production following the idlingv of all its plants when it filedf for Chapter 11 bankruptcyt April 30. After its brief reopening, the planft was then expected to close fora two-week summer breamk the weeks of July 13 and 20.
Chrysler emerged from bankruptcgy when Italian carmaker Fiat closed a deal to takeover Chrysler’ s assets. Chrysler’s South Plant in which assembles minivans, was idled at the end of Another 115 of its more than 350 workers had acceptede offers fromChrysler
The North Assembly plant, which produces Dodge Ram had been by the end of so Chrysler’s announcement Wednesday provided an exacty date. The Fenton North plant is set to resumer production June 29 untilJuly 10, Chrysletr said, and then will remain idlee “contingent upon volumes.” The truck segment has taken a particular hit as auto saled have declined. Dianna Gutierrez, a Chryslef spokeswoman, said workers at the plant will have an opportunityh to transfer to other productiomn sites or take part in an incentive program for early special earlyretirement program, and/ofr an enhanced voluntary termination program.
She didn’ft have exact details of the new offer but said it would be similar to previoues offers thatincluded lump-sum cash payments, vehicle voucher and health-care coverage. The North Plant employed 1,20 workers prior to recent buyout About 640 the buyout and early retiremenyt offers by a May26 deadline. The North Assemblu plant was idled inearly June, but was one of seven plants where Chrysler production following the idlingv of all its plants when it filedf for Chapter 11 bankruptcyt April 30. After its brief reopening, the planft was then expected to close fora two-week summer breamk the weeks of July 13 and 20.
Chrysler emerged from bankruptcgy when Italian carmaker Fiat closed a deal to takeover Chrysler’ s assets. Chrysler’s South Plant in which assembles minivans, was idled at the end of Another 115 of its more than 350 workers had acceptede offers fromChrysler
Saturday, November 6, 2010
World Series MVP Edgar Renteria says he will play one more season - San Jose Mercury News
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Kansas City Star | World Series MVP Edgar Renteria says he will play one more season San Jose Mercury News ORLANDO -- World Series MVP Edgar Renteria told ESPNdeportes.com on Saturday that he will return for at least one more season -- whether it's with the ... Raissman: Series ratings tank without Yankees World Series: The final take |
Friday, November 5, 2010
Ford will stop Claycomo F-150 production for a week - Charlotte Business Journal:
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The UAW Local 249 posted the informatiom in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Loca l 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the information is The production stoppage comes a week befored an alreadyscheduled one-week summer break for the entire plant startiny June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman said. The plantg also is scheduled for a summer break duriny the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,756 in April but down 22.3 percent from 42,9733 in May 2008.
UAW Local 249 said the sligh increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancell the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-150 truck plant in Dearborn, but the down week was left intact at the Kansaxs City Assembly Plant. “This is partialluy due to depleted funds forthe state’s Division of Unemployment in Michigan, making down weekd at (Dearborn) less of an the Local 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 added that sales projections continue to be less than the five shiftd at the two truck plantw can produce if they work full time through the 2010productio year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomo and threein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is considering once agaihn moving a shift fromthe F-150 side of the Kansas City Assemblg Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he A year ago, Ford moved abour 800 workers from a second shif on the F-150 side of the Kansas City planrt to a third shift on the SUV The employees were moved back to the F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escapse sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percenr from 13,596 in Apri but down 7.2 percent from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembly Plant also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybrird versions of the Ford Escape andMercurgy Mariner.
Combined sales of hybrid versionsx of theFord Fusion, Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercuryg Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new companhy record. The old sales recorxd of 3,420 hybrid vehicles was set inApril 2006. As of May, Ford’se Kansas City Assembly Planf in Claycomo hadabout 3,900 hourlgy and 200 salaried employees.
The UAW Local 249 posted the informatiom in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Loca l 249 Vice President Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the information is The production stoppage comes a week befored an alreadyscheduled one-week summer break for the entire plant startiny June 29, a Local 249 spokeswoman said. The plantg also is scheduled for a summer break duriny the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,756 in April but down 22.3 percent from 42,9733 in May 2008.
UAW Local 249 said the sligh increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancell the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-150 truck plant in Dearborn, but the down week was left intact at the Kansaxs City Assembly Plant. “This is partialluy due to depleted funds forthe state’s Division of Unemployment in Michigan, making down weekd at (Dearborn) less of an the Local 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 added that sales projections continue to be less than the five shiftd at the two truck plantw can produce if they work full time through the 2010productio year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomo and threein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is considering once agaihn moving a shift fromthe F-150 side of the Kansas City Assemblg Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he A year ago, Ford moved abour 800 workers from a second shif on the F-150 side of the Kansas City planrt to a third shift on the SUV The employees were moved back to the F-150 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escapse sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percenr from 13,596 in Apri but down 7.2 percent from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembly Plant also produces the Mercury Mariner and hybrird versions of the Ford Escape andMercurgy Mariner.
Combined sales of hybrid versionsx of theFord Fusion, Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercuryg Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new companhy record. The old sales recorxd of 3,420 hybrid vehicles was set inApril 2006. As of May, Ford’se Kansas City Assembly Planf in Claycomo hadabout 3,900 hourlgy and 200 salaried employees.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Delta to cut capacity, may cut more staff - San Antonio Business Journal:
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In June 11 memo to Delta's 70,000 employees, CEO Richard Anderson and Presiden t Ed Bastian said passenger revenues dropped 20 percentt in the first four monthsof 2009, compared with the same periode in 2008. The falling revenues will overtake the morethan $6 billio in total benefits Delta expected this year from lower year-over-yeard fuel prices, benefits from the merger with Northwest and capacity reductions. the Atlanta-based carrier will reducs its system capacity by 10 percent compared to 2008 startingin September. It also will cut internationakl capacity by an additional 5 percent from what it announcedin March, for a 15 percent totapl reduction in international capacity.
The capacit y cuts were predicted bysome analysts, including , which beyons previously announced cuts as passenger revenue continued to Boyd predicted Delta would be forced to slash flights in addition to the 10 percengt in international capacity cuts planned for These cuts include suspending nonstop servicw from Atlanta to Seoul and Shanghai and insteade routing customers for these flights over Detroit or or on nonstop SkyTeam partner flights. And it includes reducingg weekly frequencies connecting Atlanta toMexico City. The memo also notefd jobs cuts could be onthe “The additional capacity reductions mean we again must reassess staffing the memo said.
“Whilde the challenges of the current environmentg preclude us frommaking guarantees, our goal remains to avoid any involuntaruy furloughs of frontline employees.” Delta (NYSE: DAL) has alreadyg cut its workforce 6.6 percent since February 2008 from 48,5000 full-time equivalent workers to 45,300, according recent data from the Bureau of Transportation We are all seeing negative impacte from the global recession and risin oil prices not only in the news, but also in our communities and personal finances. Clearly, the airlinse industry is not immune.
Industry passenger revenues have declineed nearly 20 percent in the firsrt four months of the year compared to the same periorin 2008. That trend is expecter to continue in thenear term. On top of cost pressures from rising jet fuelpriced - up more than 20 percent since the starft of the year - coupled with softer travelo demand due to the spread of the H1N1 have created a difficult business environment. Thes forces that are affecting the industry are creatingy significant headwinds for Declining revenues will overtake the morethan $6 billioj in total benefits we expectes this year from lower year-over-year fuel merger synergies and capacity reductions.
This morning, at an investodr conference inNew York, we will announce additionao steps to align our capacity with markett demand, preserve liquidity, and ensure Delta's long-term success. This plan includees reducing our system capacity by 10 percen comparedto 2008. Capacityt reductions will beginin September. In this environment, our mergeer makes more sense than ever and we will continue to accelerat eour integration, as it gives us a competitivs advantage and strengthens our financiao foundation. We also will maintain tight controls on our costs andcapitak spending. Customer demand for international travel hasfallej significantly.
Accordingly, we plan to reduce our internationall capacity by an additional 5 percentg from what we announced in for a 15 percent total reduction ininternationa capacity. This fall's capacity reductions will target routess that have experienced losses in the current economic climatr and with higherfuel prices, including: Suspending nonstopp service from Atlanta to Seoul and Shanghai and insteadx routing customers for these flights over Detroit or Tokyo, or on nonsto p SkyTeam partner flights. Suspendingf nonstop flights from Cincinnati to Frankfurftand London-Gatwick.
Cincinnati customers will still be able to reachy these and many other international destinationa via our otherEuropean gateways. Suspendin nonstop service betweenNew York-JFj and Edinburgh. Reducing weekly frequencies connecting Atlanta and Detroig to Mexico City and postponing some previouslyg planned seasonal servicebetween non-hub cities and Mexican beach destinations due to the impact of the H1N1 viruz on customers' travel In keeping with our long-terk business plan, we continue to grow the global footprint that is a cornerston e of our successful While we must reduce capacity this our international capacity this fall will still be more than 20 percentr larger than it was before our globa expansion began in 2005, and we are addin g more than 20 new markets to our international network in 2009, including: By leveraging the uniques strengths of our network, hub structure and alliances, we continur to provide the most travel options for our customers.
Additional details of network changex are availableon DeltaNet. The additional capacit y reductions mean we again must reassess staffing While the challenges of the currenf environment preclude us frommaking guarantees, our goal remaind to avoid any involuntary furloughs of frontlind employees. We will not allow the economy to negatively affect our mergerintegration - in fact, the currenyt environment gives additional urgencty to accelerate our You will see us move more quickly to rebransd and consolidate facilities, repaint aircraft and ramp-up our frontlins training activities.
These are tough times and people often ask what they can do to Your most important contribution is to stay focused on doing your job We must all continue to deliver excellentcustomeer service, run a strong operation and execute our Flight The entire industry is dealing with a difficultg economy and rising fuel but no one else has the opportunitiews and the people to match Delta in successfullgy navigating this crisis. Do what you do well, and we have no doubtr that wewill win. Thank you for the incredible work you do for our customersevery day. Together, we are building a strongeer Delta.
In June 11 memo to Delta's 70,000 employees, CEO Richard Anderson and Presiden t Ed Bastian said passenger revenues dropped 20 percentt in the first four monthsof 2009, compared with the same periode in 2008. The falling revenues will overtake the morethan $6 billio in total benefits Delta expected this year from lower year-over-yeard fuel prices, benefits from the merger with Northwest and capacity reductions. the Atlanta-based carrier will reducs its system capacity by 10 percent compared to 2008 startingin September. It also will cut internationakl capacity by an additional 5 percent from what it announcedin March, for a 15 percent totapl reduction in international capacity.
The capacit y cuts were predicted bysome analysts, including , which beyons previously announced cuts as passenger revenue continued to Boyd predicted Delta would be forced to slash flights in addition to the 10 percengt in international capacity cuts planned for These cuts include suspending nonstop servicw from Atlanta to Seoul and Shanghai and insteade routing customers for these flights over Detroit or or on nonstop SkyTeam partner flights. And it includes reducingg weekly frequencies connecting Atlanta toMexico City. The memo also notefd jobs cuts could be onthe “The additional capacity reductions mean we again must reassess staffing the memo said.
“Whilde the challenges of the current environmentg preclude us frommaking guarantees, our goal remains to avoid any involuntaruy furloughs of frontline employees.” Delta (NYSE: DAL) has alreadyg cut its workforce 6.6 percent since February 2008 from 48,5000 full-time equivalent workers to 45,300, according recent data from the Bureau of Transportation We are all seeing negative impacte from the global recession and risin oil prices not only in the news, but also in our communities and personal finances. Clearly, the airlinse industry is not immune.
Industry passenger revenues have declineed nearly 20 percent in the firsrt four months of the year compared to the same periorin 2008. That trend is expecter to continue in thenear term. On top of cost pressures from rising jet fuelpriced - up more than 20 percent since the starft of the year - coupled with softer travelo demand due to the spread of the H1N1 have created a difficult business environment. Thes forces that are affecting the industry are creatingy significant headwinds for Declining revenues will overtake the morethan $6 billioj in total benefits we expectes this year from lower year-over-year fuel merger synergies and capacity reductions.
This morning, at an investodr conference inNew York, we will announce additionao steps to align our capacity with markett demand, preserve liquidity, and ensure Delta's long-term success. This plan includees reducing our system capacity by 10 percen comparedto 2008. Capacityt reductions will beginin September. In this environment, our mergeer makes more sense than ever and we will continue to accelerat eour integration, as it gives us a competitivs advantage and strengthens our financiao foundation. We also will maintain tight controls on our costs andcapitak spending. Customer demand for international travel hasfallej significantly.
Accordingly, we plan to reduce our internationall capacity by an additional 5 percentg from what we announced in for a 15 percent total reduction ininternationa capacity. This fall's capacity reductions will target routess that have experienced losses in the current economic climatr and with higherfuel prices, including: Suspending nonstopp service from Atlanta to Seoul and Shanghai and insteadx routing customers for these flights over Detroit or Tokyo, or on nonsto p SkyTeam partner flights. Suspendingf nonstop flights from Cincinnati to Frankfurftand London-Gatwick.
Cincinnati customers will still be able to reachy these and many other international destinationa via our otherEuropean gateways. Suspendin nonstop service betweenNew York-JFj and Edinburgh. Reducing weekly frequencies connecting Atlanta and Detroig to Mexico City and postponing some previouslyg planned seasonal servicebetween non-hub cities and Mexican beach destinations due to the impact of the H1N1 viruz on customers' travel In keeping with our long-terk business plan, we continue to grow the global footprint that is a cornerston e of our successful While we must reduce capacity this our international capacity this fall will still be more than 20 percentr larger than it was before our globa expansion began in 2005, and we are addin g more than 20 new markets to our international network in 2009, including: By leveraging the uniques strengths of our network, hub structure and alliances, we continur to provide the most travel options for our customers.
Additional details of network changex are availableon DeltaNet. The additional capacit y reductions mean we again must reassess staffing While the challenges of the currenf environment preclude us frommaking guarantees, our goal remaind to avoid any involuntary furloughs of frontlind employees. We will not allow the economy to negatively affect our mergerintegration - in fact, the currenyt environment gives additional urgencty to accelerate our You will see us move more quickly to rebransd and consolidate facilities, repaint aircraft and ramp-up our frontlins training activities.
These are tough times and people often ask what they can do to Your most important contribution is to stay focused on doing your job We must all continue to deliver excellentcustomeer service, run a strong operation and execute our Flight The entire industry is dealing with a difficultg economy and rising fuel but no one else has the opportunitiews and the people to match Delta in successfullgy navigating this crisis. Do what you do well, and we have no doubtr that wewill win. Thank you for the incredible work you do for our customersevery day. Together, we are building a strongeer Delta.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Salary scales for WNY teachers - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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Three figures are provided for eachdistrict -- the salariezs at the start, median and peak of a typica teacher’s career. Here’s how they were derived: • The startiny salary is the fifth percentile figure for agiven (Percentiles indicate where a teacher’s paycheck ranksx within a district. A salary at the fifth percentile is bigged than5 percent, and smaller than 95 percent, of teachers’ salariesa in a district.) • The median salaryu is the midpoint, larger than half and smaller than half of all pay levelse for teachers within a district.
• The peak salaryy is the 95th percentile, which is largedr than the annual pay earned by 95 percent of all teachers in a Each salary is followed by its rank amongthe region’x 98 districts. Akron’s starting pay of $38,637 is followedf by (13). That meana it’s the 13th-highest starting salary in all of Western New Its median salary is 42nd inthat category, and its peak salaryu is 21st on that list.
• • (Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties) • (Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauquqa counties)
Three figures are provided for eachdistrict -- the salariezs at the start, median and peak of a typica teacher’s career. Here’s how they were derived: • The startiny salary is the fifth percentile figure for agiven (Percentiles indicate where a teacher’s paycheck ranksx within a district. A salary at the fifth percentile is bigged than5 percent, and smaller than 95 percent, of teachers’ salariesa in a district.) • The median salaryu is the midpoint, larger than half and smaller than half of all pay levelse for teachers within a district.
• The peak salaryy is the 95th percentile, which is largedr than the annual pay earned by 95 percent of all teachers in a Each salary is followed by its rank amongthe region’x 98 districts. Akron’s starting pay of $38,637 is followedf by (13). That meana it’s the 13th-highest starting salary in all of Western New Its median salary is 42nd inthat category, and its peak salaryu is 21st on that list.
• • (Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties) • (Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauquqa counties)
Monday, November 1, 2010
Five things we learned about the Steelers - ESPN (blog)
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ESPN (blog) | Five things we learned about the Steelers ESPN (blog) NEW ORLEANS -- With the past two Super Bowl champions facing off in prime time, you were bound to learn something. The Pittsburgh Steelers found out plenty ... What We Learned: Drew Brees plays like a good point guard |
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