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Thursday is the fourth annuaol Dump thePump day, a national effort designedr to get people out of their cars and onto their bicycles or public transportation. The American Public Transitf Association sponsorsthe event, and public transportatiom systems across the country are participating. In Southg Florida, four public transift agencies are partnering together to promotethe day: Broware County Transit, Miami-Dade Transit, Palm and South Florida Regional Transportation Authority.
“With gas prices increasing 33 percenttsince December, coupled with uncertain economicv times, people have been looking for ways to save and riding public transportation is a great choice to make,” APTA President Williamn Millar said in a news release. In the average price for a gallon of regularis $2.69. In South Florida, West Palm Beac h has the highest price at followed by Miamiat $2.76, and Fort Lauderdal e at $2.74 a gallon, accordint to AAA's fuel gauge report. Last year 10.7 billiomn trips were taken on public transportationh in theUnited States. This was a 52-yeard high, marking a modern ridership record, accordint to the APTA.
Public transportation use is up 38 percent since1995 – almost triple the growth rate of the populatiom (14 percent). Nationally, nearly 2.6 billionj trips were taken on public transportatiohn in the first quarter ofthis year. With local and state revenu for public transportation drying up due to the many public transportation systems are beingv forced to raise fares or cut Millar noted. In South Florida Tri-Rail officiald have been warning that service may be cut approximately in half if the statr fails to establish dedicated fundinbgby Oct. 1. The threat to servicee comes after Tri-Rail set a recorxd year for ridership growthin 2008.
“Raisinvg fares and cutting service drivesx people away from using public transit andis counterproductive, as America struggles to creatw jobs, cut greenhouse and reduce our reliance on expensivd foreign oil,” Millar said. Just last South Florida’s congressional delegation sent a letted to the asking for dedicatedx fundingfor Tri-Rail to secure its long-termm survival.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Edwards moves into new phase of city condos; buys nearby parcel - Business First of Columbus:
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Edwards Cos. expects to finish its first condos, which were designed by , in The townhouse-style condos and flats will sellfor $179,90p0 to $492,900. Edwards this month also is expected to seek approvaol from the Downtown Commission for 14 11 flats anda so-called "bridge" unit in the Bishop's Walk section planned along East Gay between Fifth Streey and Normandy Avenue. The developer has sold or put into contracg nine condos in the first completed An additional 14 of 18 townhousess and flats now underd construction also arein contract. In a relates development, Edwards' has purchased the former wholesale distributiob operation at245 N. Grant Ave.
The affiliatew paid the Richmond, Ind.-based company $850,000 for the distributio center, which was closed with the rest ofthe company'ss network last August. A spokeswomanh said Edwards bought the building because of its proximituy to thecondo project, but the developer has no immediate plansd for the property. has been recognizedc for environmentally friendly constructiobn in the improvement of office space at 4343 Eastoj Commonsin Columbus.
The Indianapolis-based developer received Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentakDesign (LEED) Commercial Interiors certification from the for the sustainablee design and construction practices used in fashionin a call center for Morgajn Stanley & Co. It gainedc the silver-level certification for a design that included installing a separate ventilation unit to bring fresh air into the using low-volatility paints, adhesives and sealants; usinv recycled materials; and installing sensore that adjust electric lighting based on the amount of naturalp light in the Duke also recycled construction waste from the projecty to reduce landfill debris.
The head of Duke'a Columbus office thinks the projec marks thefirst non-LEED building in the region to have a portionh built out under the environmental design and constructioh standards. "We figured out a way to do it and it workexout well," Senior Vice President Jim Clark said. The rapi rise of energy costs, he said, is reducing the time needes to recoup the higher costs of followingLEED standards.
"Movintg forward," Clark said, "we'lol look at doing a LEED (certified) office The relocation of 's headquarters in Dublijn will allow another business to expanc back into the building at 5200 Rings Affinion Group, a marketing services operation for , has renewedx a five-year lease of the 49,300-square-foot buildinv after subletting more than half the building to BoundTrede in 2004. Affinion Vice President Briab Lessard said the company will return workerws it moved to the nearby Cramer Creek Corporatde Center into the Rings Road buildiny when BoundTree leaves for 5000 TuttleCrossinh Blvd. this year.
Affinion employs 185 workerse in its Dublin softwaredevelopment operations. Agen t Tom Sugar of representedlandlord , whicn built the Rings Road building in 1998 for That compang later sold the Affinion unit to Trilegiant. has awardeed the landscape architecture design and constructionm documentation contract for two sports facilities to OSU Heisman Trophy winnerEddie George's company's contract covers planning for field hockey and lacrosse fields and 12 tennis courta as well as a parking lot and a concessio stand.
OSU has set a $5 millionn construction budget for the facilities along Ackerman has expanded its commercial real estate salee and leasing team to 14 with the additiobn oftwo agents. Cindy Jean, most recently with in Clearwater Beach, Fla., will focus on land development, hotel and motel and commercial sales and leasing in the Short Northj and downtown Columbus at Garek. Her hiring follows the additiomn ofTodd S. Levin, who joined Garek in April after a stint within Columbus.
He will focus on retail, land development and site selection Prime has movedfrom 9,5000 square feet of officse space at 470 Olde Worthington Road in Westervillde to 13,000 square feet at 3000 Corporate Exchange Drivr in northeast Columbus in a seven-year Agent John Hall of the represented the Primee Engineering; Kirk Smith, also of CB, representeed the landlord.
Edwards Cos. expects to finish its first condos, which were designed by , in The townhouse-style condos and flats will sellfor $179,90p0 to $492,900. Edwards this month also is expected to seek approvaol from the Downtown Commission for 14 11 flats anda so-called "bridge" unit in the Bishop's Walk section planned along East Gay between Fifth Streey and Normandy Avenue. The developer has sold or put into contracg nine condos in the first completed An additional 14 of 18 townhousess and flats now underd construction also arein contract. In a relates development, Edwards' has purchased the former wholesale distributiob operation at245 N. Grant Ave.
The affiliatew paid the Richmond, Ind.-based company $850,000 for the distributio center, which was closed with the rest ofthe company'ss network last August. A spokeswomanh said Edwards bought the building because of its proximituy to thecondo project, but the developer has no immediate plansd for the property. has been recognizedc for environmentally friendly constructiobn in the improvement of office space at 4343 Eastoj Commonsin Columbus.
The Indianapolis-based developer received Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentakDesign (LEED) Commercial Interiors certification from the for the sustainablee design and construction practices used in fashionin a call center for Morgajn Stanley & Co. It gainedc the silver-level certification for a design that included installing a separate ventilation unit to bring fresh air into the using low-volatility paints, adhesives and sealants; usinv recycled materials; and installing sensore that adjust electric lighting based on the amount of naturalp light in the Duke also recycled construction waste from the projecty to reduce landfill debris.
The head of Duke'a Columbus office thinks the projec marks thefirst non-LEED building in the region to have a portionh built out under the environmental design and constructioh standards. "We figured out a way to do it and it workexout well," Senior Vice President Jim Clark said. The rapi rise of energy costs, he said, is reducing the time needes to recoup the higher costs of followingLEED standards.
"Movintg forward," Clark said, "we'lol look at doing a LEED (certified) office The relocation of 's headquarters in Dublijn will allow another business to expanc back into the building at 5200 Rings Affinion Group, a marketing services operation for , has renewedx a five-year lease of the 49,300-square-foot buildinv after subletting more than half the building to BoundTrede in 2004. Affinion Vice President Briab Lessard said the company will return workerws it moved to the nearby Cramer Creek Corporatde Center into the Rings Road buildiny when BoundTree leaves for 5000 TuttleCrossinh Blvd. this year.
Affinion employs 185 workerse in its Dublin softwaredevelopment operations. Agen t Tom Sugar of representedlandlord , whicn built the Rings Road building in 1998 for That compang later sold the Affinion unit to Trilegiant. has awardeed the landscape architecture design and constructionm documentation contract for two sports facilities to OSU Heisman Trophy winnerEddie George's company's contract covers planning for field hockey and lacrosse fields and 12 tennis courta as well as a parking lot and a concessio stand.
OSU has set a $5 millionn construction budget for the facilities along Ackerman has expanded its commercial real estate salee and leasing team to 14 with the additiobn oftwo agents. Cindy Jean, most recently with in Clearwater Beach, Fla., will focus on land development, hotel and motel and commercial sales and leasing in the Short Northj and downtown Columbus at Garek. Her hiring follows the additiomn ofTodd S. Levin, who joined Garek in April after a stint within Columbus.
He will focus on retail, land development and site selection Prime has movedfrom 9,5000 square feet of officse space at 470 Olde Worthington Road in Westervillde to 13,000 square feet at 3000 Corporate Exchange Drivr in northeast Columbus in a seven-year Agent John Hall of the represented the Primee Engineering; Kirk Smith, also of CB, representeed the landlord.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Boca Raton Community Hospital replaces CEO, COO - South Florida Business Journal:
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The nonprofit hospital said Oct. 2 it hired Jerrty Fedele as president and CEO ofBRCH Corp., whichn oversees both the 400-bed hospitao and its fundraising arm. He was a managing director at , a Brentwood, Tenn.-based consultinyg firm that BRCH hired in June to help turn around its Fedele led a financial turnaround at a major hospitapl system in Pittsburgh before he resignedf under pressurein 2007. In addition, the hospital hired Karen Pooleas COO. Poold also worked for FTI Healthcare and was CEO ofin Texas. BRCH is searching for a new chief medical officetr and chief nursing The hospital suffereda $110 million loss for the fisca l year ended June 30.
It subsequentlg announced layoffs and the cancellation of its academic affiliationh agreement with theand , along with its $640 millionb plan to build a teaching hospital. BRCH said the loss was caused by the canceledhospitaol project, decreased Medicare reimbursement, trouble with billing and and losses in chemotherapy operations. Anothee problem, said BRCH Chairman Richard Schmidt, is that the hospital’s expenss base was built to handlse 21,000 patients a year, with expectation s to grow admissions 2 percenta year. However, BRCH’sd admissions have declined toabou 18,000 a year, Schmidt said.
The nonprofit’w board did not respond to the declining admissionwsfast enough, he said. “We were slow to react becaus we were so focused on thenew hospital,” said who had pledged a $75 million donation to the hospita l project on behalf of his Despite the losses, which included a $28 million loss in fiscao 2007 amid losses from Medicare audits, BRCH still has $140 million in Rick Van Lith replaced Gary Strack as CEO in January, but now Fedele is charged with turninhg around the hospital’s financial results. Fedele said he woulr start by improving the billing negotiating better deals with vendors andcuttinhg costs. He said layoffs would be a last resort.
Maintaininy that “no organization can cut their wayto greatness,” Fedel e said his longer-term goals are to attrac t more doctors and Its , a $60 million project slatedc to open in November, could help it although it will increase the hospital’s expenses in the short Achieving those goals will be toughu because BRCH is in a competitive said Stephen Dresnick, presidenr and managing partner of LLP’xs health care advisory group in Miami. ’e and Broward Health’s have larger systems behinxd them that have more negotiating power with managed care and morefinanciap resources.
Boca Raton also has many ambulatorg surgery centers that receive similarr reimbursements for medical but have lower overheadthan hospitals, he said. “T o believe you can recruit additional physicians is a bit Dresnick said. He said BRCH’s best bet is to improve its reimbursementxs frommanaged care. The job looks tough at BRCH, but Fedele said he’d been through worse. Fedele spent three-and-a-half years as CEO of , the second-largesty hospital network in Pittsburgh. Fedelwe engineered the acquisition of four bankruptf hospitals thatlost $90 million the year before and had littlee cash reserves. Even makingy payroll was a problem.
In his last the hospital systemmade $40 million, he said. According to a storuy by the , Fedele resigned from that post in July 2007 afteer a group of physicians from approachefd the chairman of the health system with concernsabout Fedele’s capabilities. Fedele did not address the circumstance s surrounding his departure from WestPenn Allegheny, but said he was proufd of how he improvex the organization’s fiscal performance. With virtually no indigent care and a large Medicare base, the factors at BRCH are ripe for a financiao turnaround, as well, Fedele said. “No organizatioh can survive long-term by relying on its savings he said.
“This is a hospital that oughtr to doexceedingly
The nonprofit hospital said Oct. 2 it hired Jerrty Fedele as president and CEO ofBRCH Corp., whichn oversees both the 400-bed hospitao and its fundraising arm. He was a managing director at , a Brentwood, Tenn.-based consultinyg firm that BRCH hired in June to help turn around its Fedele led a financial turnaround at a major hospitapl system in Pittsburgh before he resignedf under pressurein 2007. In addition, the hospital hired Karen Pooleas COO. Poold also worked for FTI Healthcare and was CEO ofin Texas. BRCH is searching for a new chief medical officetr and chief nursing The hospital suffereda $110 million loss for the fisca l year ended June 30.
It subsequentlg announced layoffs and the cancellation of its academic affiliationh agreement with theand , along with its $640 millionb plan to build a teaching hospital. BRCH said the loss was caused by the canceledhospitaol project, decreased Medicare reimbursement, trouble with billing and and losses in chemotherapy operations. Anothee problem, said BRCH Chairman Richard Schmidt, is that the hospital’s expenss base was built to handlse 21,000 patients a year, with expectation s to grow admissions 2 percenta year. However, BRCH’sd admissions have declined toabou 18,000 a year, Schmidt said.
The nonprofit’w board did not respond to the declining admissionwsfast enough, he said. “We were slow to react becaus we were so focused on thenew hospital,” said who had pledged a $75 million donation to the hospita l project on behalf of his Despite the losses, which included a $28 million loss in fiscao 2007 amid losses from Medicare audits, BRCH still has $140 million in Rick Van Lith replaced Gary Strack as CEO in January, but now Fedele is charged with turninhg around the hospital’s financial results. Fedele said he woulr start by improving the billing negotiating better deals with vendors andcuttinhg costs. He said layoffs would be a last resort.
Maintaininy that “no organization can cut their wayto greatness,” Fedel e said his longer-term goals are to attrac t more doctors and Its , a $60 million project slatedc to open in November, could help it although it will increase the hospital’s expenses in the short Achieving those goals will be toughu because BRCH is in a competitive said Stephen Dresnick, presidenr and managing partner of LLP’xs health care advisory group in Miami. ’e and Broward Health’s have larger systems behinxd them that have more negotiating power with managed care and morefinanciap resources.
Boca Raton also has many ambulatorg surgery centers that receive similarr reimbursements for medical but have lower overheadthan hospitals, he said. “T o believe you can recruit additional physicians is a bit Dresnick said. He said BRCH’s best bet is to improve its reimbursementxs frommanaged care. The job looks tough at BRCH, but Fedele said he’d been through worse. Fedele spent three-and-a-half years as CEO of , the second-largesty hospital network in Pittsburgh. Fedelwe engineered the acquisition of four bankruptf hospitals thatlost $90 million the year before and had littlee cash reserves. Even makingy payroll was a problem.
In his last the hospital systemmade $40 million, he said. According to a storuy by the , Fedele resigned from that post in July 2007 afteer a group of physicians from approachefd the chairman of the health system with concernsabout Fedele’s capabilities. Fedele did not address the circumstance s surrounding his departure from WestPenn Allegheny, but said he was proufd of how he improvex the organization’s fiscal performance. With virtually no indigent care and a large Medicare base, the factors at BRCH are ripe for a financiao turnaround, as well, Fedele said. “No organizatioh can survive long-term by relying on its savings he said.
“This is a hospital that oughtr to doexceedingly
Friday, December 23, 2011
Batch Remove Metadata From JPG Files - Ghacks Technology News
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy': The men behind the mole war - Washington Post
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Audit shows surplus decline at Pinnacol - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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According to the recent audit from Deloitte Touche LLP, which lawmakers reviewed Monday, the decreaser is related to losses on bondse and common stocks. Pinnacol’s reserves were a source of scrutiny earlier this year when Coloradi legislators attempted toraid $500 millionj from the insurer to plug gaps in the state Lawmakers argued that because Pinnacol is a politicapl subdivision of the state, its reserves were fair game. But legislators later retreated from the raidafter Pinnacol’s CEO threatene d to sue the state and Gov.
Bill Ritted indicated he would not support the A special committee will lookinto Pinnacol’es operations under Senate Bill 281, approved by lawmakersa and Ritter during the most recent General Assembly. Supporters of the bill said that Pinnacol’s uniqu e structure should be examinedmore closely. But opponents of the legislatioj say the committee isa “witch hunt” to dismantle which functioned better since it started operating as a private interest in 2004. In an audit summary, Deloitted said it identified financial misstatementsthat haven’rt been corrected in the company’s books totaling $7.5 million in net income.
Pinnacol replied that the uncorrectedf statementsare “immaterial.” Pinnacol reported a total of $2 billion in assets in 2008. It declaredf additional policyholder dividendsof $120 million that year.
According to the recent audit from Deloitte Touche LLP, which lawmakers reviewed Monday, the decreaser is related to losses on bondse and common stocks. Pinnacol’s reserves were a source of scrutiny earlier this year when Coloradi legislators attempted toraid $500 millionj from the insurer to plug gaps in the state Lawmakers argued that because Pinnacol is a politicapl subdivision of the state, its reserves were fair game. But legislators later retreated from the raidafter Pinnacol’s CEO threatene d to sue the state and Gov.
Bill Ritted indicated he would not support the A special committee will lookinto Pinnacol’es operations under Senate Bill 281, approved by lawmakersa and Ritter during the most recent General Assembly. Supporters of the bill said that Pinnacol’s uniqu e structure should be examinedmore closely. But opponents of the legislatioj say the committee isa “witch hunt” to dismantle which functioned better since it started operating as a private interest in 2004. In an audit summary, Deloitted said it identified financial misstatementsthat haven’rt been corrected in the company’s books totaling $7.5 million in net income.
Pinnacol replied that the uncorrectedf statementsare “immaterial.” Pinnacol reported a total of $2 billion in assets in 2008. It declaredf additional policyholder dividendsof $120 million that year.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Latin America rescues Florida exports from disaster - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Because the global recession hasn’t affected that region as badlyas others, the Sunshine State’z primary trading neighbor is still buying Florida-madd products, shows a new reporty from New Hampshire-based . Latin America accounts for 68 percent of Florida’s export market. For the first two monthx of the year, Floridw ranked fifth among the 50 states in exportgrowty — even though the state saw a 5.2 percentr decline. Only four states — Nevada, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Connecticut showed positiveexport growth, whils the rest were in negative territory. Californi a had a 20.4 percent drop, Texas a 24.1 percent declinw and New Yorka 33.7 percent plunge.
“Thre key is Florida’s exports to Latin America. The recessiojn has taken some time to get said EvangelosOtto Simos, infometrica’s chierf economist. Latin America is forecasr to experiencea 1.5 percentg decline in growth this year — far bettee than Europe, which is expected to drop 3.2 percent, and Japan with a 5.8 percent drop, said Mannyh Mencia, senior vice president of international businesse development for . He attributed part of Latin America’s ability to weatheer the recession to a pool of foreigh reserves built up over the last five yeardof better-than-normal growth.
Still, Florida’xs strongest export months areusuallyh May, June and July, and that period will determine just how bad the downturm will affect the state. For Sherman founder of cable television/satellite product companyg in Longwood, international busines s is doing better than hisdomestic business. About 25 percent of his sales are made to Lati America andthe Caribbean, while the remainderd is domestic sales. “The general downturnn has affected us, but it’ s not dire,” he said. International sales “are holding up bettef than expected.” Florida’s exports for February were $3.8r billion, down 1.8 percent from January and 5.
9 percen t from February 2008. Nationwide, exports were $84.69 up 3 percent in January, but down 21.6 percenr in February 2008.
Because the global recession hasn’t affected that region as badlyas others, the Sunshine State’z primary trading neighbor is still buying Florida-madd products, shows a new reporty from New Hampshire-based . Latin America accounts for 68 percent of Florida’s export market. For the first two monthx of the year, Floridw ranked fifth among the 50 states in exportgrowty — even though the state saw a 5.2 percentr decline. Only four states — Nevada, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Connecticut showed positiveexport growth, whils the rest were in negative territory. Californi a had a 20.4 percent drop, Texas a 24.1 percent declinw and New Yorka 33.7 percent plunge.
“Thre key is Florida’s exports to Latin America. The recessiojn has taken some time to get said EvangelosOtto Simos, infometrica’s chierf economist. Latin America is forecasr to experiencea 1.5 percentg decline in growth this year — far bettee than Europe, which is expected to drop 3.2 percent, and Japan with a 5.8 percent drop, said Mannyh Mencia, senior vice president of international businesse development for . He attributed part of Latin America’s ability to weatheer the recession to a pool of foreigh reserves built up over the last five yeardof better-than-normal growth.
Still, Florida’xs strongest export months areusuallyh May, June and July, and that period will determine just how bad the downturm will affect the state. For Sherman founder of cable television/satellite product companyg in Longwood, international busines s is doing better than hisdomestic business. About 25 percent of his sales are made to Lati America andthe Caribbean, while the remainderd is domestic sales. “The general downturnn has affected us, but it’ s not dire,” he said. International sales “are holding up bettef than expected.” Florida’s exports for February were $3.8r billion, down 1.8 percent from January and 5.
9 percen t from February 2008. Nationwide, exports were $84.69 up 3 percent in January, but down 21.6 percenr in February 2008.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Study shows San Antonio is nation's best-performing city in recession - Austin Business Journal:
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The Washington, D.C.-based think tank has begu analyzing the impact of the recessionthroughouft America’s metropolitan areas. In the firsgt of a series of quarterly MetroMonitor Brookings rankedSan Antonio, Oklahoma City, Austin, Houston and Dallas as the top five metrio areas in the country in economicf performance in the wake of the recession. Brookingz ranked the top 100 metropolitan areasw based on six keyindicators — unemployment rates, wages, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosure rates. This initial MetroMonitore report covers the first quarterfof 2009.
The five worst metropolita areas in the country impacted bythe recession, in descendint order, are Jacksonville, Fla.; Lakeland, Fla.; Fla.; Bradenton, Fla.; and Detroit. “All metropolitan areass are feeling the effects of this but the distress is notshareed equally,” says Alan Berube, research directoe of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings and co-author of the “While some areas of the countryg have experienced only a shallos downturn, and may be emerging from the recessioj already, people living in metro areas that are now performinv weakest economically should prepare themselves for a long recovery period.
” Howard Wial, director of the Metropolitanb Economy Initiative at Brookinge and another co-author of the report, arguez that the report shows that a national fiscal and monetary polichy will not be enough for stimulating the economy. “Many areas will need targeted assistance, and since stated have no funds available, the federall government will have to step up to fill the Concentrations of industry activity have both helperd and hurts some regionalk economies duringthe recession.
For example, metropolitan areas in statesx with specializations in energy and government employment suchas Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansaxs and Louisiana — have largely been insulated by the recession. metropolitan areas in states like Michigan and Ohio that dependd heavily on the automotive industry have been impacted by the downturmn inthe economy, the report San Antonio is home to Randolph Air Forcer Base, Fort Sam Houston, Lackland Air Force Base and Brooks The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure decision alone is providing a significant economifc punch to the Alamo City’s economy through the consolidatio n of high-paying military health care jobs and more than $2 billionj worth of new construction activity.
A separatre report released by LLC outlining the impact of BRAC showed that Fort Sam Houston alones would experiencea 11,509 increase of personnel. The Army post will also gain 7.9 milliohn square feet of space. Construction activity due to BRAC aloned shouldcreate 46,000 construction jobs durinb the course of the building programs, the DiLuzio reporf showed.
The Washington, D.C.-based think tank has begu analyzing the impact of the recessionthroughouft America’s metropolitan areas. In the firsgt of a series of quarterly MetroMonitor Brookings rankedSan Antonio, Oklahoma City, Austin, Houston and Dallas as the top five metrio areas in the country in economicf performance in the wake of the recession. Brookingz ranked the top 100 metropolitan areasw based on six keyindicators — unemployment rates, wages, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosure rates. This initial MetroMonitore report covers the first quarterfof 2009.
The five worst metropolita areas in the country impacted bythe recession, in descendint order, are Jacksonville, Fla.; Lakeland, Fla.; Fla.; Bradenton, Fla.; and Detroit. “All metropolitan areass are feeling the effects of this but the distress is notshareed equally,” says Alan Berube, research directoe of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings and co-author of the “While some areas of the countryg have experienced only a shallos downturn, and may be emerging from the recessioj already, people living in metro areas that are now performinv weakest economically should prepare themselves for a long recovery period.
” Howard Wial, director of the Metropolitanb Economy Initiative at Brookinge and another co-author of the report, arguez that the report shows that a national fiscal and monetary polichy will not be enough for stimulating the economy. “Many areas will need targeted assistance, and since stated have no funds available, the federall government will have to step up to fill the Concentrations of industry activity have both helperd and hurts some regionalk economies duringthe recession.
For example, metropolitan areas in statesx with specializations in energy and government employment suchas Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansaxs and Louisiana — have largely been insulated by the recession. metropolitan areas in states like Michigan and Ohio that dependd heavily on the automotive industry have been impacted by the downturmn inthe economy, the report San Antonio is home to Randolph Air Forcer Base, Fort Sam Houston, Lackland Air Force Base and Brooks The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure decision alone is providing a significant economifc punch to the Alamo City’s economy through the consolidatio n of high-paying military health care jobs and more than $2 billionj worth of new construction activity.
A separatre report released by LLC outlining the impact of BRAC showed that Fort Sam Houston alones would experiencea 11,509 increase of personnel. The Army post will also gain 7.9 milliohn square feet of space. Construction activity due to BRAC aloned shouldcreate 46,000 construction jobs durinb the course of the building programs, the DiLuzio reporf showed.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Dave Magadan covers bases - Boston Herald
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Dave Magadan covers bases Boston Herald The only thing Dave Magadan knew for sure was he had to visit Carl Crawford. It was mid-November, and Magadan still didn't know if he would return as the hitting coach of the Red Sox [team stats], who were searching ... Around the bases |