City Hall close to breaking ground, contractor predicts third week of August 27 Jul 2011 By Lauren Peeples, Staff writer J.M. Wilkerson Construction Inc. vice president Darren Sayer predicts the city hall building project will break ground the third week of August. “We’re ready to go, I just need the final approval on our maximum […]
Video montage of Trackside’s soft reopening 23 Jul 2011 After having been destroyed by fire the morning of President Obama’s inauguration on 1/20/2011, demolished, and then rebuilt and refurbished, Trackside Tavern in Decatur, GA (established 1982) was back in business beginning at 1PM (on 90 minutes noticed from the Facebook page). The word spread rapidly […]
Finally! Trackside Tavern Opens Today – decatur.patch.com 23 Jul 2011 The long wait is over. Trackside Tavern is opening today at 1 p.m. Just two days ago, owner Alan Czarkowski told Patch the beer was in the fridge, a good indication the opening was very close. For months, folks have been specualting about the opening of Trackside, […]
TVA’s Blue Ridge Dam Began Generating Electricity Again Monday 12 Jul 2011 The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Blue Ridge Dam began generating electricity again on Monday, July 11, after a year-long repair project on the large pipe, known as the penstock, that carries water from the reservoir to the turbines in the powerhouse. The rehabilitation work, […]