If you’re wondering about the economy…

If you’re wondering about the economy…I just got back from the CCA Global convention in Nashville. Everyone was pumped to see one another after a full year. (January’s event was canceled.) One of the highlights was the presentation by Connor Lokar, the baby-faced senior forecaster for ITR Economics, the firm we often reference in this space.

We think these presentations are something everyone can benefit

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Hardscape Solutions: Untapped potential – Landscape

Location: Halesite, N.Y. 

Company: Goldberg & Rodler

The previous owners of the property did not maintain or update the existing architecture in nearly 50 years. The landscape featured overgrown vegetation and several large trees, including one that leaned dangerously over the roof and the pool.

“The house and landscape hadn’t been touched since the ’70s,” says Ashley Haugsjaa, design office

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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race – IEEE Spectrum

In Jules Verne’s 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon, members of the fictitious Baltimore Gun Club, all disabled Civil War veterans, restlessly search for a new enemy to conquer. They had spent the war innovating new, deadlier weaponry. By the war’s end, with “not quite one arm between four persons, and exactly two legs between six,” these

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Custom Screened-Porch System – Fine Homebuilding

Custom Screened-Porch System – Fine Homebuilding
Photo courtesy of BRM Homes, LLC

When we built our house, I made it a point to put a roof over our 10-ft. by 45-ft. southeast-facing deck. I wanted protection from rain and the hot summer sun. After enjoying the cool nights of fall and spring, we knew that our nighttime usage of the deck during the summer would

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NSI completes its 44th R.I.S.E. home

NSI completes its 44th R.I.S.E. homeOberlin, Ohio—The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) provided natural stone and fabrication services for its 44th home with the Gary Sinise Foundation through its R.I.S.E. (Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment) program. The foundation’s R.I.S.E. program builds 100% mortgage-free, specially adapted smart homes for severely wounded veterans and first responders. Natural stone and fabrication for U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Romulo “Romy”

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Companies in the News: Updates from Mainscape, Yanmar,

MainscapeNo. 32 on the 2022 LM150 list — will soon have a new home in Fort Myers, Fla., according to the Naples Daily News.

Seagate Development Group is constructing a 5,140 square-foot office, flex and retail space for the Indiana-based company. Construction is set to finish in the first quarter of 2023.

The Naples Daily News reports

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