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the cute little curly things. Of course, don’t even talk about the way your face looks in themirror if you use those bulbs in your bathroom. Ethanol has been an example of the


push-pull balloon effect.We use corn to make it, and then poorer countries that eat corn starve because we take it off the market and the price goes sky high. Of course,we then find it takesmore energy and createsmore pollution tomake a gal- lon of the stuff than we save when we burn it. My problem is that “green” has


become so political that we can’t make reasonable decisions about it. It is impor- tant, thereforewe jump through hoops. By theway, ParkingToday is print-


ed on recycled paperwith vegetable inks, on recycled presses that are run by piezo- electric generators and delivered in pollu- tion-free electric vehicles. Youwish…


PT The Reading (PA) Parking


Authority (RPA) broke ground Sept. 4 on a new 930-space parking structure in downtown Reading. Located across from the Sovereign Bank Arena, the new precast structure, designed by TimHaahs, will alleviate parking demand resulting from current and future development in the area. The garage will serve patrons of the planned adjacent Doubletree Hotel and Con- vention Center. The groundbreaking ceremonymarked the beginning of con- struction by Whiting-Turner Con- struction Co.Attendees included Lar- ry Lee, the RPA’s Executive Director, as well as representatives of the Reading RedevelopmentAuthority. The Lancaster County (PA) Red


RoseTransitAuthority (RRTA) broke ground Sept. 3 on a new mixed-use parking structure in Lancaster, featuring transit linkages and the new location for the Lancaster Museum of Art (LMA).The 450-space Queen Street parking structure will complement the existingmuseumand neighborhood aes- thetics. The RRTA worked with


TimHaahs, the prime design firm, to incorporate the parking structure into the historic atmosphere of the down- town area. Attendees at the ground- breaking ceremony included David Kilmer, head of the RRTA; Lancaster Mayor J. Richard Gray; and Stanley Grand, LMA’s Executive Director. Rich andAssociates has complet-


ed a Central Business District Parking Plan for the City of Flagstaff,AZ.As part of the planning process, the firm conducted a comprehensive assessment of existing parking resources, and examined whether additional parking should be provided throughout the downtown area. Raymond F.Messer, P.E., Presi-


dent and Chairman of the Board of Walter P Moore, has been presented with the Carroll College Alumni Hall of Fame Award, which honors alumni who have given outstanding contribu- tions of stewardship – sharing of time, talent and treasure – in distinguished service to their community and/or to the Helena,MT, college. The company


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