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Finding new ways to recovery in land development

By Blue Landworks on December 10, 2008

We might be in the midst of finally seeing some movement in the economy in a somewhat positive direction. These moves, which are small and almost certainly will not prevent further job losses in 2009, are, however, at least some indication that maybe the economic downturn will come to an end in 2009. The first ...read more

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Some Hope for Engineers? Obama Lays Out Plan

By Blue Landworks on December 8, 2008

I try and stay away from politics – mostly because it’s overdone and, usually, boring to write about. So, while this post does include information about President-elect Obama’s plans for infrastructure, the discussion is purely within the context of the plan and nothing further should be inferred. Mr. Obama stated over the weekend that he ...read more

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Economic Indicators Show Steep Declines – Recovery?

By Blue Landworks on December 6, 2008

The Mortgage Bankers Assocation numbers for November are pretty grim. For those in the land development industry, these numbers are pretty stark, although not surprising. Private residential construction dropped 3.5 percent while private nonresidential construction spending fell 0.7 percent — the third decline in the last four months. A large drop in utility construction spending ...read more

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