| ROGERS : Zoning changes sought for Pleasant Crossing
Pinnacle Hills Promenade was announced in 2003 and opened in October 2006. Reaves said it's natural for large-scale projects to evolve. An example is the southwest corner of Arkansas 264 and I-540. It once was the planned site for a water park, then a Saturn dealership. The 34-acre plot recently was divided into 13 smaller lots to sell individually for commercial use, said Mike Solomon, Lowell's director of planning. Office spaces were planned for the land north of the site, where landscaping company Stone Gardens has opened. "When you start to build something, the economic needs change, and you need to change with it," he said. Solomon said Pleasant Crossing is developing at a pace that seems slow in booming Northwest Arkansas but is typical of other places.
Marcel Rohner
The Board of Directors has named UBS Deputy Group CEO Marcel Rohner as UBS Group CEO. Marcel Rohner has been a member of the Group Executive Board since 2002 and was named Deputy Group CEO in January 2006. As Chairman and CEO of Global Wealth Management & Business Banking, he has, over the last few years, managed the business that has made the largest contribution to the firm's revenues and profit. .
Ike's happy for Ellis, Biedrins
Forward Ike Diogu, another component of the Jan. 17 blockbuster trade between the Warriors and Pacers, and guard Andre Owens, who was cut loose in the Warriors' October 2006 training camp, were also getting reacquainted with the Bay Area and the visitor's locker-room facilities. For Diogu, the third-year forward who was the Warriors' first-round selection (No. 9 overall) in the 2005 draft, Sunday afforded the chance to catch up with former Golden State benchwarmers Monta Ellis and Andris Biedrins. "I'm really happy for those guys," Diogu said. "Those guys are emerging stars in the league. It's really good to see all the hard work and stuff that they did really pay off." However, whereas Ellis and Biedrins are both integral pieces of the Warriors' rotation, Diogu has still yet to prove himself as an NBA regular.
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But when the difference in average teacher pay between South Dakota and the next lowest state, North Dakota, is $3000, that argument doesn't hold water. In July and December, I found stats that show the gap between South Dakota's cost of living and that in surrounding states doesn't come close to the teacher pay gap. But hey, the social engineers on the radical right will shortly be able to use South Dakota for more experimentation: when all of our young teachers move to Minnesota and Wyoming for higher pay, South Dakotans will all have to be homeschooled (which actually might not be so bad). 2. The "Toyota lottery" doesn't work. Madison's economic development efforts have focused on the big score, recruiting big manufacturers to bring a whole slew of jobs at once. manufacturers like Persona and Dakota Vinyl (or like Knight and Carver over in Howard) provide good jobs, and the folks who work in those plants are darn glad for the work.
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