Nov 30th, 2009 Posted in Special Events | no comment »
We are once again adopting a family in the Foster Kids Christmas program, a project of the PT Kiwanis Club, through DSHS. As you may have heard, there are more kids in foster care this year than ever before.
There are only 2 children in the family that we selected to sponsor this year, so we should be able to give them a fantastic Christmas.
As always, we selected a family who likes arts and crafts. If you’d like to help, please contact us this week and we’ll explain the details. If you prefer, you may drop off a donation in any amount by December 10th and we will shop for you. We also welcome your handmade Christmas cards if you’re making them this year – the family will certainly love receiving them.
Also, as this is a small family, we plan to include food for their dinner so we’ll purchase a Safeway gift card and your donations can go toward that, too. Thank you so much for everyone who helped with this over the last few years and for all of you who give from your heart this year.
Nov 30th, 2009 Posted in Roundabout Construction Blog | no comment »
Straw-covered former parking lot (12/1/09)
It’s been awhile again, we know, but we’ve been busy in the store so that’s a good thing! Construction in our area has slowed, which is also a good thing. There’s basically just utility work going on through the entire construction area on both sides of Sims but not really affecting the traffic flow. We think all the trench-digging is pretty much completed on our property.
Getting to us is very easy, either from Sims Way or from McPherson to 6th to Thomas. It seems that everyone is getting used to using our new driveway in back of the store to get to the new, larger parking area on the side that had to be put in for us ~~ and paid for by our landlord. Thank you, Bob!
We understand that sometime later in December the rest of the utilities will be moved from the poles into the ground and the 3 poles in front will come down. Then, cement work will follow for the sidewalks, we believe. The actual roundabout construction won’t start until March.
Thanks to all of you who came in this past holiday weekend for the sale and open house – we’re happy you got some sweet deals and took some of our sweet refreshments off our hands too.
And…. the sale continues all month till Christmas, so come on in to check out what Daily Doorbuster we’re offering as often as you like. Also, don’t forget to pick up the Free Project of the Week sheet while you’re in the store.
Nov 3rd, 2009 Posted in Roundabout Construction Blog | no comment »
Bit of a delay with these posts – sorry – staying busy. Another trench was dug last week for underground utilities and they got it closed up in just one day. Construction has moved on to the west of us and Sims Way is now dug up on both sides. Traffic is moving most of the time with intermittent delays, some long and some short. We have more new signs to help you find the new driveway behind the store and the new parking lot is working out well. Here’s a recent picture taken from across the street after the heavy
View from the Habitat store 10-23-09
machinery left – you can now see where the roundabout will be next year. The area in front is hollowed out for the new grade that will eventually be there; of course, our CC sign and the power poles will all be gone. Look closely and see our new directional sign to the driveway/parking lot.
