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After immigrating from Afghanistan, a family finds permanency at Colorado’s largest Habitat for Humanity housing project
The young family of three stands, anxious, in the front yard. Sayed Zia, who has sharp eyes and dark hair cut close, juggles his chatty, curly-haired 2-year-old, Naha Sadat. Asma Elham, in a blue-and-white polka dot hijab, carries boxes and bags. While it hasn’t quite hit them yet, the home they’re standing in front of is theirs.
Zia, Elham and their daughter will soon be residents of Habitat for Humanity’s largest housing project in Colorado, Sheridan Square. Sheridan Square is a 63-home, 4.35-acre development southeast of Knox Court and Kenyon Avenue, built on what was once home to Fort Logan Elementary School. The $15.6 million project provides permanent affordable housing for 355 people — 130 adults and 225 children.
Construction began in September 2016 and the first wave of families moved in last fall. Zia, Elham and Naha are part of the second wave of residents moving into the community of energy-efficient, two- to five-bedroom single-family homes, duplexes and triplexes.
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Gunnison woman shot son, buried him in deep hole with sheep heads to settle family feud over $3 million ranch, according to court records
Facebook photoJake MillisonGruesome new details in a murder case set in the tiny southwest Colorado town of Parlin show a man was killed in his sleep and buried by members of his family in a pit with sheep heads — all done to settle a long-brewing feud over who should inherit a $3 million ranch.
Gunnison County District Court records say Deborah Sue Rudibaugh in July confessed that she killed her 29-year-old son and buried his 170-pound body by herself more than two years before. But investigators thought the confession by the 5-foot-tall, 70-pound woman was a ploy to spare her daughter and son-in-law from blame for the murder of Jacob Henry Millison.
Since then, state and local detectives have been piecing together a case. On March 1, Rudibaugh’s 33-year-old daughter, Stephanie Jackson, was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder. Rudibaugh, 68, was arrested the next day on the same charge. Jackson’s husband, David Jackson, 34, on Tuesday was taken into custody.
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Birmingham needs to be a place where firms can find steady growth
Last week’s Cover Story focused on the legal field, but the truth is, it could have applied to any number of major industries.
The focus of the story was how Birmingham-based law firms were expanding their footprints – often due to the lack of growth in the local economy.
It’s a trend we’ve seen with law firms, accounting firms and construction companies, among many others.
And, if the meager job growth stats we’ve posted since 2000 don’t scare you, perhaps those anecdotes will.
Don’t…
St. Louis Character: Michael Allen preserves the lives of St. Louis’ buildings
Michael Allen, founder and architectural historian of the Preservation Research Office, works to preserve the lives of St. Louis' oldest buildings.
Part of Vestavia’s Patchwork Farms development has new owner
One of the newest retail developments in the Birmingham metro sold in a recent transaction.
Pioneer developer of San Francisco’s Design District discusses past, current projects
Bay West Group founder Bill Poland spoke to the Business Times about his development strategy and challenges with developing part of the Design District.
Behind the deal: Vestas didn’t like its lease, so it found a buyer for the building
The wind company worked with JLL to land a new lease for its Portland HQ.
EXCLUSIVE: Neyer Properties demolishing buildings for office redevelopment
Neyer Properties is demolishing two buildings to make way for an office redevelopment project near downtown Cincinnati.
City closes on first phase of South City redevelopment
New town homes and garden-style apartments will soon be going up at the former Foote Homes public housing site.
On Feb. 28, the Memphis Housing Authority closed on the first phase of South City, the redevelopment of Foote Homes that is the cornerstone of the South City Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, said project manager Ellen Eubank.
In September 2015, the City of Memphis received a $29 million federal Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Implementation Grant, which aims to transform poverty-stricken…
Report: The PGA could move its Florida headquarters to this North Texas city
After a nearly five-year, top-secret real estate search, the Professional Golfers Association of America could move its national headquarters from its longtime home in West Palm Beach, Florida, to Panther Creek in Frisco, according to Golf Magazine, which cited multiple PGA of America officials close to the deal.
The relocation could also include two new 18-hole semi-public courses, one designed by Gil Hanse and the other Beau Welling, according to the golf publication. The first course could deliver…