I recently wrote about an open house that was to featured in Rehoboth.
As a follow up to that the home was built by Lewes based ECO Construction-Green Luxury that include landscaping, surfaces that prevent runoff, recylcled mareials and soy based insulation. This is a LEED certified home.
At the Real Estate convention earlier this year, there was a class on green homes and this house was featured in the conversation.
On another followup, I sent some pictures of the Norester we had. Here is another picture that I forgot about then.
The State of Delaware is being asked to invest $350,000 from a start up company that will have operations in Wilmington. Delawind is the company and Former LT Governot John Carney is the executive vice President. The company would build the steel towers for ofshore wind turbines. They are seeking the funds through Delaware's emerging technologies and pre-venture fund. They are promising 560 new jobs.
From my perspective this a a fantastic idea for Delaware. The wind farm that is in the process of being developed combined with the jobs and manufacturing of some of the components right here in Delaware. It is turning into an all Delaware project for in house renewable energy.
I recently submitted some pictures of our storm. There are more pictures at the Coastal Press of the storm damage.
According to the commerce department, construction of new homes and apartments fell over 10%.
Building permits fell 3%.
To me this was a given considering many people realized at that point that it was to late to take advantage of the $8000 tax credit not knowing if it would be extended. We will see next month if the figures bounce back since the credit has been extended.
Developers that put Harrahs Chester casino together are buying property on Wilmington waterfront land with the contingency that Delaware State law will allow more casinos.
On another note, relating to solar energy. The university of Delaware and Newark have concluded a study indicating they can use rooftop sunlight to power 3/4 of day time power needs.
Here are some pictures that I took from what the storm did at Rehoboth Beach.
These were taken on the Northern end of the boardwalk 2 blocks from main street. The Boardwalk was closed those 2 blocks.
The pictures were taken on Sunday of course after the storm. Hope you enjoy.
The storm that we had this past week and weekend was by far pretty bad. There was much erosion at Rehoboth Beach and damage to the boardwalk. My perspective is that the dunes that were created for potential storms did their job pretty good. I must say that I was not a big advocate od the dunes that were built because they took away much of the view a visitor could have of the beach. I am now a supporter of the dunes after seeing what damage they probably prevented.
On another note, from the stimulus money the Wilmington Housing Authority will be tearing down and rebuilding Lincoln Towers. About $10,000,000 will be spent to tear down and rebuild with a fire station and a place for low income seniors. Fire station 5 would be closed should this plan go through.
The possibility of Delmar getting a Casino got a boost when a survey taken showed 55% of Delmar residents favored the idea. James Rostocki is the projects developer. Now there potentially will be a casino in Delmar and Millsoboro. The one in Millsboro is being proposed by Del Point of the Schell Brothers.
All new casinos are waiting on a study by Delaware to determine the impact of additional gaming in Delaware.
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