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Where's all the work, Mr. President??? (need prayers)
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[quote:Pa resident1:MV8yMDc4NzI4XzM1MTQ3NjMwXzZEMDkzQTAx] [quote:Laura Bow:MV8yMDc4NzI4XzM1MDIxNTk2XzFEQjRCMDNF] [quote:Pa resident1:MV8yMDc4NzI4XzM1MDE4MzkxX0JERjU2Qzc1] [quote:Laura Bow:MV8yMDc4NzI4XzM1MDExMjcwXzI4QkI1NEQw] [quote:Pa resident1:MV8yMDc4NzI4XzM1MDAzNzkyX0M5OTQzQkEy] [quote:Laura Bow:MV8yMDc4NzI4XzM1MDAzNTkwXzI0MUU4RUUw] [quote:Pa resident1:MV8yMDc4NzI4XzM1MDAyNjk3XzgwQzI3Rg==] [quote:Laura Bow:MV8yMDc4NzI4XzM0OTk3NzQ1X0UxNTQ3RjE2] [quote:Pa resident1:MV8yMDc4NzI4X0FBMEIzOUEx] Okay, the economy crashed in 2008. Why hasn't the economy improved any since then? I don't get this, they say there has been improvement, and even improvement in new home construction like 4%. WHERE???? Not in my county! (southern PA) In more than 25 years of a successful construction business, for the first time we have absolutely NO work. Husband had to sell off machinery, so we can pay next month's mortgage. Of course, when you have your OWN small business, you do not get help from the gov. You cannot even get unemployment! We would have had one remodel repair insurance job, but the home owners changed their mind and pocketed the money from the insurance company. You would think after our last big commercial project in 2011 which turned out gorgeous we would be getting loads of work. Not! Google the Lodges at Gettysburg and you can see the beautiful cabins and ballroom that we designed and built. But that has generated no future projects. Just 6 years ago we were so busy we were turning down work!!! I don't know what is going to happen come February if we can't find work. We have mortgage to pay and food to put on the table. What do we do???? [/quote] Are you near Gettysburg? If so, hello neighbor! I'm in northern Adams county. So sorry to hear about your luck though, are you looking for work now? Have you tried placing even local classified ads or on Craigslist? [/quote] Hi neighbor!! Yes, in Adams County where home building and other building pretty much died. Looks like we will be putting ads in craigslist that is for sure. Thanks for the idea and reminder. We do need to get up a website as I am working on one on weebly. I wish I could advertise on radio however we don't have the extra $$ it takes to do so. Ugh! [/quote] This is unfortunate, but yes you are right. There was the big boom where all the housing developments were supposed to pop up right near me BUT I guess that ended up collapsing. We bought our house right before things soured too. Yes, definitely get up a website as that's how some people will find you! Hey, even the local grocery stores allow you to post ads on their bulletin boards. Perhaps you may even want to try bartering work for...?? [/quote] Yes, huge subdivisions in certain areas certainly were put on hold. There was one huge one that some big huge company called Wormald (from frederick MD) was going to put one in between Emmitsburg MD and Fairfield PA. It was going to contain 1500 homes. Liberty township made them shrink it to 700 homes, which is still too much for that area. It also would over congest those rural roads to rt 15. People in that area were fighting it legally and now are so thankful that thing isn't going to be started anytime in the near future. And there is another huge thing called Mason Dixon Country Club which has like a golf course, hotel and 700+ homes planned near Gettysburg in an area where there is not enough ground water or water in the nearby creeks. That was also put on hold (again locals happy for that). AS to those monster subdivisions, I do wish they would keep those next to large cities where they belong. BTW I have an aunt and uncle that live near Dillsburg, pa. [/quote] I can't say I heard about that subdivision, but I know there were supposed to be at least two that we were notified about in hmmm, 2007? I'm near Biglerville. Obviously, I guess all of that stuff fell through. Also, did you know about the comprehensive plans passed in Adams county which will make it harder for them to create subdivisions now? One of the provisions in it (it's Agenda 21 stuff) mentions that I believe they need to have some type of a park area (so many sq ft per size of house I think it is) allotted for recreation, among other things. Northwest Adams County Joint Comprehensive Plan I imagine that would make it harder for these developers to build in certain areas, which would, in turn, effect you :( [/quote] Interesting! No it would not really hurt us, as we always built single family homes here and there, not mega farm hogging subdivisions with a thousand houses. I tell you what, I do not want to see my area end up looking like what happened to Frederick, MD. We always have built homes in Carroll Valley, and miscellaneous lots here and there in Adams, and some in Franklin and York counties. Unfortunately, this type of work has dried up since 2008. BTW I will google Northwest Adams County Joint comprehensive plan. I've never heard of it, be interesting to read more about it. Thanks for the info. [/quote] Here's a link to the municipality plans, since you're in Adams you may already be covered by something similar and not know it - http://www.adamscounty.us/MunicipalitiesPlansOrdinances/MultiMunicipal.aspx I imagine it may impact you in some way, even if you don't build giant subdivisions because there are certain specifications I THINK (been a while since I looked at it and I get too disgusted to pick through) about provisions about x houses per acre or x acres per house, I cannot remember for certain. Check the links though. Are you familiar with Agenda 21? I don't usually look at the Merchandiser, but you may want to try advertising there as well. [/quote] Thanks for the link. I am sort of familiar with agenda 21. What impact does this have on subdivisions? We will have to try advertising in the merchandiser here very soon. 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Okay, the economy crashed in 2008. Why hasn't the economy improved any since then? I don't get this, they say there has been improvement, and even improvement in new home construction like 4%. WHERE???? Not in my county! (southern PA)
In more than 25 years of a successful construction business, for the first time we have absolutely NO work. Husband had to sell off machinery, so we can pay next month's mortgage. Of course, when you have your OWN small business, you do not get help from the gov. You cannot even get unemployment!
We would have had one remodel repair insurance job, but the home owners changed their mind and pocketed the money from the insurance company. You would think after our last big commercial project in 2011 which turned out gorgeous we would be getting loads of work. Not! Google the Lodges at Gettysburg and you can see the beautiful cabins and ballroom that we designed and built. But that has generated no future projects. Just 6 years ago we were so busy we were turning down work!!!
I don't know what is going to happen come February if we can't find work. We have mortgage to pay and food to put on the table. What do we do????
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