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Third quarter building permits total nearly $850,000

Permits reached $2.3 million in first nine months of 2019
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 24, 2019 - 3:53pm

All 2019 building permits are posted at the bottom of this story -

Village of Bluffton building permits totaled nearly $850,000 in the third quarter of 2019, according to the village office.

Twenty-four permits were issued from July 1 through Sept. 30, which included five commercial and the rest residential. The largest two permits in the third quarter were houses, listed at $293,000 and $290,000.

Total Bluffton building permits for 2019 have reached $2.3 million. The chart below lists all permits filed this year.

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Regional news
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Letter: Thank you Bluffton Icon for guided cemetery tours

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 24, 2019 - 3:41pm

Icon viewers:
The Bluffton Public Library wishes to thank Fred Steiner of the Bluffton Icon for raising funds in support of the library during the guided Cemetery Tours of Maple Grove Cemetery on October 20th and 21st.

Steiner led registrants around Maple Grove Cemetery, telling stories of Bluffton residents from history. Thank you to each registrant who donated as well.  We are thankful for the wonderful patrons, community members, and businesses that support the library. 

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Letters
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Major development plans for Ada industrial park

Distillery, bar and restaurant and hemp greenhouse
Posted by Fred Steiner on October 24, 2019 - 2:13pm

FROM ADA ICON - Two 1992 Ada High School classmates, Troy Erickson and Billy Watterson, using the name Ada Boyz Holdings, LLC, intend to develop a distillery with a bar and restaurant and a greenhouse for growing hemp on a site in the Ada industrial park, bordering State Route 81.

The intended land purchase required action in two special Ada meetings. First, Ada council, passed an ordinance on Oct. 17, transferring the property to the Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC). Next, CIC on Oct. 23 passed a motion entering a real estate agreement with Ada Boyz Holdings, LLC.

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Business
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Street art

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 24, 2019 - 1:57pm

What appears as modern art actually shows three different phases of street work in Bluffton. The far left shows a layer of black top from this week. The center layer show bricks installed on the street in the early 1920s. The pavement on the right shows Main Street's current top layer. The next photo in this series shows Jefferson Street as the new street layer is in process.

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Local vendor "pop up shop" Saturday at The Centre

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 24, 2019 - 9:55am

An October local vendor "pop up shop" takes place at The Centre of Bluffton, 601 N. Main St., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26. The event is open to the public.

Vendors include:
• Rodan+Fields
• DeTerra
• Younique
• Color Street
• Thirty One
• LuLaRoe
• Tastefully Simple
• Damsel in Defense
• Scentsy
• Tupperware

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Events
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All about phonics, Oct. 25 colloquium

Posted by Icon K on October 24, 2019 - 6:00am

Dr. Amy Mullins, associate professor and director of graduate programs in education, will present the Colloquium "Crack the Code: Phonics Resources for Mature Students," at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25 in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall. 

During the presentation, Dr. Mullins will provide a brief review of the history of phonics instruction and discuss the need for phonics resources that are appealing to more mature students. Dr. Mullins will also explore an innovative phonics resource, Crack the Code, which she has created to assist more mature students in becoming readers.

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Bluffton University
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