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Skriven 2015-09-12 22:34:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
Ärende: real estate
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-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Jim Weller <=-

 DD> My "powers that be" are beholden to real estate developers/
 DD> realtors/big contractors and the folks from the "money" side of
 DD> town

You may be right about the others but I can assure you that Realtors
have very little political clout.

 DD> By modular do you mean a home broken down to truckable sized segment
 DD> and assembled on site?

I'm talking factory built. The simplest modular is a "double wide
trailer". But two storey homes can come in four modules where a
crane is needed to stack the top two, Lately I've seen a lot of four
piece duplexes erected here and even a 28 unit, 2 storey condo
apartment building (same concept, just more modules).
  
On a larger scale again, I recently sold a 75 room camp with a
commercial kitchen, dining hall, fitness centre and rec facility
located in a small, remote, northern oil town that was built back in
1980 and is completely modular in construction. It was built in
Alberta, shipped by rail as far north as Hay River, NWT and then
barged across Great Slave Lake and up the Mackenzie River to be
assembled in Norman Wells. 

 DD> Our R4 and R5 also usually includes S1 (Mom & Pop sized shops and
 DD> C-stores)
                           
We do have a scattering of "neighbourhood commercial" zoned lots.
They are a conditionally approved use, not an automatically approved
one and many are site specific. To be approved one first needs city
admin approval or in lieu of that a development appeal board
approval after an administration decline, then 21 days of legal ads
to allow for public input and then three readings and a vote by city
council to make an amendment to the master zoning bylaw. The city is
pretty good lately about setting up one of these lots in every new
subdivision in advance and then putting said lot up for sale with a
premium price.

 DD> B1 (Smallish offices - lawyers, doctors, vets, etc.)

We have a buffer zone between the central commercial (CC zone)
core and the surrounding residential areas that allows for that. It
has variously been labelled commercial mixed (CM) or centre town
(CT) over the years. And as the city gets bigger the CC boundaries
expand one block at a time as do the CT boundaries. The re-zoned
older homes are of course grandfathered in as an allowable use but
they gradually get re-purposed or demolished to make way for office,
retail and apartments. Development is fairly orderly here. 

Kitchen note: I found a new use for Pride of Szeged Hot Paprika
Chicken Rub. Blend with salt and cayenne and sprinkle over sweet
potato french fries as soon as they come out of the fryer. The basil
element that wasn't so wonderful with chicken is a welcome note
here.

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     Title: Cherries With Almonds, Mint and Ricotta
Categories: Fruit, Nuts, Herbs, Cheese, Breakfast
  Servings: 4

      1 pt sweet cherries, halved,
           -and pitted
      3 TB honey
      2 ts red wine vinegar
           Kosher salt 
           freshly ground black pepper
      2 c  fresh ricotta cheese 
           Toasted crusty bread
    1/2 c  Marcona almonds,
           -roughly crushed
           Fresh mint leaves
           Flaky salt, such as Maldon

Sweet-Sour Macerated Cherries With Marcona Almonds, Mint, and
Ricotta:

In a small bowl, toss together cherries, honey, and vinegar. Season
with salt and a generous grating of pepper. Spoon ricotta cheese
into bowls (alternatively, spread it on toasted bread). Top with
cherries and the macerating liquid, crushed almonds, and mint
leaves. Sprinkle with flaky salt, if using, and serve.

Eat it as breakfast, as a snack, or as dessert.

Notes: It's important to seek out high-quality fresh ricotta cheese,
since the mass-market brands usually found at supermarkets won't
perform well in this simple recipe. If you don't have Marcona
almonds, substitute an equal quantity of macadamia nuts.

Daniel Gritzer, Serious Eats
 
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YK Jim


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