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- As economy slows, some locals hope for the best
- Presenting … your polaroids
- A neighborhood’s rebirth
- Oliver Homes celebrates 60th anniversary of building houses

As economy slows, some locals hope for the best
Broomfield Enterprise – Broomfield Enterprise (subscription) – Mar 30, 2008
” L’Amie, 35, has had two interviews out of the 20 different positions for which he’s applied. “I still feel those are not terrible odds,” he said. Cautious optimism Officials for Boulder-based data storage company Spectra Logic Corp. originally had projected sales growth in the 12 percent to 14 percent range for its fiscal year that ends this summer. With a general slowing in some customer activity and brutal freight costs, Spectra Logic is a little behind its projections, and the expectation is for 10 percent growth, said Marcy Montgomery, chief operating officer. “Getting 10 percent growth is still pretty good in this environment,” she said. Recently, customers haven’t been dropping purchases altogether, but delaying them; a weaker dollar has spurred a shift toward international business and also has led to products being bumped off overbooked flights; and freight costs and fuel surcharges have forced the company to cut back on some expenses.

Presenting … your polaroids
Roanoke Times – Mar 30, 2008
He knows, however, that he might not be able to do that for much longer. Polaroid, a name synonymous with the phrase “instant photography” since 1948, announced in February that it will stop making instant film. The company will close its last three film-making plants in Massachusetts, Mexico and the Netherlands. The company founded by Edwin Land will keep its name on DVD players, flat-panel TVs and digital mobile photo printers — just not on film. As The New York Times put it, “Polaroid is getting out of the Polaroid business. The company’s decision sent some photographers into ‘roid rage. Web sites have appeared demanding Polaroid continue making film (…
com among the most popular). Baugher, 39, is down to his last dozen boxes of Polaroid film. Polaroid film is notorious for its poor storage quality, so it’s not like he can stockpile massive amounts of film for future use. Once he’s out, his Polaroid era is over. “It doesn’t surprise me” that Polaroid will stop making film, said Baugher (pronounced “Bah-ker”). He did think, however, that they’d keep making it for as long as people had usable Polaroid cameras. Most of his cameras work fine.

A neighborhood’s rebirth
Roanoke Times – Mar 30, 2008
Everybody seems like they’re cleaning and painting and fixing everything up,” Sarver said. For instance, Joseph Lohkamp, who has land and a building on Baker Avenue — owned through a limited liability company — is tracking his investment options. The company leases the building to Central Valley Rubber, but Central Valley is moving to the structure that Sarver is building. When that occurs, the company plans renovations and will return the building to use, Lohkamp said. “A lot of people want to tear old structures down. I’m not one of them,” Lohkamp said. “There’s a lot of economic life yet.

Oliver Homes celebrates 60th anniversary of building houses
Hagerstown Morning Herald – Mar 30, 2008
For the past 10 to 15 years, Oliver Homes has offered home improvements in addition to building and selling homes. Projects range from $5,000 to 10,000 home improvement projects to $500,000 homes. As the company celebrates 60 years, Taylor Oliver said it plans on offering the same services and staying within what the company does while moving forward. displaystory-media and div. displaystory-inline-ad –> Comments No users have commented on this story.