January 2006 Developer Edition What to Expect in Your City This Year From a wheelchair ramp in Index to a 13-story hotel on the Tulalip reservation, the 19 cities, towns and communities in Snohomish County have a lot in store for 2006. Read the Full Story in the Herald (01/01) Builders See Little Letup Demand for housing in Snohomish County remains strong. Snohomish County's growing population, relatively good mortgage rates and economic rebound pushed a boom in home construction last year. Read the Full Story in the Herald (01/22) Environmentalists Touting Benefits to Economy, Too Washington state's environmental community has learned an important lesson about dealing with the Legislature: Don't expect everything all at once, and make sure whatever you push for doesn't pit the environment against the economy. Read the Full Story in the Seattle Times (01/03) Build It, Backers Say, and Benefits Will Come But development around stadiums has been slow. Read the Full Story in the PI (01/03) Hospital Building Booms in 'Burbs The USA is in the middle of the biggest hospital-construction boom in a half-century, a development expected to increase the use of high-tech medicine and add fuel to rising health care costs. Read the Full Story at USA Today (01/03) Angled Wells Are Tapping Big Muddy’s Sweet Spot North Dakota’s South Central Regional Water District has a new angle for boosting water supplies — 15 Degrees Faced with rising demand and a tight budget, the district, serving Burleigh Co., took the advice of consulting engineers Bartlett and West Engineering, Topeka, Kan., and turned to angled drilling from the banks of the Missouri River to tap a sweet spot 30 to 35 ft beneath the riverbed, where sand and gravel naturally filter water seeping down. Read the Full Story in the Engineering News Record (01/16) Another Reason to be Nice: It'll get you Far on the Job The time-worn adage that nice guys finish last isn't exactly true. Growing research shows that likable employees may have more success on the job. Read the Full Story at USA Today (12/28) Man Solves Rubik's Cube in 11.13 Seconds A 20-year-old California Institute of Technology student set a new world's record Saturday for solving the popular Rubik's Cube puzzle, turning the tiled brain-twister from scrambled to solved in 11.13 seconds. Read the Full Story at USA Today (01/15) Quote of the Month "Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of habit." -W. Somerset Maugham (British writer) This edition of Tomorrow was created for: Harmsen & Associates Inc 17614 West Main Street Monroe, WA 98272 360.794.7811 info@h-ai.com This message has been sent to those who have either listed with Harmsen & Associates, Inc. at www.h-ai.com as someone who has expressly shared this address for the purpose of receiving information, are fellow members of professional organizations, or have an existing client relationship with us. If you have received this message by mistake or wish to be removed from the list, please send a message to info@h-ai.com with "unsubscribe newsletter" as the subject. If you have any questions about H&AI's privacy policy, please direct them to info@h-ai.com.