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Apr 6, 2018Out of flowers? Flour? Businesses contend with supply crises
Rob Starr had to adapt after the business that produced talc used in his pottery company's clay had to stop making it because it contained asbestos. After a long search, Starr found another supplier for The Potting Shed with a similar talc — but it didn't fare well in the kiln."Fortunately, he was a big fan of The Potting Shed and went to work on reformulating with the new talc," says Starr, whose company is located in Saxonville, Massachusetts.Starr also had an extended search for a new supplier for picture frame parts. The vendor he used shut down in 2004, and Starr couldn't find one that would make high-quality parts. He stopped producing the frames, but kept looking. Just last year, he finally found one, and has returned the frames to his product line.Now Starr faces another shortage: A second component for his clay is no longer available. "This could turn out to be a real dilemma for us if we cannot find an alternative," he says.Sometimes supply disruptions force companies to make major changes in how they do business. When Italy went through an economic crisis nearly 10 years ago, companies went out of business, including some suppliers to Mark Fink's business selling imported hardware to furniture and cabinet makers. And his biggest vendor began turning out substandard products that Fink's company, Wood Technology, couldn't use. When it was clear Fink wasn't going to get the quality he needed, he had to tell his biggest customer he wouldn't be their supplier anymore."It was a very difficult position to be in and painful to part with nearly $2 million in annual revenue," says Fink, whose company is located in Pittsboro, North Carolina.That happened as the U.S. economy was still suffering after the Great Recession, making it hard to find new business and make up the revenue. Fink developed new products including motorized lifts used to store flat panel TVs in decorative cabinets. He also increased his online business."You just don't give up — we're a small entrepreneurial business," he says.While shortages are an obstacle for many small businesses, some owners have actually made materials in short supply the heart of their business.Albany Woodworks uses reclaimed wood from demolished houses, barns and other buildings to make flooring and paneling. When Richard Woods started the business more than 40 years ago, reclaimed wood was easy to find and he had no competition. But demand has grown from renovating homeowners and groups restoring historical sites, and so has the number of rival firms."We are constantly having to network to find new suppliers that may have quality wood," says Woods, whose company is located in Tickfaw, Louisiana. His suppliers are demolition companies, and most sites with the wood he needs are in industrial revolution-era towns in New England and along the Mississippi River. "We go wherever we have to," Woods says.At Widespread Electrical Sales, owner Scott Vaughn also travels the country in search of equipment that may be decades old."We rely on big industrial plants that are closing, buy the right to their power distribution systems, and rip them down," says Vaughn, whose company is based in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. He also gets obsolete equipment from decommissioned call centers and data centers.Widespread Electric sells about half a million breakers a year, with some costing as much as $25,000. The cost is worth it for a busi...
Jan 8, 2016Old, abandoned Larkway Gardens Apartments set for demolition in west Birmingham
Birmingham City Council voted to spend nearly $379,000 on the demolition.
Work is expected to begin in February. The first step will be to remove asbestos. Then,
the old structures can come down.
This is something residents in Birmingham's west end have been waiting years for.
"It's frightening when you go past there," said Olivia Thompson, who has lived near Larkway Gardens 13 years.
"Once they tear it down, it's going to be victory for us and for our neighborhood," said Thompson.
She calls it an eyesore and a magnet for crime.
"I'm afraid somebody might grab the children, little girls and boys, take them in the empty buildings and molest them," said Thompson. "You know, it's frightening just to have that open, abandon building."
"They had to put up with people being raped actually over in the complex, shoot outs, actually carrying people over there and robbing them, leaving them abandoned, dead bodies everywhere," explained Councilwoman Sheila Tyson.
The neighborhood is in Tyson's district, who received a standing ovation in Tuesday's council meeting for her dedication to cleaning up the property.
Tyson said she visited the community before council Tuesday morning and saw tears of joy.
"It just hurt my feelings so bad this morning because they don't want a whole lot, ... (Alabama's News Leader)
Jan 8, 2016Here's what made the news in the second half of 2015
The residence known as Shannon Court was in ruins, reduced to a chaotic pile of debris that turned out to be contaminated with asbestos. The developers had to have the materials assessed, demolished, and disposed of properly. After the stop work order, workers clad in protective gear were sifting through debris at a Chilliwack demolition site, separating by hand anything that might be contaminated with asbestos. But the work was short-lived. The Yale Road site was shut down by WorkSafe BC following concerns the contractor had failed to ensure the building was free of asbestos before the demolition began.
The old Safeway building on Main Street had long been an eyesore and something had to be done, according to city officials. The boarded-up storefront, and the rest of the site, taking an entire city block, was seen by many as an obstacle to downtown revitalization. A week later, as a result of last-minute efforts, voluntary compliance was offered by property owners Sobeys to demolish both structures on the property within 90 days.
Chilliwack took the next step toward becoming completely smoke-free — both inside and out. They drafted a new bylaw to formally ban smoking in outdoor public spaces that packs a possible $500 fine.
September
Chilliwack's food processing industry got a major shot in the arm. A new flour mill will be built by Rogers Foods in Chilliwack that will boost its capacity by a whopping 80 per cent. “The decision to expand was made because sales have overfilled capacity of the plant,” said Vic Bell, president of Rogers Foods Ltd., a subsidiary of Nisshin Flour Milling Inc.
City council would have preferred to designate a special zone for growing medical marijuana. But that’s not going to happen. The province changed the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) rules to specifically identify federally licensed medical marihuana production as an allowable farm use.
Chilliwack will be picking up organic waste in its curbside collection program by May 2017.
Plans to shift gears on the waste program, and get feedback about the changes, were announced by council. City councillor Jason Lum wanted to know if that two-year timeline to switch to organic waste collection couldn’t be speeded up, but was told it will take that long.
City staff looked into adding more red tape to Chilliwack’s demolition permit process. It’s geared to helping curb illegal dumping, while providing safer work environments for construction workers and contractors. Several other cities are bringing in a new step in the demolition permit process that would require contractors to produce a hazardous materials report. In cities like Vancouver, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Saanich and Nanaimo, no renovation or construction permits are issued until the municipality has a completed report on file.
The Chilliwack Film Commission got a makeover. The film commission was renamed and rebranded as the Chilliwack Creative Commission to broaden its horizons and incorporate other artistic elements. The name change to "creative" is a shift from an exclusive focus on film and TV industry, to a broader one that includes music, publishing, digital and interactive media.
Chilliwack unveiled how it's going to take its fight against homelessness to the next level. A new action plan is underway by a multi-agency task force, said Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz. They’re determined to... (Chilliwack Progress)