September 24, 2008 (4:16 pm)
(11:49 am)
The State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) announced changes to their Brownfield Program funding policy that will exclude Private and Non Profit organizations from receiving Brownfield Program funding if they acquired a property prior to July 1, 2004 (the effective date of the Brownfield Program). Government entities will still be eligible. The effective date for this policy is 30 days from signing, or October 11, 2008. After October 10, prospective purchasers will still be eligible to apply; however, current owners will not. This policy change does not affect sites already enrolled in the Brownfield program.
September 9, 2008 (12:50 pm)
Just a quick note to let you know I am doing good. Went to Gardez this past week to look at projects there. We flew in Russian helicopters flown by Afghan pilots. I think our average elevation above the ground was about 50 ft. Great for picture taking! It’s Ramadan so Muslims don’t eat or drink anything during daylight hours. We came back in the late afternoon so the pilots were a little hungry and thirsty - I think they went extra fast and extra low! If they wanted to they could have hit us with rocks.
While there I got to see a concrete pour for the roof of a Hospital Addition. They poured 300 cubic meters of concrete - all by hand with just drum mixers. No concrete batch plants or pump trucks in Gardez.
They started at 5AM and were still at it at 3PM when I left - again with no food or water all day. Gardez is at an elevation of about 8,500 ft.
The Afghans are hard workers and avid gardeners. Flowers and agiculture everywhere you go.
That’s it. Hope everyone is doing well. Im sending along a few photos.
The fortress photo shows 2 fortresses built by Alexander the Great some 3,000 years ago.
