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Church to demolish existing worship space, creating 110 units of affordable housing

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It will be the first affordable housing complex built in the downtown area in 20 years.
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Celebrate the true meaning of Labor Day by understanding the holiday's origin

The first Labor Day was hardly a national holiday. Workers had to strike to celebrate it.
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This tropical resort in Bali asks one thing of its guests: plant coral before you leave

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Church to demolish existing worship space, creating 110 units of affordable housing

It will be the first affordable housing complex built in the downtown area in 20 years.
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800-pound butter sculpture from state fair recycled into electricity: 'Enough to power 600 homes for a year'

One New York farm is celebrating 10 years of “churning” butter into energy.
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By diving deep into the local taxonomy of the Namib Sand Sea, researchers found not one — but five — new species of barking gecko.
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New poll: A majority of Americans view 'affordable housing' positively, want to see more units built in their neighborhoods

In a new poll, over half of Americans said they’d react positively if a building next door to them was converted into affordable housing.
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