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Local Girl Makes History
Exploring Northern California's Kitsch Monuments
Dana Frank
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In rebuilding Big Basin, which history do we want to remember? Dana Frank discusses in this essay published in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Santa Cruz Sentinel
"There's a lot of humor in Frank's book, quite a few opinions, gobs of interviews, and, of course, plenty of history. . . . Each of the book's chapters is a mixed bag of fun and serious study."—Chris Watson
"A wacky, illuminating exploration of the political and cultural currents swirling around four public monuments.
Lurking behind even the most seemingly innocent object is a story of power and exploitation, avers self-styled "radical historian" Frank (History/Univ. of Calif., Santa Cruz; Bananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America, 2005, etc.). She opens with a dazzling consideration of the redwood trunk that has long attracted tourists to Big Basin Redwoods State Park. In the 1950s, someone added date markers connecting some of the redwood's rings to great historical events—almost all of which, Frank notes, involved 'conquest, invasions, or expansion.' The preservationists who campaigned to save the redwood trees from extinction 'projected onto these innocent trees…the notion of human history as the rise and fall of civilizations.' Many of them were also eugenicists, urging Americans to practice 'selective breeding' in order to create a fit race that could lead the world. Another fascinating chapter looks at Santa Cruz's Cave Train Ride, a child's amusement-park entertainment with an adult cult following. Built in 1961, the ride features cavemen and cavewomen playing cards and hanging out at the Laundromat. Frank sensitively examines the race and gender scripts on which these vignettes draw, shedding light along the way on such diverse cultural icons as The Flintstones, Li'l Abner and Clan of the Cave Bear. The final two sections are more predictable. Frank's investigation of two giant stone cats along California's Highway 17 quickly leads her into a saga of 'the unequal politics of history' as embodied in the relationship between the wealthy couple that commissioned the sculptures and their domestic servants. Her discussion of the Pulgas Water Temple at the Crystal Springs Reservoir focuses unsurprisingly on its function as 'a charming but powerful pawn in the grand scheme of California's environmental politics.' Nonetheless, Frank's personal engagement and punchy prose enliven even the slighter chapters.
Will delight nostalgic Californians—and make all readers think differently about the monuments in their own towns."
Fall preview: New books from Sebold, Junot Diaz, Roth
"Go ahead. Call your friends and family now, let them know you'll see them when you see them - most likely in late December. The lineup of fall books this year is that good. . . The following are some of the other fall titles of note. . . Dana Frank's Local Girl Makes History: Exploring Northern California's Kitsch Monuments (City Lights)." - Oscar Villalon, San Francisco Chronicle
UCSC professor explores Northern California's 'kitsch monuments'
"How does a 2,000 year-old tree at Big Basin Redwoods State Park trace the history of imperialism? Who are the 'Cave People' at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk? Why were two giant white stone cats erected by Highway 17 in Los Gatos? What is the real story behind the Greco-Roman-style Pulgas Water Temple built on the San Francisco Peninsula?" - Scott Rappaport, UC Santa Cruz
In the Shadow of the Cat
"To paraphrase Mark Twain, everyone talks about the Los Gatos stone cats, but no one does anything about them. But now Dana Frank has tracked down their history in her new book on the area's kitsch monuments. . .
I love when you talk about the process—'I was nervous about doing this or talking to this person,' and setting the scene and showing the drama of the research and interview process, in a way.
That's interesting, because I just kind of take for granted that that's in there. It's also a way of pulling the reader into the story. This is a piece of creative nonfiction, that's the genre I'm playing around with. I wanted to write a book using every literary skill I could marshal or develop to make people feel things—I wanted to make people laugh, and I wanted to make them cry. Every time I read the very end, I cry. The part about Ramona and me. I feel like the conclusion to the last chapter is the best thing I ever wrote."
- Steve Palopoli, Metro Silicon Valley
Bookends: Historian looks sideways at local landmarks
"The Boardwalk's Cave Train has its friends and foes
But few in either camp have ever thought of the kitschy, campy ride in socio-political terms.
Not so Dana Frank, a regular visitor to the Boardwalk in the '60s when her family made trips to the seashore from Los Altos."
- Chris Watson, Santa Cruz Sentinel
HISTORY: 'Ces' Wood cut a dashing figure, built 'The Cats'
"It is unlikely that Los Gatos was ever home to a more multifaceted and colorful citizen than C.E.S. Wood. Books have been written about his life, each trying to capture the essence of a man who was a soldier turned pacifist, a lawyer who could inflame public passions for the International Workers of the World at the same time he was representing powerful corporations, and a land-owning, self-described anarchist who counted among his friends Emma Goldman, Margaret Sanger and Mark Twain." - Peggy Conaway, San Jose Mercury News
Los Gatos Cats immortalized in local author's book
"Anarchy. Living in sin. Housewives in revolt. Sounds like something from the 1960s, but actually it's Los Gatos in the 1920s and '30s as seen through the eyes of author Dana Frank." - Judy Peterson, San Jose Mercury News
One for the Road: Local Girl Makes History
"Like yesterday's selection, today's book pick comes via a San Francisco book store. Local Girl Makes History: Exploring Northern California's Kitsch Monuments is a unique title that grabbed my eye while browsing the City Lights website. The famous SF bookseller is also the publisher of this niche kitsch guide to Northern Cali's special structures. Author Dana Frank is a Bay area historian who takes a series of local daytrips to places she has visited since her youth, uncovering secrets and exploring urban myths of popular spots like the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk's Cave Train Ride and the Puglas Water Temple.
The result is a smart and funny memoir mixed with historical research and reflections on politics and culture too." - Kelly Amabile, Gadling
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in Local Girl Makes History, Dana Frank, historian at Santa Cruz, revisits the kitschy landmarks of her childhood, and Californian history is delightfully illuminated from all sides by her examination of these most marginal, and thus most interesting, of public monuments. History is recollection, not the mere fact of the past, and Professor Frank is a funny, smart, and amiable guide not only to the sites she revisits, but also to the practice of good history, which is always as much made as found, and is always local. She pays attention to all sorts of stories, not only the sort to which too many historians confine themselves, and has a real conversation with the communities telling them, and lets herself be one of the tellers too. Historians too rarely trust their own memories, but Dana Frank does, and her blend of narrative wit, personal engagement, and eye for detail make for a very good little book." - Wunderkammer: The Online Journal of Baltasar VanHonkytonk
Professor melds curiosity, research into book of funky milestones
"Dana Frank - historian, author, UC Santa Cruz professor and Los Altos native - didn't plan on using her skills as a researcher to dig up her own childhood monuments when she returned to her alma mater to teach, but questions arose.
Whatever happened to that beloved and incredibly offensive Cave Train Ride on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk? Who was behind the two cat sculptures on Highway 17 near Los Gatos? What urban legends about the mysterious Pulgas Water Temple on the Peninsula could be true? And what is up with the engravings on 2,000-year-old redwoods in Big Basin Redwoods State Park?"
- Reyhan Harmanci, SF Chronicle
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Five tech veterans gave advice and shared their personal stories of taking risks, taking care and being brave, at this year's Women Of The Channel event in New York City.
Growing up, Glaser Cheek moved frequently between states and internationally. She was constantly having to get used to new friends and cultures, and she believes that these constant changes forced her to be courageous. Later, she quit her job one year out of college, moved to New York and started her life. She "accidently" ended up in a tech career where she met her husband, and most of her decisions have been made with fearlessness.
However, the same cannot be said for many girls, she explained. Unlike boys, girls are taught to avoid risk. Boys are taught to play around and swing high. By the time boys are men, they are more accustomed to taking risks and are rewarded for it as adults, often through a promotion or higher salary. Girls are praised for being smart, while boys are praised for trying hard. This kid of conditioning can lead boys to develop a growth mindset, while girls often take on a more fixed mindset. But having a growth mindset – and courage – is important to raising up women in the labor force.
"Being brave is more important than being perfect. Take risks, even if they are baby steps. Don't second-guess your credentials," she told the audience. "Promote a culture of risk taking, because if we don't, then who is even going to try? And let's support all the women out there that we work with because if we are going to close the gender gap, we need each other."


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Takeaways from meeting with Danny Wirtz & Jaime Faulkner
By Greg Boysen October 20, 2022
On Wednesday, our CHGO Blackhawks crew of Jay Zawaski, Greg Boysen, and Mario Tirabassi sat down with Chicago Blackhawks CEO Danny Wirtz and President of Business Operations Jaime Faulkner. We were treated to a very candid conversation covering many different topics, from the past to the future of the team's logo. After taking it all in, the guys are sharing their biggest takeaways from the chat.
Jay's Takeaways
I've spent a lot of time reflecting on the Blackhawks' Native American logo and namesake, and it's clear the organization has as well. While it would be easy to pay lip service and pretend it matters to deflect criticism of the logo, Wirtz and the Blackhawks have put forth genuine efforts to amplify the culture, voices, causes, and concerns of the Sac and Fox Nations, and seem committed to continuing that work for as long as this regime is in charge. They're listening, and while the team's logo and namesake have not been verbally prioritized by the Sac and Fox leadership, if it does, it seems as if they'll act accordingly.
I'm also struck by the transparency that Wirtz, Faulkner, and general manager Kyle Davidson have displayed in their time in charge. During our interview, Faulkner said the name "Connor Bedard" out loud and acknowledged the collective fan freakout after the team's win over the San Jose Sharks. They are not running from calling this a rebuild. In fact, they're owning it. Transparency grows trust in the fan base. Whether or not this approach results in another Stanley Cup remains to be seen, but there is a clearly communicated plan, and most of the fans paying attention seem to be on board, according to Faulkner. Anecdotally, I agree. The Blackhawks fans we deal with during our CHGO Blackhawks shows and "in these streets" get the plan. They understand that it will be painful but also understand that it's the best path to a return to glory.
Greg's Takeaways
I was very impressed with how aware both Wirtz and Faulkner are. Not that I didn't expect it, but so many times when people in their positions speak, you get visions of ivory towers. That is not the case with the Blackhawks' leadership group. They are listening to the fanbase, not just paying them lip service. Also, they are putting in the work. They are doing the research to make sure they are making well-informed decisions. While you may not agree with all their choices, it is hard to argue with them if they are researched and thought out, not ones of the knee-jerk variety.
As a history lover, I was downright giddy when listening to Wirtz talk about players from the past. I cannot wait to see which alumni are at Friday night's game versus the Detroit Red Wings. Honoring the past while building towards an exciting future will make these first seasons of the rebuild much easier to enjoy. Now, get Steve Larmer's No. 28 up in the rafters already!
Mario's Takeaways
It continues to be refreshing to hear people at the top of the Blackhawks organization speaking with openness and sincerity. In speaking with Faulkner and Wirtz, it comes across that they actually believe in what they are selling to the fanbase regarding what the Blackhawks are right now, what they are trying to build up to, and the path it will take to get there. In recent years, previous people in their positions tried to tell you one thing about who the Blackhawks were or were trying to be, and your own eyes and ears would tell you differently. The organizational "buy-in" to the rebuilding process and rebranding of the Blackhawks is coming from the top down.
Without saying it, when talking about the Reverse Retro designs and the ideas surrounding alternate jerseys, Faulkner really made it seem like the team will be bringing back the divisively popular all-black alternate jerseys that the team wore in the mid-to-late 1990s and into the 2000s. Consider me a huge fan of this potential development.
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Greg Boysen has been covering the Chicago Blackhawks on various platforms since 2011. A life-long Chicagoan, Greg is passionate about his hockey, music, trivia, and two pugs waiting for him at home. Follow Greg on Twitter - @GregBoysen
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This is one mistake Sienna Landry can't buy her way out of.
As Walker Gibson looks at her, then at the damage to his precious truck (that she may or may not have accidentally inflicted), she knows she's in trouble. It's not the busted headlight and dented grill that's sunk her though. It's the downright sinful man in front of her that's the problem.
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"The question isn't if you can land it. It's how bloody the end result would be," I say, taking a sip of beer. "And I'm not trying to splint a head wound. Can you even do that?"
"You could. Look at my arm." He holds his left forearm in front of him, his watch catching the light from the new fixtures above. "This is some of your best work."
Memories of splinting Peck's arm with nothing but a belt, a bar towel, and a Playboy rush through my mind, as does loading him into the back of my truck for a quick trip to the emergency room.
"I really think I can do this," Peck insists, working his shoulders back and forth.
Downing another drink, hoping I'm good and hammered before Peck attempts this disaster, I look across the table. My older brother, Lance, is watching me as he brings an Old-Fashioned to his lips. We exchange a look, both of us waiting for Machlan to catch wind of Peck's antics and throw him out of Crave. Again.
"What's the worst that could happen?" Peck asks. "Another broken arm? I mean, I think I can get the rotation fast enough to not land on my head."
"I think it's your turn to take him to the hospital," I tell Lance.
He coughs, choking on his drink. "Yeah, I don't think so."
"Remember how hot that nurse was last time?" Peck asks, wiggling his brows. "Actually, that kind of makes me want to go for it now just in case she's on duty."
"She's not," Lance chimes in. "I think she was fired after the Hospital Administrator found her fuck-foundered in triage three the night of your broken arm."
"Peck! Get your fucking ass down." Machlan's voice rips through the bar, booming over the crowd.
Everyone quiets a few notches, not quite scared of my younger brother, but not willing to test his boundaries either. His reputation as a man you don't want to tangle with without a small army definitely helps his cause when it comes to managing his bar. Peck, on the other hand, just rolls his eyes.
"Just one jump, Mach! One. Uno. I got this." Peck gives Machlan his best shit-eating grin before looking at me and Lance. "If he throws me out, I'll be back in a couple days. Hell, he threw me out on Tuesday and I was back on Thursday for corn hole."
"I think that just means you're in here too much," Lance offers.
Peck starts to respond but his attention is redirected as Molly McCarter saunters by. The dim lighting does nothing to hide the exaggerated sway of her hips or the way she licks her lips as her sight sets on me.
Bracing for what may come out of her mouth, I fill mine with alcohol.
"Hey, Walker," she says, stopping at my chair. Her hands rest along the top rung, her fingertips sliding across the back of my neck. "Hey, Lance."
Lance tips his glass her way.
"I was thinking," she purrs, "my car is way overdue for an oil change. Maybe I could bring it to Crank sometime this week, Walker? Do you think you could fit it in?"
"I'm pretty full this week," I lie, ignoring her thinly veiled offer. "See what Peck has available."
A huff whispers through the air and she pivots on her heel. "Thanks anyway."
"I can get you in …" Peck's voice drowns into the Crave chaos as he follows her towards the bar.
He tails after her, all but drooling, as she slides onto a bar stool. Her gaze flicks to mine, her knees spread just a little farther apart than a lady ever should. Then again, no one has ever called Molly a lady.
"Ever fuck her?" Lance asks, downing the rest of his drink as he turns back to me. "I've been tempted to a couple of times and did get a decent blow job one Halloween when she was dressed up in this nurse outfit."
"What is it with you and nurses?"
"Think about it: they're smart, make good money, work a lot so you have free time, and they're used to getting dirty," he smirks. "It's like a straight shot to my dick."
"And they're good with needles, have access to medicines that can make you lose your mind, and I've never met one who didn't have a warped sense of humor," I counter. "They set off my crazy radar."
Lance laughs. "Did that radar just start working? Because I distinctly remember you getting balls deep with some psychologically-challenged women. One in particular."
"Are you feeling froggy tonight? Because if you keep that mouth runnin' like that, I'm about to knock those glasses off your face."
I'm kidding. More or less. The problem is Lance knows it.
"Oh, go to Hell," he laughs.
"Already there, brother. Already there."
He takes his glasses off his face and places them on the table. "I usually look at your life and think I'd hate to have it. But after the day I had today, I'd trade you places."
"What? Did the high school kids refuse to learn about the American Revolution?" I laugh. "You have such a cush job."
"I'm a professional."
"A professional bullshitter, maybe."
He makes a comeback, but it's swallowed in the roar of the crowd as a popular song blares through the overhead speakers.
Crave, an old brick building along Beecher Street, is longer than it is wide, and pulses with the noise of the crowd and music. Alcohol ads, high school sports schedules, and a giant cork board adorn the walls. The latter is a good read and filled with letters and notes from one townsperson to the next. Affairs have been called out, coon dogs found, marriage proposals made, and entire conversations about who is working what shift at the factory have taken place on that thing. It's been a mainstay of the bar since our uncle founded it almost fifty years ago. When our younger brother, Machlan, took over Crave thanks to Uncle George's failing liver, he extended the wall of corkboards all the way to the door.
"That's new," Lance says, moving over one seat closer to me. Motioning to the phallic design made up of yellow rubber duck Christmas lights on the wall between the pool tables, he laughs. "Let me guess: that's Peck's handiwork."
"Naturally. Machlan wasn't thrilled, but Peck rallied the masses and they convinced him to keep it."
"It is nicely done," Lance says, chewing on the end of his glasses. "I can see the art in it."
"Fuck. I should've been an artist if that counts as art."
"Apparently things didn't go well with Molly," Lance says, twisting in his chair.
"She's never gonna give Peck a chance."
At the sound of his name, Peck walks through the front door. He stops just inside, the glow from the exit sign giving his mop of blond hair a pinkish hue.
Peck makes a beeline for our table, a look etched in the lines on his face that sends a ripple of concern up my spine. After growing up with him and then working with him for the last few years, I can read him like a book. Something is wrong.
"What's going on?" I ask, scrambling to my feet as he gets closer.
"Walker, man, you need to get outside," Peck says. "Someone just bashed the front of your truck."
"What?" I hiss, sure I misheard him. "Someone did fucking what?"
"Yeah, man. You need to get out there."
Blood ripping through my veins, I plow my way through the bar. Machlan lifts his chin, sensing something is off, but I shake my head as we pass. I know he loves a good fight, but this one is mine.
Lance is on my heels as we make our way through the crowd. "Who did you piss off now?"
"Someone who wants to die, apparently." My fingers flex against the wood of the door, the warm summer air slamming my face as I hit the sidewalk. "You sure you don't want to stay inside? I think getting into a street fight is against your teacher code of conduct."
"Fuck off," Lance chuckles. "I'll have Peck hold my glasses and I'm in."
"You, my brother, are an intelligent heathen."
"I'll take that as a compliment. I think."
The top of my black pickup truck comes into view, sitting beneath one of the few lamps lining Beecher Street. There are two people standing on the sidewalk next to my truck.
"Do we know them?" I ask Peck through gritted teeth.
"I promise you we've never seen them before."
"So it's not …" Lance doesn't finish his sentence. "Holy shit."
The two women turn to face us and I think all of our jaws drop. The first is tall with jet black hair and a strong, athletic build. It's the second one who has me struggling to remember why we're out here.
Long, blonde hair with faint streaks of purple and the brightest blue eyes I've ever seen, she assesses me in the hazy streetlight. She doesn't make a show of looking me over like most women do, batting their eyelashes like some damsel in distress. There's something different about her, a quiet confidence that makes her almost unapproachable.
Unapproachable, but still hot as fucking hell.
My gaze drifts down her ample chest, over the white lace fabric of the top that hugs the bends of her body. Cutoff denim jeans cap long, lean legs that only look longer next to the Louisville Slugger half-hidden behind her.
It takes a ton of effort, but my eyes finally tear from her body and to the body of my truck. Sure enough, there's a rip across the grill and a broken headlight that looks an awful lot like a slam from a baseball bat. It's nothing that can't be fixed in my shop, but that's not the point. The point is the disrespect.
"Either of you know what happened?" I ask, leaning against the hood. They remain silent. The only response is a dashed look between them.
Settling my scrutiny on each one individually, watching them squirm, I save the blonde for last.
"Did you see anything?" I ask, turning back to the tall one.
Her weight shifts from one foot to the other as she runs a hand through her shiny hair like we're talking about coffee or having a beer later. "Me? No. I didn't see a thing."
"Really? You were standing out here just now and you didn't see anything?"
"No," she smiles sweetly. "Nothing at all."
Peck steps between us and inspects the damage. When he turns around, he bites the inside of his cheek. "If I were a betting man, Walker, I'd say it looks like someone walloped Daisy with a baseball bat."
The blonde lifts a brow, something on the tip of her tongue that she holds back.
"You got something to say?" I prod.
"You named your truck 'Daisy'?"
Her eyes narrow, almost as if she's taunting me. That she has the guts to challenge me combined with those fucking blue eyes throws me off my game. "I did. Got a problem with that?"
"No. No problem," she says, twisting her lips into an incredibly sexy pout that I want to kiss off her goddamn face. "Just never met a man who named their truck after a flower."
"Me either. Now, before I go calling the Sheriff about this, I'm gonna give you two a moment to consider telling me what happened. And," I say, cutting off the blonde, "I'll give you a piece of information before you decide what to say. Doc Burns' office has cameras installed that will show everything. Just let that sink in a second."
Their eyes go wide as they instinctively move together into a protective huddle. The tall girl points to the blonde who responds with a frantic whisper. She's guilty as hell.
On one hand, I want to break her down and get inside her in ways she's never dreamed. On the other, I can hear my brain issuing an alert to back away slowly.
The longer they confer, the more time I have to watch. The blonde controls the conversation, the other deferring to her as they talk amongst themselves. It's hot as hell.
The light bounces off the wounded plastic of the headlight and draws my attention back to the fact that Daisy is damaged, and in all likelihood, one of these two did it.
"You really calling Kip?" Peck whispers. "He's not gonna do shit about this, you know."
"He might throw them in the back of his cop car and fuck their brains out. Especially the blonde," Lance whistles. "Can you imagine her in handcuffs? Shit."
The thought shoots a flame through my veins that catches me off guard. The vision of her bound up with one of these assholes at the helm irks me. Bad. "You two stay out of this. Let me handle it."
The sound of metal pinging against the ground rings through the air. The girls jump, the blonde leaping away from the aluminum bat as it rolls across the sidewalk and lands in the gutter with a flourish. Her eyes snap to mine, guilt etched across her gorgeous face. "It was an accident."
"How, exactly, does a baseball bat accidentally strike the front of my truck?" I ask. "Did it just hop over there and smash itself into my headlight?"
"Well," she gulps. "I …"
"She was imitating her brother," the dark-headed one says. "So we stop using pronouns, I'm Delaney. This is Sienna."
"I'm Walker. That's Peck and Lance." I rest my attention on Sienna. She's leaned against the grey car, her arms crossed over her chest. "So?"
"I was swinging the bat," she says, "while Delaney puked over there and it slipped out of my hands."
"I think we're gonna have to see your swing," Peck chuckles.
Sienna rolls her eyes. "You do not need to see my swing."
Imagining her ass popped out, her body moving for our benefit, seems like a fair trade for the hassle of dealing with this tonight.
"How else do we know it was you? It could've been Delaney and you're just covering for her," I explain, loving the frustration on her beautiful face. "Gonna need to see the swing."
"Lance, call Sheriff Kooch."
"Wait," Sienna sighs. "It was an accident. I can cut you a check for the repairs but please don't call the police. I … I can't have a record. You don't understand."
Looking away, it takes everything I have not to laugh. The plea in her voice is so damn adorable it almost makes me give in. Yet, she hasn't shown any remorse, and that's something I can't get to sit right.
Swiping the bat out of the gutter, I extend it to her. The air between us heats, our fingers brushing in the exchange. The contact is enough to have her eyes flicking to mine. The light above may be dim, but it's bright enough to see the way her lids hood, her lips part just barely as she pulls her skin from mine.
A zip of energy tumbles through my veins and I remind myself I can't tug on the bat and pull her into me. There's no way I can cover her lips with my own, sliding my tongue across hers, making her attempt at resistance to this proposed swing futile.
Instead, I step back.
"Batter up." Peck motions for her to go. "Let's see it."
"Are you really going to make me do this?"
"Did you really just smash the front of my truck?" I ask. "The answer is the same to both questions, Slugger."
Her eyes narrow, but there's a fire in them that turns me the hell on. She steps away from her friend, zapping all the power I held just a few seconds ago with the flick of her tongue. It darts out, rolling across her bottom lip as the bat comes over her head. Sticking her ass out, bending her knees, her eyes still locked on mine, she slices the bat through the air … and stops it at the last possible second before impact.
It's everything I thought it would be.
"Any questions, fellas?" she asks, propping it up on one shoulder.
"I have one," I say, forcing a swallow, trying to redirect my thoughts. "If you could stop it that fast, then why the fuck didn't you do that the first time?"
"Very funny." She tosses the bat into the back seat of the car and crosses her arms in front of her again.
"Can I ask why you have a baseball bat to begin with?" Lance asks. "Do you belong to some softball league or something? If so, I just took a huge interest in women's softball."
Sienna laughs as Delaney's face turns red. "Delaney's car is like a scavenger hunt. You can find anything in there. So while she got sick, I just rummaged around in the trunk, found the bat, and fooled around." She looks at me, her eyes softening. "Are you going to be here for a while? I'll go home and get the money. I didn't bring my debit card with me tonight."
It'll cost fifty bucks to fix the damage and about an hour's time. Definitely not worth her going out of her way tonight. But it is worth making her come around again and say she's sorry. It might do her some good.
Might not hurt me either.
She clicks her tongue against the roof of her mouth, the motion driving me crazy.
"Come see me Monday morning at Crank. It's two streets over," I say, gesturing to the north, before I can talk sense in to myself.
"Smart," Peck whispers behind me, getting an elbow to the side from Lance.
Her jaw sets, a glimmer of resistance clouding her baby blue eyes. "I have plans Monday. I can try on Tuesday."
The nonchalant attitude cuts through me, like her fuckup is no big deal. I wasn't set on Monday morning, but I am now. "Monday or I call the Sheriff. Your decision, but make it quick. I got shit to do."
"Fine," she huffs. "Monday."
"Fine," I mock. "See you Monday morning."
We start back down the sidewalk, her gaze heavy on my back. I pause at the bumper of their car. "Peck got your license plate number, so don't think about not showing."
"I did not," Peck hisses, catching another elbow from Lance as their car doors open and slam shut.
"What the hell are you going to do with that?" Lance asks once we're out of earshot. "Because I have a list of suggestions if you need them."
As we get farther away, the air clearing of Sienna's perfume, I realize it's not suggestions I need. It's a heavy dose of self-control.
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Artist Spotlight: Kathleen Hollingsworth at Hungry Heart
by neilmattson | Aug 3, 2019 | Artist Spotlight, Partner Spotlight | 0 comments
Throughout the summer our team met up with MJF 2019 artists at a few of our favorite neighborhood spots. This interview with Kathleen Hollingsworth took place at Hungry Heart Bakery, located at 414 SE 80th Ave in Montavilla, on July 5, 2019. Hungry Heart has supported Montavilla Jazz Festival by providing wonderful desserts for our last two Season Reveal fundraisers…
Describe your connection to the Portland jazz scene and community.
Well, I came here to teach at Clackamas Community College when I got the full time position there. I had just come from Miami for three years where I was working on my jazz chops. So I came here to teach at Clackamas and then started going to jam sessions and meeting people, and now I've kind of established myself with my own band, writing music for PJCE. I'm definitely not a side-person, I'm not usually hired as a side person, I'm more of a front-person who writes and sings and plays. I've gotten to know people through my music but also through collaborating with PJCE, going to jam sessions and hanging out with people.
Describe the project you're bringing to Montavilla Jazz Festival 2019.
Mad love is a band that performs mostly my own compositions and arrangements and we don't generally do standards that much, that's not what we do, things are more arranged and composed. I write a lot of music that is usually inspired somehow by nature or things I like to do in nature like riding which allows me to write. I love to write. If I weren't a musician probably would have been an English major because I love writing. Writing lyrics over time has become my way to express how I see and feel in this realm. Putting the music together allows me to meld a lot of genres like jazz, from a harmonic perspective, and from a form perspective, but I'm definitely not straight ahead by any means. There's some rock and little bit of country and a little bit of Americana all kind of fused in there.
Is there a story behind this project?
So when I first got here, I started playing with Brent Follis pretty early on like within the first two years we met. He just called me out of the blue and he said hey, I hear you're looking for a drummer. So then we started playing in a duo at Nonna for a year or two. And in that time I really learned to trust him as a human being and as a musician we just had a vibe going.
Through that trust building process and through his allowance of my music to develop and the fact that he really likes my music, I decided to take it a little more seriously until I chill I gained enough trust with him that I started looking more seriously for bass player and then starting to think more about putting out another album with just this music. I started seriously looking for a bass player and then the name of the band came about pretty magically and so here we are.
Which artists are you excited to hear at MJF 2019?
All of them. Well, I'm psyched for Sherry that she's at PSU. We kind of both did the same thing academically with taking the doctoral route. She sounds great. She's doing the straight ahead thing and she sounds great with George (Colligan). I like it when people take time to really work up their stuff, you know, and it takes a long time to do a doctorate and it's not easy.
Do you have any words of wisdom for young musicians that might be reading this?
You know everyone should have some piano chops, all musicians, in addition to whatever instrument that happens to be your main instrument. All singers should have experience with the keyboard because everything is right there and it makes you confident to be able to speak the language. Everything is right there. And if you can understand that then theory is easy, communicating with the band is easy, writing becomes easier.
In this day and age for Millennials when everything is so easy because of technology, understand that one of the things that's so brilliant about music is that it takes a long time. It takes time. It is an art that you craft over years and years. I don't think that we value that as much, the younger generation, because everything so quick. They get everything at the touch of a button, you don't download this, it's really important and it takes time.
We want everything so fast and so quick now and the younger generation really needs to remember through ART we have longevity. Through music: dedication.
What's your take on the current state of the jazz and creative music scene in Portland?
Thank God for PSU, and thank God for PJCE, and thank God for PDX Jazz and all these organizations that are really trying to keep things moving. And the nice thing is because Portland so hip right now a lot of people moving here from towns where you just can't make it and survive as a jazz musician. Here you can sort of piece together a living as a musician. I think that there is actually a great audience here for jazz. There's a great audience here in Portland for music in general. There's so many times I go out and play and the audience is listening and attentive. Not always, but a lot of times there's this vibe in Portland that is very attentive to art and creativity. So that's a plus.
The million dollar question, that I continually ask myself is how do serve that audience, how do you keep them coming back? How do you push that compositional envelope so that people want to continue to hear you?
Can you share any thoughts about Mel Brown and Gordon Lee and their contributions to Portland jazz during their careers?
Oh man, it's deep it's meaningful. Those guys are the real deal, they're playing the real deal and thank God for that, we need to hang on to that too. And that history is good for Portland is good for the scene to have all of that melded into the soup pot of jazz.
Whenever I hang out with Gordon, I love him. He's the hang you know, and there's always laughter, there's always carrying-on. That sense of the hang is so important to this music. As somebody from through education world, I know that that connection that roots communication, that roots hang, if that's not part of the music then everyone is a bunch of jazz-holes, you know what I mean? You got to be fun to hang around, and those guys are.
Kathleen Hollingsworth: Mad Love (artist page)
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Artist Spotlight: Sherry Alves and George Colligan at Vestal School
Throughout the summer our team met up with MJF 2019 artists at a few of our favorite neighborhood spots. This interview with Sherry Alves and George Colligan took place at Vestal School, located at 161 NE 82nd Ave in Montavilla, on June 21, 2019. Vestal School has partnered with Montavilla Jazz Festival since 2015, hosting our Jazz Artist-in-Residency pilot program in 2019…
SA: I'm from Oregon, but I spent a lot of time in the Salem area, performing teaching at Western Oregon University. I went to University of Northern Colorado for two years. And then before I finished my degree, I applied for the open position at Portland State. So, before I moved to Colorado, I did perform sometimes in Portland, and I have a lot of connections with Portland musicians, and I learned from Mel Brown and Gordon Lee, and Ed Bennett. Most recently my connection is as Professor at Portland State and right now I'm sort of in this funny, "in-between" where I'm I'm spending a lot of time at Portland State and spending a lot of time still trying to finish my own degree. So, my involvement with the Portland jazz scene is there, but it's not what I want it to be. I just have a few things to finish. I think there's there's room for growth. But it's nice to come home and be in the same town, not an hour south from all the people that I enjoyed working with before. It's pretty exciting.
GC: Well, I grew up on the East Coast near Baltimore, in Columbia, Maryland, which was a progressive planned community. I started out as a classical trumpet player. Right now, I'm an associate professor and the Jazz Area Coordinator at Portland State. When this job came up in 2011, I was like, Portland has a lot of great things going for it.
It's changed a lot in the past eight years; The jazz scene changed a lot, some for the better, some for the worse. My own personal connection with the scene is as a bit of an outsider still, because I'm not from the area. It's sort of hard to break into it. But I do think that it does have its charms, and a lot of potential. You don't have to call for 10 years just to get one gig. You might have a chance of playing at these venues, and you can find parking and get there in 20 minutes. In the past few years, there have been a bunch of places closing, but there are some places that are popping up. That's sort of been the feeling for the past couple years; a place will pop up and it will thrive, and then it will shut down. But there are a few places now. I feel pretty good about it, and things like the MJF of course are a step in the right direction, for sure. And I think the changes at PDX Jazz are encouraging.
SA: I don't come from my particularly musical family, not in a trained sense. My mom was a dance teacher. And so I danced growing up, kind of everything from jazz and tap and pretty hardcore classical ballet classes. So I've always liked music and dancing, and my dad always played jazz on the radio. On Sundays, he'd make breakfast and my sister and I would dance on the carpet in the living room to jazz while he would take the family egg orders. So that's probably my earliest recollection.
I think I could say that I always knew that I would be part of the arts or be some sort of performer. I just went on a limb and applied for music school in my senior year, and my choir teacher encouraged me, and I just went for it. I have no idea what it what would become of that many was really hard, but I stuck it out and it's been worth it.
GC: Well, Sherry has the chops in a way that nobody else does in town, and I've worked with a lot of singers. It's rare to have vocalists who are so professional and so flexible that they can do your music, or do some music that they haven't seen for 10 years. The thing I noticed when Sherry auditioned for Portland State was the wide variety of things that she could do musically, artistically, and with a lot of precision and professionalism.
SA: I'm constantly on the lookout for is lesser-known material that moves me. I like to be technical and do things that just feel musically, and it feels good to be challenged, but I'm always on the lookout for material that makes me feel something and challenges me. But as far as just playing with George, it's just always felt really natural. I've worked with a lot of great chordal players I've been fortunate to work with a lot of great people in Portland and Christopher Woitach is one of my favorites, Dan Gaynor, there's so many great folks out there that I feel really comfortable with, but when I played with George it was like an immediate comfort and trust. I could just kind of sit back and let it unfold. I'm inspired by the things he does. Hopefully it goes both ways!
GC: All of the songs will have a distinct flavor. When I lived in Winnipeg, there was a music series at a bookstore, and the guy who ran it asked me if I wanted to be the songwriter in residence. I was more of a composer than a songwriter, and I hadn't really tried to like write lyrics, but then I started doing it. I got it to writing songs kind of just got into not caring so much about whether it was like the greatest thing, you know, and I tried to be a little bit more improvisational about it.
I hired the vocal students at the University of Manitoba. I wrote like 60 songs… there's nothing else to do in Winnipeg, you can't go outside! So it forces you to be productive.
SA: Well, I love the B3 organ group and the Charlie Porter Quintet. And I just think Kathleen Hollingsworth is so cool and so giving of herself in so many ways. She's always doing something for the community, for the students, and then finding the time to write her own music, so I'm always inspired by that.
GC: Kerry Politzer – I'm playing on her set. Mel Brown is a great connection with the tradition. The times I've played with Mel Brown myself, it's like I really hear this depth of understanding of the jazz tradition, which is fantastic.
Ez Weiss is one of our faculty here at Portland State; he is a really great arranger and obviously this will show that off. Dana Reason did a master class recently at Portland State. So I'd be curious to hear that.
Gordon Lee and I have crossed paths. He has very interesting compositions. I have no idea what they sound like in a big band setting. I'm anxious to find out; in fact, that kind of gives me some ideas. At Portland State, we are developing our big band. One of my ideas is to have guest composers, guest performers, for our seasonal concerts. That might be a good thing to do.
SA: I have known Gordon since I was a kid. He was my sight-singing and ear-training teacher in college at Western Oregon. This sounds funny, but I hear he really likes to talk about me because he's really proud of me as a pupil, so he tells me every time I see him. I look up to him and we've done a lot together over the years.
SA: I really feel that if you, the young musician, have the desire and the work ethic, whether that's going to college or doing things on your own, it's going to take work, but I think that there's a place for everyone who wants to be an artist. That doesn't mean that it's easy. It doesn't mean that you're going to perhaps even have your dream job, but I think that's pretty average, but I think I think a lot of students come in wondering if they should even start, and I don't think that's the way to approach it. There's room for everybody and if they if they want to learn they can learn, and then they then they can go and apply it to their lives however they want.
So I guess my big message is to go for it and do not be afraid of taking the time for yourself. We were in a jury last winter where a student wasn't sure what they wanted to do. And one of the other people was like, do it now. You will come back to this at some point in your life and wish you'd stuck with it – you love this. Take the time now, while you're young.
GC: My parents always told me and my sister to find something that we really love to do, I'm very lucky that I found something that I have a passion for. It depends on what is important to you in your life. I mean, it gets harder now because of the way our economy is working, or not working, I should say. But for some people it's all about the money, and it just can't be if you're going to be an artist. The business of music is kind of a separate thing, but it's something that I stress a lot. Being a great musician and having business success in music are kind of two different skills.
When you become a professional, you don't necessarily put all your emotional eggs in the basket of every performance. It's like, that was just a gig, I'll have another gig tomorrow where I can play better.
SA: As a vocalist, I think it's important to gather as many skills as possible. People respond to performers for how they connect or what they sound like, their storytelling ability all that stuff. But I I remember starting a pretty young age listening to what people said about vocalists, the stereotypes, and trying to do the opposite. So in one of my early gigs, there were no charts for the gig. I'd never transcribed anything, but I transcribed the parts for everyone in the band. And immediately, the band wanted to know who wrote it and they were shocked that it was me.
And I felt like I just like took a step up from that stereotype that people think about vocalists. Ever since then, I've tried to fill in those blanks. So I made sure I could read music, I can sight-read a gig. I just practically sight-read with the Chris Brown project last weekend, a full Steely Dan show. No rehearsal with that band.
And it's so fulfilling to see those skills that you learned can be not just useful but empowering. I can write my own charts. I can write for horns. I can write a big band chart. I can write a choir chart. I can teach people how to do it. I know how to use notation. I know how to play piano. It's so important. And you think, when are you going to use sight-singing, ear-training, when am I going to use this? When am I going to have to write a big band chart? You know what, what somebody will ask you. And you'll be able to say yes.
GC: Could be better, could be worse.
SA: There is numerous talent and creativity going on in this community. But in order for it to survive and grow, hopefully, the community needs to invest in that art. It's not free and if Portland wants to have an artistic community, they need to recognize that artists need the support to be artists. And I don't think this is a Portland problem specifically; its universal. That we can afford to Invest – whether that's paying a cover, or giving scholarships, buying a record. That's a start. Artists need support.
GC: I know what they sound like as musicians, but I'd like to hear this big band, which can be very different. I've never heard Mel Brown play with a big band, so that's going to be great.
SA: They are both dear to me, because I've seen them in so many different aspects as performers and as educators. They are very giving and kind, and have been, in my experience, very warm, and have inspired and supported me as I grew. So it's nice to see them here and to be like hey, guys, we're still in this!
Sherry Alves with George Colligan (artist page)


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Huskers slip by Okanagan Sun for the first time in the club's history on Saturday, August 18.
he Valley Huskers opened up the first quarter 14-0 and by half-time the score was 14-7 for the Chilliwack team.
Anthonty Dyck opened the scoring drive with a touchdown and Quarterback Julian Wytnick tossed a touchdown pass of 26 yards and ran one in from a yard out to take the first quarter lead.
Simon Winsnes intercepted the ball in the third quarter and ran it 50-yards for another Husker touchdown.
After a nail-biting second half, the score was 22-15. Then, with seconds left in the game, the Huskers had the ball deep in their zone and ran the clock down and gave the Okanagan Sun a safety to end the game with 18 points.
The Valley Huskers are now tied for first place with the Vancouver Island Raiders. Next up: The Kamloops Blazers, 7 P.M., Sat. Sept 8 at Townsend Park.
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EPISODE 414: Are You Ready To DELETE IT?
How often are you keeping things in your life that aren't serving you or the greater good, and quite honestly need to be deleted?
Today's rant is exactly what you need to finally find the courage to take a stand for YOU, and let go of…DELETE…anything that's eating you from the inside, out.
What needs to be deleted in your life?
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Lee County apartments target premium renters
One-bedroom units in many cases are starting well over $1,000 a month and three-bedroom units sometimes surpassing $2,000 monthly.
Lee County apartments target premium renters One-bedroom units in many cases are starting well over $1,000 a month and three-bedroom units sometimes surpassing $2,000 monthly. Check out this story on naplesnews.com: https://www.naplesnews.com/story/money/business/local/2017/11/12/lee-county-apartments-target-premium-renters/856949001/
Casey Logan, CLOGAN@NEWS-PRESS.COM Published 6:42 p.m. ET Nov. 12, 2017 | Updated 8:08 p.m. ET Nov. 12, 2017
As Cape Coral grows it needs ever more housing. But developers have limited options to assemble enough land to work with. Frank Bumb | The News-Press
A cement worker smoothes out one of the sidewalk surfaces at Coralina Apartments, Friday, November 3. The complex is currently under construction in Cape Coral on Pine Island Road just east of Burnt Store Road. Southwest Florida has a growing apartment market, with developers building complexes with luxury amenities and nicer finishes and in prime locations.(Photo: Ricardo Rolon / The News-Press)
Moving on up.
Those three words could describe Southwest Florida's up-and-coming apartment market, as developers target prime locations to build complexes with luxury amenities and nicer finishes.
Most of these projects coming to market have the feel of a resort, from fitness centers with yoga studios to pools with private cabanas. Units typically have granite and stainless-steel.
All this luxury, however, comes at a premium price, with one-bedroom units in many cases starting well over $1,000 a month and three-bedroom units sometimes surpassing $2,000 monthly.
Overall, rent prices locally have trended higher over the past year, but have leveled off from the sharper increases seen several years ago as the economy rebounded.
Rents in Lee and Collier counties have generally increased between 2.1 and 2.7 percent year-over-year, according to apartmentlist.com.
More: Affordable housing recommendations face uphill battle in Collier County
Editorial: Housing needs quicker solution than referendum
Medians rents in Fort Myers are $850 for a one-bedroom apartment and $1,050 for a two-bedroom; medians rents in Cape Coral are $910 for a one-bedroom and $1,130 for a two-bedroom; median rents in Naples are $1,160 for a one-bedroom and $1,430 for a two-bedroom.
Newer apartments, of course, surpass those prices.
Call it the rise of the Millennials or chalk it up to catering to today's uncompromising consumer, no matter the age, but developers are increasingly targeting the high-end renter.
A view of Coralina Apartments, Friday, November 3. The complex is currently under construction in Cape Coral on Pine Island Road just east of Burnt Store Road. Southwest Florida has a growing apartment market, with developers building complexes with luxury amenities and nicer finishes and in prime locations. (Photo: Ricardo Rolon / The News-Press)
Cape Coral apartment luxury
Leasing recently began at Coralina Apartments on Pine Island Road in Cape Coral, next to Sandoval.
"We're just developing it now because the market is ready for this apartment complex," said Gary Dumas, president and CEO of Bonita Springs-based Phoenix Bay Ventures.
The 10-acre parcel could have been developed as retail or office, but research led elsewhere.
"What we found is Cape Coral as a whole is very underserved in modern, high-end apartment complexes," he said. "You're now starting to see other developers do these too. That's what the market said was in greatest need and that's where we went."
One-bedroom units cost around $1,200 monthly, with two-bedrooms going for $1,400 and three-bedrooms for $1,800.
The apartment buildings have pricey hurricane impact glass and concrete block stucco, with units featuring granite counters and wood plank flooring. Amenities include a resort-style pool, outdoor kitchen, fire pit, dog park, walking trail, playground and business center.
"We really tried to create a community," Dumas said.
The intent is to attract "a terrific kaleidoscope of buyers," he said. "When we did the research, the data indicated we'd have a wide variety, from young people just starting out in their careers to people retiring."
Dumas said the rental market remains underserved, despite the surge of apartment activity in the region the past few years.
"Millennials seem to really enjoy the concept of renting," he said. "We're appealing to that demographic that's a little different than baby boomers' perspective on housing."
More U.S. households are headed by renters than at any point during the past five decades, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from the Census Bureau, but for most it's not their preference. The share of households headed by renters is over 36 percent, the highest level since 1965.
Experts recommend spending no more than 30 percent of income on rent.
Younger Millennials are typically more inclined to share housing, so such rents can become affordable for those without big incomes, but who are willing to split an apartment.
Still, "affordability" can be a relative term. A study by apartmentlist.com examined "cost-burdened renters."
It found that 53 percent in Lee County and Collier County in 2016 were "cost-burdened," meaning they spent 30 percent or more of their income on rent; of those, 28 percent in each county were labeled "severely cost-burdened," meaning they spent 50 percent or more of their income on rent.
Rental rates, Dumas said, generally follow home values. As home values have appreciated over the past years, so too have rental prices.
"Naples and Lee County in general, the price appreciation has been rather steep and affordability of a single-family home is really starting to get strained," he said.
As that occurs, it pushes development farther out, to places where land costs are cheaper.
"Development is going to get pushed to the Burnt Store corridor and up to Charlotte County, and the Lehigh area is starting to see a lot of activity," he said. "In Collier, the land prices have become so high that it's become tough to bring products to market. Burnt Store I think is going to explode."
Elsewhere in Cape Coral, there is a new apartment complex in Midtown, near Veterans Parkway, where units include granite counters, a kitchen island and stainless steel appliances. One-bedroom units, when available, start at almost $1,200 monthly, with two-bedrooms starting around $1,350. Amenities include a lounge, an internet café and game room.
The Cape hadn't, until recently, seen much apartment construction in the past decade.
"That's a new piece we've been seeing in the market," said Michael Timmerman, senior vice president at Meyers Research Group, where he is in charge of Florida operations. "Typically we didn't have a lot of apartments in Cape Coral due to the affordability of single-family housing."
That's changed, as the median price for a single-family home in Cape Coral has shot up past $217,000, according to Zillow.
It's not just Cape Coral
Farther south in the county are more amenity-packed apartments.
The Springs at Six Mile Cypress has studio apartments starting around $1,100 monthly, with the priciest three-bedroom unit costing more than $2,300 monthly.
Spectra, on U.S. 41 south of Alico Road, has one-bedroom apartments starting at almost $1,350 monthly, while three-bedroom units go for almost $1,900.
"That's attracting a group of people that would in some cases have bought something," Timmerman said. "They still want to have nice features and amenities and location."
Spectra, for example, has easy access to Gulf Coast Town Center and the Coconut Point mall, as well as to the interstate and Florida Gulf Coast University.
"The market has really picked up and we've definitely seen more market acceptance" of these new apartments, Timmerman said, adding there are more to come in the next year or two.
Mosaic at The Forum, along I-75 between Colonial Boulevard and State Road 82, has also begun leasing. (Photo: Casey Logan/The News-Press)
Mosaic at The Forum, along I-75 between Colonial Boulevard and State Road 82, has also begun leasing.
"What we're starting to see is more built along 75 because it can attract a broader market," he said. "Our tenant mix has changed. More people are saying, 'Hey, do I really want to buy something? I can rent something.'"
Millennials, for example, are young in the workforce, often paying off student debt and without a sizable down payment.
"Millennials are in that situation where they are very mobile so they're more apt to rent until they find a place where they really want to settle down," he said. "As we add more jobs, more people want to stay here (in Southwest Florida). Millennials will rent until they have kids and then will rent or buy a house."
Some seasoned workers may still be stinging from job loss or foreclosure coming out of the Great Recession, while semi-retirees may be trying to figure out the market before they purchase. Still others may be riding out gains in the stock market and taking their time to buy.
The increased apartment supply, Timmerman said, has helped prices to level off a bit after significant increases between 2011 and 2015. How long this boom continues depends on land and labor costs.
"The only thing that's going to curtail that is if the land cost gets too high," he said. "It's got to be economically feasible. I don't think we'll see them at quite the same rate we've had. Land and labor costs are increasing. The rental rate can't afford to increase much more. From an investment standpoint, we need to make sure we're not overbuilding."
In the early 2000s, a lot of rental apartments converted to condos as that segment heated up. Once the housing market crashed, many of those condos were converted back to apartments.
"I don't expect to see that happening again," he added.
The mix of quality finishes and higher-end amenities at these new complexes is creating a diverse age of neighbors.
"They typically don't co-mingle in the same kind of apartments, but some of these luxury amenities are starting to broaden that market," he said.
So what does this surge in new apartments mean for older complexes, some of them built in the 1980s?
"The older apartments, if they're in good locations, the owner may update those units to increase the rent," he said. "We haven't seen too much of that happening. They may renovate to compete."
More than just a fresh coat of paint and new carpeting, expect some of these apartments to get new kitchens with updated counters and new windows.
"I think you'll begin to see some of that occur, especially if the land costs increase," he said. "It really depends on location though."
Connect with this reporter: email clogan@news-press.com and follow on Twitter @caseylo
Rents on the rise
Fort Myers rents have increased 2.7 percent compared to this time last year. Medians rents in Fort Myers are $850 for a one-bedroom apartment and $1,050 for a two-bedroom.
Cape Coral rents are up 2.1 percent year-over-year, with medians rents at $910 for a one-bedroom and $1,130 for a two-bedroom.
Naples rents have increased 2.4 percent over the past year, with median rents at $1,160 for a one-bedroom and $1,430 for a two-bedroom.
Statewide, rents have increased 3.5 percent over the past year and are up 2.7 percent nationally.
Source:apartmentlist.com, November reports
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Panthers seeking just one good QB
CHARLOTTE - Jake Delhomme left New Orleans to be a starter and Chris Weinke wants to prove he can play in the NFL. For now, both are sitting behind Rodney Peete in their bid to be quarterback of the Carolina Panthers.
Peete worked with the first team in Carolina's first minicamp, Delhomme was second and was followed by Weinke and Randy Fasani.
Coach John Fox said despite the initial depth chart, it can change at any time.
"I think everybody out here has a chance to be that starter," he said. "We're going to play the best players, and they get a chance to set the depth chart."
Weinke, who started as a rookie two seasons ago when the Panthers went 1-15, struggled through last year when Fox benched him a week before the season-opener. He was never thrilled with his role as a backup and the Panthers are sure he'll try to move up the depth chart this season.
"I know Chris Weinke has a grit about him," Fox said. "He wants to prove me wrong and prove the coaching staff wrong. He wants to be the starting quarterback again."
But there's also a chance Weinke could be released anytime after June 1, allowing the team to split his $2.8 million prorated signing bonus over the next two seasons. His $2.6 million cap figure this season could also determine his future.
The former Heisman Trophy winner has a lot of work to do to change opinions in Carolina about him: among the 69 players who threw passes in the NFL last season, Weinke ranked 67th with a quarterback rating of 26.2. He completed just 17 of 38 passes for 180 yards with three interceptions, six sacks and no touchdowns.
"The one thing I said to myself once last year was over was that this upcoming season is a brand new year," Weinke said. "I want to learn from the mistakes I made and just come in here with a clean slate and compete."
The competition will be stiff, especially with the addition of Delhomme, who spent the last five seasons as a backup in New Orleans.
"I think I'm ready to play," Delhomme said. "I've been able to grow up and see a lot of things. I'm not ready after today, but hopefully I will be come late August or early September."
The quarterbacks have pretty much divided repetitions equally over the first two days of their minicamp. And even when a starter is picked, Delhomme knows the No. 2 guy has just an important role.
"It's hard to stay healthy for all 16 games in this league as a quarterback," he said. "You need to have more than one guy. I think we have a few guys here."
Fox clearly thinks highly of Delhomme, but is so far unwilling to name anyone a favorite.
"Jake's got five years experience in the league," Fox said. "He did a good job as far as knowing his assignments, and I thought he threw the ball pretty accurately.
"But I was pleased with all our quarterbacks."
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