Construction and Expansion Update

sorry about forgetting this, here it is: "The new monument wall is up at Turning Stone's main entrance, awaiting new signage for the resort. The old signage walls have been dismantled. Landscapers filled in the area behind the 200-foot, curved wall and have planted several white pine trees. A similar wall will be erected at eh intersection of the main boulevard and the road leading to the Shenandoah Clubhouse and the Lodge. Landscapers also have been busy finishing the area in front of the Winter Garden, planting trees and grass and installing a 'dry streambed' that meanders from the steam rock formation in front of the Winter Garden entrance to the boulevard. The streambed, lined with small, water-smoothed rocks and pebbles, leads to the origional 'turning stone' that used to rotate at the Patrick Road entrance to the resort. Inside the Winter Garden, work progresses on the under0floor stream leading to a sculpture between the twin waterfalls, recessed under its own skylight. Crews also continue working on the new expanded buffet area on the main floor and the site of the new Brazilian steakhouse on the mezzanine level. Most of the rooms in the Tower hotel are now ready for occupancy. Work continues on the top two floors, which will house luxury suites, private meeting rooms, and Club Two-One, the new private paid-membership restaurant. Crews also are putting the finishing touches on several of the corner suites on the lower floors, which overlook the Winter Garden entrance. The 17th floor, the last of the regular room floors in the Tower, shoudl be ready for occupancy this week. The event center hosted its first major business show last week and will welcome United South and Eastern Tribes this week for the organization's annual fall conference and expo. Work also is progressing on the second floor of the resort's executive and administrative offices. In Verona BEach, workers have been installing underground gas tanks for the new SavOn store on Route 13. Construction on the new building is scheduled to begin shortly, and the new store should be ready to open in the spring. The new store will have improved parking arrangements and more gas pumps to better serve patrons at the busy site." talk to you later joe