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As of the last few days, there appears to be some potential construction activity at the proposed commercial area of the Harveston development on Bluebonnet. Anyone know what's going on? Are they finally starting the actual construction, or is this just something else?

Letting pharmaceutical companies advertise is critical to informing the public of what drugs are available that might be a help to them. Socialist countries do not let pharmaceutical companies advertise because socialist countries pay for the public healthcare, and they do not want to public asking for medicines that the government does not deam that they should have. Letting pharmaceutical companies adverse is critical to letting people know about the drugs that are available that might be of help them.

That one is good. This one is better:

Yep, no AT&T cellular service for me in Baton Rouge. It went out at roughly 11:25 a.m. today.

I'm pretty sure this is a map of an already existing LSU economic development district, and not a map of the new economic development district that in the future will be created for the new arena. In other words, this LSU economic development district map that KamaCausey_LSU posted has absolutely zero to do with the new arena.

Sorry, had a little trouble posting the pictures. You should see them now though.

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You can't use setbacks if you have a properly sized system. All the bells and whistles are only good if you waste money and energy on every aspect of the system.

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Can you clarify this? What do you mean by this?

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Acadiana Pools has a builder feature $ on the website to give you a ball park price. Add$$$ for fence, landscaping, yard repair, pool furniture, increased alcohol purchase, pool house, etc...

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Here is a link to the calculator: Acadian Pools calculator

I played around with the calculator and it's pretty good. The prices that it gives you are fairly accurate for what it will end up costing you to build a pool in the Baton Rouge area. The final price that it gives you is a little on the low side though, and this is mainly because the calculator simply doesn't give you the option of adding many of the pool features that some people may want in a pool (e.g. the second pump that you will need if you want your water features to work when the spa is running, glass waterline tile, Glacier chiller, etc.). For most people, I would say add 10% to 15% to what that calculator tells you and it will probably be pretty close to what you will end up spending on the pool.

The biggest item that the calculator low balls is the deck. The deck the calculator prices is for a 6' bare concrete deck surrounding the pool. That's a pretty small deck (not tiny, but small), and bare concrete is absolutely the cheapest type of deck you could do. Most people are going to want something nicer than bare concrete. If you increase the size of the deck to something more reasonable, and if you do some of the nicer, more attractive deck options (e.g. Fire Rock pavers, travertine, quartzite, etc.) you could easily end up spending $30,000 or more on the deck alone compared to what that calculator is giving you.

Also, the calculator is just giving you the price of the pool by itself, and does not include things like landscaping, sod (your yard will be 100% obliterated when the pool company is done), irrigation system repair, fence, pool furniture, etc. Most people should probably budget an extra $10,000 to $15,000 minimum for these things, and potentially a good bit more if you wanted above-average landscaping.

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Saw this in 225 Magazine. Is Bluebonnet corridor to Nicholson going away?

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No, Bluebonnet will continue along it's current path. If you look closely in the picture you posted you can make out the path of the street.

They are planning on making some improvements to Bluebonnet where it goes through Harveston (landscaped median, roundabouts, etc.), but the street itself is not going away.

Good info. Thanks.