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...Financing the ongoing costs of workshops, schools programmes, maintenance, the education hub and a full-time project coordinator is another....
...Moreover, the toll from construction and maintenance of properties on these isolated islands raises questions over their sustainability....
...An average-sized rain garden would take an afternoon to build and, once the plantings are established, it would be low-maintenance....
...He’s even considering building a pickle ball court on the property, at a cost of roughly $50,000....
...Contemporary homes designed using bio and earth materials are beginning to crop up on the property market....
...“It will take a lot longer here because we get 10 inches less rainfall and we’re on sand,” says Crossley....
...Weiss Ferreira Chaves says that makers of agricultural equipment now offer “smart farming”, which goes beyond services such as geofencing, fuel efficiency and predictive machine maintenance....
...She took up the challenge, and trees have taken her off the saddle: the wood is now attracting 30,000 visitors a year, covering the costs of its maintenance and improvement (evenleywoodgarden.co.uk)....
...Powerpoints and paella: a junior analyst’s paradise Málaga: home of Pablo Picasso, golden sand beaches, and — eventually — 30 Citigroup employees....
...Johnson fenced off the back garden to keep them safe and installed a sand pit and tiny lawn....
...They grow wild species (or plants closely related to them) that will be strong, low maintenance and will attract pollinators....
...But his real interest lay in the group’s broad portfolio of media properties, said one....
...The Las Vegas Sands said in October it would consider offloading its Vegas properties if the price was right, Bloomberg reported....
...Adnoc, which will retain a 51 per cent stake in its leasing unit, will remain responsible for its operations and maintenance....
...Mr Smith used some of the untaxed funds on properties for his personal use in the US and France, and at times to fund his US charitable activities, he admitted in the settlement....
...He says that for 15 years, half of the carried interest he was entitled to from Vista’s premiere fund was filtered through a Nevis LLC called Flash Holdings, owned via bearer shares by a Belize foundation...
...But as sea levels rise and storms become more ferocious, hard defences — which are hugely expensive and require constant maintenance — are increasingly likely to be breached....
...So, I may end up switching one set of maintenance tasks for another. But that is not the deal-breaker for me....
...But his wife notes that was a one-off operation and the building has needed little maintenance since. “You have to let it breathe,” Michael says of the walls....
...Having missed out on licenses in fast-growing Macau that allowed its US peers such as Wynn and Las Vegas Sands to weather the deep slump in 2009-2010 on the Las Vegas Strip, Caesars’ operating subsidiary...
...As part of the deal, Eldorado and Caesars also agreed to sell land and property to real estate investment trust VICI Properties for $3.2bn....
...Much of that money, as they always tell visiting foreigners, goes on maintenance....
...Maintenance is another area where attempts to recreate Japanese and Chinese gardens can fall flat. Pruning is a constant intervention, as is path sweeping and gravel raking....
...The organic matter component requires continuous investment for healthy maintenance; it’s where human intervention can make a positive difference....
...The Netherlands uses a maintenance- intensive system of seawalls, dams, dikes, sluices, pumps and locks to protect the 55 per cent of the country prone to flooding....
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