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The atmosphere of the building was a crucial part of the construction for Jen Callison, director of women and children’s services for the hospital. Callison wants patients to feel welcomed and comfortable in the new building. She said materials and colors were carefully chosen to help achieve that experience.  "Our goal would be to have them walk into an environment that they feel immediately welcomed," Callison said. "Also, there can be positivity to feel uplifted and have the color brighten their day."  The new technology integrated into the building is intended to make it more effic...

jfisher@timesrepublican.com T-R PHOTO BY JOE FISHER — A construction crew for Johnson Construction based in Ames does foundation work on the Marshalltown Lofts project, 20 E. State Street, on Wednesday. The city’s annual building permit summary showed the most activity in a decade in 2020. The summer compiles data on the number of building permits issued and the valuation of those projects for the year. It includes alterations to existing dwellings, improvements, entirely new buildings and demolitions. “We’ve had a lot of activity this past year, which is great.” said Michelle Spohn...

Submitted by Lynn Markland  With a challenging year, the city of Fenton continued to make progress while still responding to a pandemic. The city began 2020 responding to the pandemic early with the purchase of additional PPE (receiving some donations of PPE from The Home Depot). Later, we made building modifications with assistance from Kevin Johnson (Rhoads & Johnson Construction), Brad Alvord (Lindhout & Associates) and Brian Petty (Fenton Glass), making our buildings safer for the public and employees.  The city purchased an electrostatic disinfecting sprayer paid for with the a...