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Change of scenery at the eastern edge of the great Sioux River in downtown Sioux Falls include:
February 2012: River Street parking structure of the Big Sioux River South of eighth Street is expected to be torn down.
November 2011: Officials with Hegg Cos. and Lloyd Cos. announced construction of a 100-Room Hilton Garden Inn, on the site
former Schoeneman's Center of building materials. Completed in spring 2013.
October 2011: The River Greenway project between the streets are the sixth and eighth over, including a new amphitheater, new bike and walking trail of light Pier bridge and interpretive. Cooperation South of eighth Street is scheduled to begin in late spring of 2012.
October 2011: Raven Industries Announces five year for renovation of the exterior and interior of the buildings in a 200 and 205 e. Sixth St., costing up to $ 20 million.
October 2010: Work began on building the new CNA assurance at the southern end of Bulding materials Center Schoeneman s the old site.
Completed in the spring of 2012.
November 2007: Cherapa place, located just southeast of Raven industries, opened the Zip Feed mill site.

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Hilton Garden Inn is the latest in the ongoing transformation of the Sioux Falls downtown River greenway.

public and private Officials announced Tuesday that the $ 20 million, 100-Room Hilton Garden Inn will rise from the former Center of building materials Schoeneman in East eighth Street early in the spring.

This will be the latest entrant into the view of the obvious changes along the East Bank River Sioux.

in February with the U.s. Army Corps of Engineers permission to delete it, the River Street parking structure South of the River is the eighth Street must come down.

After finding out what your friends are doing over the weekend, You will be able to see how they do reduce their home energy use.

Facebook, Opower, and environmental advocacy group natural resources Defense Council today announced the application "social energy" which is designed to raise awareness of energy use and encourage efficiency.

Opower-developed applications, which will be available early next year through the Green Facebook page, will allow people to compare how their energy use compares to national averages and others who participate. To build a profile, the electric utility information input them in dollars or kilowatt hours, explaining the Ogi Kavazovic, Opower's vice president of marketing and strategy.

Other features planned will let the people form a group to compete at lower their energy use and share your tips, rankings, and participation in groups.

Facebook and Opower has signed on to a Chicago-based utilities and two city utilities to import data directly into a customer's electricity consumption applications (with permission) the next year when launching app. App is part of the utility attempts to engage with consumers, said Kavazovic.