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Myanmar voters queue at a polling centre in Yangon on November 8, 2015 ©Romeo Gacad (AFP) Blessed with a bounty of natural resources - from rubies and jade to gas, oil and teak - fertile and diverse Myanmar was once also famed as Asia's rice bowl. But nearly half a century of ruinous economic policies by the former junta saw its people sink into poverty as the generals plunged the country into isolation. Once one of the most fashionable cities in Asia, Myanmar's former capital Yangon was home to stately leafy boulevards and British colonial buildings. But decades of junta neglect reduced many to crumbling wrecks, their fading facades overrun by weeds. The city today is in the grip of rapid change, thick with the dust and din of construction as office towers peer over the once low-rise skyline. The nation's fortunes have improved since the end of outright military rule in 2011 with GDP growing at an average of seven percent a year. The World Bank has even predicted that Myanmar will become the world's fourth fastest-growing economy by 2017.
But recent floods, the worst in decades, have dulled forecasts for the coming months with major reform battles still to be won across all sectors. Meanwhile life expectancy remains among the lowest in the region and 37 percent of the population still live in poverty according to the World Bank. Ethnic patchwork - Wedged between India and Bangladesh to the west, China to the north and Laos and Thailand to the east, Myanmar is home to more than 100 ethnic groups. The majority are Burman and Buddhist but sizeable minorities weave a host of distinct cultures and traditions into the landscape. Some of these ethnic groups have also waged the world's longest civil war with conflict still raging in northern Kachin and eastern Shan states despite a recent ceasefire deal with some minority armies. The nation's Muslim minority are also under pressure after waves of religious violence in recent years and a rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric led by radical Buddhist monks. The ruling party, which is backed by the army and has received the support of hardline Buddhist nationalist monks, say they are best placed to prevent Myanmar from splintering.
On the campaign trail Suu Kyi has repeatedly portrayed herself as the person who can bring real unity as leader of the opposition National League for Democracy. Winds of change - Myanmar's urban centres are leading the country's embrace of global trends and consumerism. All across Yangon sarong-wearing men and women can be seen glued to their smartphones as in the rest of Asia, while fast food chains like KFC are cropping up.
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Since the easing of censorship, newspapers and journals have mushroomed and locally-produced films and documentaries are thriving. Just one percent of the population was thought to have access to the Internet in 2011, but now millions are online. Mobile penetration remains low outside major cities, where vast and remote pockets of the country have no electricity. But that is changing fast with SIM cards today costing only around $1, compared to $3,000 a card under military rule. Myanmar's frontier market is pregnant with opportunity and a host of new entrepreneurs, both homegrown and foreign, are keenly watching the election for what might lie ahead.
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Work to rehabilitate the former Elks Lodge has begun as cleanup crews clear the way for construction and a new life for the building. The sale of the property to Larry and Valecia Crisafulli from the Cornerstone Society was announced last month. A fire heavily damaged the building in August of 2006. Larry Crisafulli said cleanup work began last week with asbestos removal and a spray treatment for histoplasmosis – a disease caused by fungus found in bird droppings – for the safety of workers. Since then, a small crew including Crisafulli have removed a large dumpster worth of debris from the building. Volunteers from the Jefferson County Habitat for Humanity have been invited to take what they would like from the building, including items found in the basement kitchen such as stainless steel sinks and ceramic plates, which can still be found stacked in the dumbwaiter at the rear of the building.
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Crisafulli also said that he is looking for anyone that may be interested in metal that can be salvaged or recycled. Crisafulli is looking for construction to begin sometime in November. Engineers will visit the site next week as the process moves forward. Once construction can begin, hopes are that the project will be completed in two years’ time.
The building’s exterior will be the likely starting point when construction begins. Windows will all have to be framed out and then measured individually, as they’re each slightly off in size from the others. The roof, which was never completed with flashing or caps by former owners, also will need to be replaced as parts of the current structure have become water-logged. Other parts of the exterior, including additional side and rear entrances also will need to be addressed. “That’s what I’m hoping to do first,” Crisafulli said of the exterior, “get the outside buttoned up so it doesn’t look like a post-fire scene anymore.” Inside the building, a split staircase and handrails leads to the upper and lower floors. Currently, the Crisafullis envision four single-bedroom apartments on the main floor and two apartments in the lower, with the potential for a small efficiency unit for an apartment manager.
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While plans are to reuse materials and salvage as much as they can, the wood planks and beams of the main floor will likely be removed as fire damage and deterioration, while not widespread, is severe in some spots. It can all be a tad overwhelming as new items to be checked off the list seem to pop up with every visit, Crisafulli said, but he said he enjoys the process and moves forward with absolute confidence. “We are very confident in the downtown residential market,” Valecia Crisafulli said, “both residential and commercial.
“That’s why these spaces are important.” As with the couple’s other building on West Main Street, she said, it’s important to make all of the building’s space usable for tenants. “It’s the best possible investment,” she said.