As developers seek methods for reducing the impacts of their projects on the natural environment, the contractors who work for them are doing the same thing. In Mount Vernon, Wash., contractor Plats ...

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New development standards aimed in part at reducing flooding are moving forward in Volusia County ― but they're not as strong as some would like. Volusia County Council Chairman Jeff Brower found ...