His broad appeal has made him the public face of an industry that he represents in his relatable, unpretentious and jovial way. Siriano isn’t the only designer who can be down to earth. The dominant backstory of folks in the fashion industry is that of a middle class kid from the hinterlands who dreamed of glamour and the big city.

Her court vision and IQ make her an amazing playmaker for us.” The fourth year starter sits 65 points shy of 1,000 for her career after averaging 14.4 points as a junior. She is committed to Ferris State University. The 5 foot 6 point guard is a captain and true leader on the court.

Less than a minute after I crossed the threshold, Hammer Lewis proprietor Ivette Velez and I reminisced about nearby businesses from 30 years ago. We unraveled yarns about Woolworth as well as the former Guadalajara Market and even a Mexican bakery. On the wall, I noticed photos of the original store, plus some old downtown shots from a century ago.

Affirm is a leading buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider that allows consumers to have the flexibility to pay for their purchase over a period of 6 weeks to 48 months with merchants that have added Affirm as a payment option. The company is expected to trade under the ticker “AFRM” and start trading next Wednesday with price talk around $38/share, which equates to an equity value of around $9.2B. This is a severely lower valuation than other fintech peers such as Afterpay, Square, and Shopify.

This public process includes a regional playground workshop specific to playground replacement projects at Brigham, Lake Edge, McGinnis and Tenney Park. The workshop will include a larger group discussion, providing opportunity for neighborhoods to learn and share ideas, and then we will break out into smaller individually staffed sessions to address design considerations specific to each park. Following the workshop, staff will use input gathered at this meeting to develop two playground concepts, which will be presented at a second playground meeting held this winter.

Following approval of this Resolution, an RFP will be issued to solicit consultant proposals. City staff estimate that the first phase of the planning process (FTA Project Development and Small Starts Application) will take approximately 12 16 months to complete. After that, if approved by FTA to enter the federal Small Starts process, further project development, environmental evaluation and project design processes are estimated to take another 12 16 months to complete.