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	<title>The Bowersock Mills &#38; Power Co.</title>
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		<title>Hitting Rock Bottom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bowersock shows off construction site for new power plant On Friday, December 2, 2011, Bowersock Mills &#038; Power Company co-owner Sarah Hill-Nelson talked with the Lawrence Journal World about progress being made on the construction of the hydroelectric power plant on the north side of the Kansas River. Hill-Nelson, a co-owner of the Lawrence-based Bowersock...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bowersockpower.com/north-plant/hitting-rock-bottom</link>
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		<title>North Powerhouse Construction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Construction on the North Powerhouse is moving forward.  We received our final permits on June 1, 2011 and gave the green light to Kissick Construction to initiate work.  To date all has gone pretty well, with some minor ups and downs that our project manager Nathan informs me are pretty typical of construction projects.  We...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bowersockpower.com/north-plant/north-powerhouse-construction</link>
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		<title>Groundbreaking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bowersock Mills &#38; Power Company will be hosting a Groundbreaking for the North Powerhouse Project at 2:30 PM on Monday, May 16th.  We plan a short event on the north shore of the river on the project site, followed by refreshments at the South Powerhouse.  Tours of the South Powerhouse will be available.  We...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bowersockpower.com/most-recent/groundbreaking</link>
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		<title>North Powerhouse Public Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Notice of Public Meeting Re: The Bowersock Mills and Power Company Proposed Expansion The Bowersock Mills and Power Company P.O. Box 66 Massachusetts Street at the Kansas River Bridge Lawrence, Kansas 66044 The Bowersock Mills and Power Company (BMPC or Bowersock) is the small hydroelectric power plant on the Kansas River in Lawrence, Kansas, which...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bowersockpower.com/north-plant/north-powerhouse-public-meeting</link>
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		<title>Boards Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have our boards up for the first time since January, 2009.  This is great for BMPC and we hope the KU Boaters as well.  Thanks to Rich, Mark, and Andy for all their hard work in making it happen!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bowersockpower.com/most-recent/boards-up</link>
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		<title>Summer 2010 Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are still moving on the project and feel optimistic.  There are almost innumerable pieces to be put together here including three key items which are the regulatory approvals, a power purchase agreement, and financing.  Last week we had our special use permit for the City of Lawrence approved which was a great step.  In...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bowersockpower.com/most-recent/summer-2010-update</link>
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		<title>Long Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been too long since I updated this.  There is so much going on it is tough to keep all the balls in the air, but we have moved forward on a lot of fronts since I last wrote.  This week the City completed land geotech, and next week we are scheduled for barge-based geotech...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bowersockpower.com/most-recent/long-time</link>
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		<title>Moving Forward</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As of early March, it looks like we have forward motion on repairs to the dam.  We are particularly relieved because City Commissioners agreed that building a coffer dam is critical to the next stage of repairs to the dam.  Without a coffer dam, there is no way we could ensure that the repairs could...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bowersockpower.com/most-recent/moving-forward</link>
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		<title>Boards and Millpond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many people saw in the Journal World, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has required Bowersock to keep its millpond at damtop.  We can go into this at greater length later, but this will make things very difficult for Bowersock, and over the long term for the City and the University of Kansas Boathouse. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bowersockpower.com/most-recent/boards-and-millpond</link>
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		<title>Looks like a good hand&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It looks like we may have a good hand here.  Touch wood&#8230; Currently we have low water below 2,000 cfs predicted for early next week.  The Corps has been very responsive and communicative as we have worked for this window which has been extremely helpful.  Barring any major precipitation we have scheduled a visit from...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bowersockpower.com/most-recent/looks-like-a-good-hand</link>
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