For the 12-months ending June 30, 2012, a total of 4,864 building permits were issued with a combined estimated construction value of $54,000,000.
The value of new construction is $13 million higher than the same period one year ago.
The total number of permits more than doubles last year - thanks in good part to the April 2011 storms.
But there is more to it than that - construction activity is picking-up in general in the city with new housing and commercial starts being seen with more regularity. In the past three months we've had 21 housing and three commercial starts.
And that's a nice trend to see for sure.
