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Victorian Home Improvement Program Pushed Forward in Wheeling | News, Sports, Jobs
photo by: Eric Ayres/File Victorian-style buildings line Main Street in North Wheeling. WHEELING – Officials in the city of Wheeling are taking steps toward implementing another new home improvement program, despite initial plans to further discuss financing for the proposal and logistics of determining its criteria. A Victorian Homes Improvement Program originally had been proposed by Councilman Jerry Sklavounakis. The proposal made the city council’s agenda last month, but the measure was tabled after the city’s previous program – the Homeowner-Occupied Repair Assistance Program – received such an overwhelming response, city leaders had to cut off the application window to just a few weeks. Officials…
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9 Victorian Garden Design Ideas
Cassidy Moody/ Missouri Botanical Garden With the growth of industrialization, advances in science and technology, and the fascination with innovation and exotic destinations, the Victorian Age became a time of immense creativity and experimentation in the garden. “As public gardens became more prevalent both in England and the U.S., more people fell in love with gardening,” says Dana Rizzo, senior horticulturalist and designer, South Garden beds in the Victorian district at the Missouri Botanical Garden. “The growing middle class now had the leisure time and disposable income to fill their gardens.” Elements of Victorian design still add elegance and whimsy to modern gardens. “You don’t need to recreate an entire…
