We were out inspecting the property the other day and happened to be on the Northwest side of Building 9. It was a beautiful day! Just over the fence, we enjoyed a spectacular view of the Rexburg LDS Temple. What a great opportunity it is to live just across the street from the temple! 
Our neighboring farm to the South began harvesting grain yesterday! This means there is a lot of dust and dirt in the air, but it sure makes for a great photo!
SUNROC, a building material store just opened its doors to the public during the Summer session. We welcome them to REXBURG! This should give BMC West some competition again.
We don't have very many great places to go for breakfast here in Rexburg. We don't have Denny's or IHOP. We DO have the Flap Jack Shack though! They serve the best breakfast in town now. BYU-Idaho students will love the Flap Jack Shack. It will be a homemade breakfast every morning!
There are many historical buildings in Rexburg. The building pictured above is the Westwood Theater on Main Street receiving a much needed face lift!
The most anticipated project of them all is the future aquatic center located behind Kmart next to the railroad tracks and Rocky Mountain Power. The pool is scheduled to be finished by Memorial Day 2011. This project is long over due! Rexburg NEEDS a place for everyone to play in the water. We currently have a children's splash park that is often overrun by college students because there is nowhere else for the students to play or swim. True, there is an indoor pool on campus, but the students want to be outdoors. The new aquatic center will also offer a lazy river! Nothing better than a break from your studies on a lazy river!
Tri-State Tire is located just behind Broulims. It has always appeared to be a "run down" tire store that you would be afraid to take your car into for work. The new face lift will not only draw more attention, but should bring in MUCH more business. They can give Les Swab and Clair'n Dee's a run for their money now!
Roads are closed here, there, and everywhere for construction. Not necessarily construction on the roads, but for near by construction taking place. This particular street is located just outside of Hemming Village and The Pines apartment complex. Hopefully they will be finished with this project in time for all the students to return on September. When the students are in town, this is actually a very busy street to get to the BYU-Idaho campus.
Roads have been closed around the new auditorium for a couple years now. However, this is a new one. The road in front of Bunkhouse, Royal Crest, and Carriage House is now closed for an undisclosed amount of time. This will take another big chunk of parking away from students who depend on parking around campus. 
After everyone checks-out, the work is just beginning for us! Our white glove inspections take nearly 5 hours and cleaning out apartments (doing removal) normally takes us 2 days. At the end of the Spring semester, we rent 2 extra large dumpsters for our residents to dispose of all their belongings. We have found that is we provide them a place to throw it away, they will! By the time we are done with removal, we fill these dumpsters to overflowing. 
Unfortunately, we also spend the weekend asking "dumpster diving" families to leave the property.
Not only is dumpster diving unsanitary, it is also a huge liability. Especially when we find little children in the dumpster. Many dumpster divers get real angry with us when we ask them to leave the property. We are simply trying to keep everyone safe!
Whether you are going home while you are off track, moving to another complex, or just going home for the break, please be safe! We hope to see you all again soon. For those of you moving on in life, we wish you the best of luck. Thank you for making Jordan Ridge your home away from home!
