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   www.thnews.com/archive/ar1999/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/10/2002   Last Visited: 8/10/2002

   According to a report from Forrest City Building Inspector Chester Crossen, Advance Auto Parts bought a permit in August for the construction of a new building at 2020 N. Washington with an estimated value of $297,000.
   
   Movie Gallery bought a permit at the beginning of September for the construction of a new building at 2004 N. Washington. That building has an estimated value of $185,000.
   
   Across the street at 2007 N. Washington, the land has been cleared for the construction of a new Kentucky Fried Chicken building. That building has an estimated value of $700,000.

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   Published on: 4/20/2001   Last Visited: 7/25/2001

   According to Chester Crossen , code enforcement officer for Forrest City , a major earthquake would not bode well for some of the older buildings in downtown Forrest City.
   
   We don't know exactly how far we are from a quake , what time or what magnitude , Crossen said. Those old two-story structures downtown -- I don't think they would even withstand a 4 or a 6 ( on the Richter scale ) if it was very close to Forrest City..
   
   The seismic zone historically has been thought to extend from Cape Girardeau , Mo. , to Marked Tree. New evidence shows the zone may extend 65 miles south to near Marianna.
   
   ''There is a sizable area outside the generally acknowledged New Madrid zone that is at a greater risk from earthquakes than previously believed , '' said Haydar Al-Shukri , director of the Arkansas Center for Earthquake Education and Technology Transfer at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in an Associated Press story.
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   Crossen said he has a VCR tape put out by a company which reworks existing structures to make them more earthquake resistant.
   
   I would be glad to loan it out and let people view it , he said. It's only about 30 to 45 minutes long. Of course , people would have to sign it in and out. It shows how to put in brackets and how to go in and prevent lateral movement..
   
   As for the old downtown buildings , some of which are more than 100 years old , With those old brick buildings over there , a person would have to get an engineer to come in and go over those buildings to see what could be done..
   
   He said newer buildings are generally constructed to be earthquake resistant.

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   Published on: 4/24/2007   Last Visited: 4/25/2007

   During a telephone call this morning, City Code Enforcement Officer Chester Crossen said that the facility did fall within ADA standards and pointed out that the restrooms in the older portion of the building were constructed long before the ADA standards were enacted.
   
   "The law says that you have to accomodate those with disabilities, and we have done that with the Civic Center. There may be specific issues that he's talking about, but the facility as a whole does meet the standard," said Crossen.