breaking new ground

In the fall of 1998, a few short months after we were married, Joe and I attended a public open house for Lane Transit District, where they were showing the community their plans to build one of the country's first bus rapid transit systems. At that point, Joe was nearly 2 years from completing his degree, but he was very excited about this project and even said how he would love to work on it someday.

10 years later...

The past week LTD broke ground on their second phase of EmX (M-X), and guess who is the project manager...that's right, my hubby!  He began his internship with LTD in 1999, and was hired as a planning technician after he graduated.  Since then, he has worked very hard on many projects (including the first phase of EmX) and moved his way up through the ranks.  The timeline for this project has been set for some time, but construction is starting at a time when it's really needed, it will generate hundreds of jobs in our community. 

Here are some pictures from the ground breaking ceremony...

It was a packed "house"

EmX bus and future stop, in front of the new hospital

My Boys

Kai took full advantage of his Daddy's relationship with the construction guys

and scored himself a sit on the backhoe