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New Construction in Kern County, Calif., Gets off to Slow Start for Year.
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Bakersfield Californian (Bakersfield, CA)
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March 13, 2004
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Mar. 13--New construction in Kern County got off to a relatively slow start in 2004, with a January value of $85.4 million, according to a report by the Kern County Board of Trade released Friday.
That amount was $2.5 million less than in the first month of 2003.
Still, the value of new home construction was $65.3 million, up 17.7 percent from the previous January's $55.5 million.
Residential housing accounted for the bulk of all new construction, with nearly $45.5 million in housing starts in the city of Bakersfield alone. Unincorporated areas of Kern County combined for another $12.6 million.
The number of commercial projects, with a value of $13.5 million, ...
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