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Technology, media and telecoms sector the biggest driver of demand for space, say property agents, as growth in investment banking slowsThe fast-growing technology, media and communications sector is taking a significantly larger share of the total office leasing market both in Hong Kong and Beijing, according to property consultants.存倉“The trend started in Hong Kong in the second half of last year, and the sector has become a new demand driver as expansion by investment banks slows,” said Andy Yuen, director of office agency for property consultancy DTZ.“Apart from recent expansion by the popular names, there are some new names coming as well. The sector has become strong, particularly as others grew weak,” he said.According to DTZ, the TMT sector accounted for 15 per cent of office take-up in Hong Kong in the first three quarters.Total space taken up by the sector in nine leasing deals concluded in the first three quarters amounted to more than 190,000 sq feet .In Beijing, the TMT sector only began to emerge as a major occupier of office space last year , according to DTZ. In the first three quarters of this year, TMT tenants took up 77,000 square metres of space, or 20 per cent of the total office leasing space taken up over the period.“There were a total of 29 deals, some of which were large. But there were also several small deals,” said Andrew Ness, DTZ’s head of research, North AsiaLeasing deals done in Hong Kong included 儲存he relocation by French global mobile phone manufacturer Alcatel Lucent into an 8,600 sq ft flat in Prosperity Millennium Plaza, Quarry Bay; and search engine Google, which took a three-year lease on an expanded 19,600 sq ft space in Times Square, according to international property consultant CBRE.Networking websites relocated from a business centre in Causeway Bay to a 16,481 square foot floor in Hysan Place in Causeway Bay, according to Knight Frank.Sources said some of the space was let for more than HK$70 per sq ft per month.CBRE said in a report that activity in the TMT sector pushed up average rents in Causeway Bay by around 9 per cent quarter-on-quarter.“These companies have been expanding faster than any other sector. As is the case in overseas markets, they have become the demand driver in the office sector,” said Paul Yien, regional director of property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle.Yien said the TMT sector would continue to grow and would help boost the potential for rental growth in the Wan Chai-Causeway Bay area and in Quarry Bay, rather than Central, where rents are already higher than new tenants are willing to pay.At the end of August the average office rent in Central was HK$89 per sq ft, versus HK$55 per sq ft in Causeway Bay, and HK$41.80 per sq ft in Quarry Bay, Yien said.TMT companies are paying monthly rents ranging from HK$30 to HK$50 per sq ft for offices in the Wan Chai-Causeway Bay area and Quarry Bay.self storage

Source: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, IowaOct.存倉 01--WATERLOO -- A retired state employee and 40-year Church Row resident has joined the Ward 3 City Council race.Pat Morrissey, 64, of 824 W. Third St., is one of four candidates vying to win the seat in the Nov. 5 municipal election after longtime Councilman Harold Getty announced he would not seek re-election."I have grown up in the Church Row Neighborhood and raised my kids there," Morrissey said. "I know the issues in Ward 3 and I want to make our neighborhoods better."Morrissey spent more than 60 years in Waterloo, graduating from Columbus High School and the University of Northern Iowa before beginning a career as a state of Iowa employee.He worked as a drug and alcohol counselor for several years before becoming a child and dependent adult abuse investigator for the Iowa Department of Human Services from 1979 until retiring in 2010."I worked closely with community agencies and law enforcement agencies and with juvenile and criminal court systems," he said. "I also was a chief steward in the (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) labor union."I was a proud public employee and felt that what I was doing was a public service," Morrissey added, noting th儲存 positions helped him learn conflict resolution.Since retiring, Morrissey volunteers on the Friends of the Gilbertville Depot board. He helped start and serves on board of the Cedar Valley Bicycle Collective.His father, Jack Morrissey, was a councilman from 1969-1973.If elected, Morrissey plans to hold meetings in all six of the precincts in Ward 3."There's a lot of disenfranchised people, a lot of underemployed people, a lot of unemployed people in Ward 3. There's a lot of people concerned about public safety in Ward 3," he said. "These precinct meetings will give those people and opportunity to voice those to somebody who then they will trust to take back into City Council meetings as a voice for them."Morrissey also wants to tie development incentives to businesses which provide livable wage jobs; restrict payday loan businesses more; and work to make the city more walkable and bikable so "Ward 3 is the best Blue Zones ward in the entire city."Other candidates on the Ward 3 ballot include Dustin Cox, Shane Blackledge and William V. Frost.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Waterloo, Iowa) Visit Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Waterloo, Iowa) at .wcfcourier.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage

【本報訊】昨日是中華人民共和國成立64周年，self storage特區政府舉行一連串慶祝活動，包括升旗禮、國慶酒會、文藝晚會和煙花表演等。行政長官崔世安在國慶酒會致辭時強調，特區政府將致力為澳門居民拓展更寬廣和更公平的空間；在發展經濟的同時，政府正全力促進社會進步和民生改善，當中包括逐步構建長效保障機制，致力解決民眾關心的安居問題、繼續保障本地居民充分就業及積極關顧老幼貧弱，使廣大居民共享特區發展成果。特區政府國慶酒會昨早假旅遊塔會展中心舉行，崔世安、全國政協副主席何厚鏵、中聯辦主任白志健、外交部駐澳特派員胡正躍、解放軍駐澳部隊司令員祝慶生、立法會主席劉焯華、終審法院院長岑浩輝，以及社會各界人士出席。崔世安在酒會上致辭表示，作為中華民族一員，澳門居民正為能共圓中國夢而自豪和鼓舞，並會積極參與國家繁榮富強、人民安居樂業的偉大進程。特區政府將致力為澳門居民，尤其廣大青少年「敢於有夢、勇於追夢、勤於圓夢」，拓展更寬廣和更公平的空間。他續提到特區政府於今年啟動第五屆立法會選舉工作，其後14位直選議員和12位間選議員順利產生，特區政府將根據《澳門基本法》，繼續向立法會負責，並加強與立法會的溝通互動，一起為特區的發展而共同努力。大力推動非博彩旅遊業崔世安又指出：澳門特區正大力推動非博彩旅遊元素的增加，透過「一程多站」聯線旅遊，提升區域旅遊的整體效益，努力優化接待能力和服務質素，穩步發展綜合旅遊業；而在剛圓滿迷利倉行的「第二屆世界旅遊經濟論壇」上，各地區精英匯聚交流，對特區專業旅遊形象的樹立，產生了積極作用；配合今年簽署的CEPA補充協議十和《粵澳合作框架協議》年度重點工作的落實，內地將進一步對澳門擴大開放服務貿易，也為澳門融入國內的發展創造新機遇；而適逢「中葡論壇」舉辦10周年、第四屆部長級會議將舉行，澳門將續發揮內地與葡語國家之間的橋樑和平台作用。其後，崔世安強調，在發展經濟的同時，特區政府正全力促進社會進步和民生改善，倡導共建共享精神，確保特區的長期繁榮進步。包括逐步構建長效保障機制，加強社會保障、醫療系統等方面的制度建設和資源投入，致力解決民眾最關心的安居問題，在完成萬九公屋的建設和分配的同時，新一輪公屋建設計劃正在有序推進；繼續保障本地居民充分就業，支持、促進本地僱員提升競爭力，實現晉升流動；特區政府將加大力度，積極關顧老幼貧弱，使廣大居民能更合理分享特區發展的成果；同時也正對交通、水浸等與民生息息相關的領域加大施政力度。他又指，特區政府會繼續推動公共行政架構調整，推行官員問責，優化服務和提升效能，完善民意諮詢機制，聽取市民意見，增加居民對特區發展的參與度與認同。另外，特區政府昨早8時在新口岸金蓮花廣場舉行隆重的國慶升旗儀式。治安警察、消防、海關及警察銀樂隊等縱隊在升旗台前列隊，崔世安在保安司司長張國華陪同下檢閱儀仗隊及接受敬禮，國旗及區旗在警察銀樂隊演奏的國歌聲中徐徐升起。自存倉

大陸首部旅遊法昨（1）日上路，自存倉台旅會上海辦事處表示，「十一」黃金周期間，上海赴台「團客」較去年黃金周衰退三至四成，江浙地區衰退近五成。台旅會上海辦事處主任李嘉斌表示，從航空公司售票情況掌握，黃金周期間八天七夜環島「團客」確實有衰退；但自由行旅客有成長，已接近每天3,000人配額的上限。大陸實施旅遊法，主要為保障旅客權益，明定旅行社不得組成不合理的低價團，再以購物佣金補貼團費，短時間大陸赴各國旅遊團費紛紛調漲、旅客出國意願受到壓抑，台灣專門接待陸客旅行社、購物店、飯店等生意皆受影響，旅行業者首當其衝，10月團量至少下滑三成。高雄市旅行公會理事長沈本立表示，過去大陸赴台環島遊團費約人民幣3,000到4,000元，聽到旅遊法實施後，報價上漲到6,000元到7,000元，10月團客量大約少三到四成，包括遊覽車、飯店、購物店業者，現在都只能「看天吃飯」。陸客占比超過六成的桃園大飯店表示，10月住mini storage率的確受到影響，估計較去年下滑兩成。據了解，此次受影響最大的為專接陸客團的珊瑚、玉石、珠寶購物店，業內人士指出，目前購物店人心惶惶，大家都在觀望旅遊法的帶來的影響有多大。觀光局表示，目前統計10月1日單日旅客量，較去年同期下滑兩成，未來難以預估。不過，觀光局指出，旅遊法實施後，可望提升旅遊市場品質，減少殺價競爭，符合台灣優質行程的政策，短期雖有磨合期，但長期來看，對兩岸都是正面幫助。李嘉斌也認為，市場約三至四個月就能恢復穩定。觀光局表示，雖然團體旅客減少，但優質團與自由行旅客大幅增加，尤其本月申請入境自由行名額已排到8日以後，整體來說，陸客人數並未減少太多。大陸旅遊法是否成功、持續多久，市場存有疑問，資深旅行業者說，大陸各省的實施細則未確定，大家都在觀望，想弄清楚遊戲規則；由於大陸許多地區如海南、雲南靠觀光維生，若旅遊法一推出，讓大陸民眾旅遊意願降低、影響到經濟表現，恐怕也沒辦法執行太久。儲存

mini storage 廊下舉辦鄉村燒烤節本報訊 （記者薄小波）“田園範”和“復古風”成為國慶滬郊農業旅遊亮點，昨天，金山廊下舉行“鄉村燒烤節”和“紡紗達人”總決賽。在廊下生態園內農村新天地小木屋草地上，遊客可體驗鄉村燒烤和田園風光，燒烤節將持續至7日。而今年的“紡紗達人賽”總決賽名次也于昨晚出爐。self storage

內地新《旅遊法》生效，迷你倉杜絕零團費及強迫購物之餘，亦導致「十一」黃金周訪港的內地團下跌三成，依賴接待內地旅行團的本地商戶步入寒冬，黃金周首日的生意普遍慘淡，部分營業額更狂跌九成。酒店業界亦抱怨，往年一房難求的情況不復再，要減價促銷。今年國慶日有250 個內地團訪港，但黃金周首兩天每日僅50 個屬購物團，較以往購物團佔整體訪港團八成的比例勁減。缺少一車車旅遊巴載來購物的團體客，做購物團生意的商戶都叫苦連天。本報記者昨午到達紅磡裕民街，該工廠區的珠寶首飾店林立，過往專門接待內地購物團，曾發生多次導遊強迫旅客購物的事件，惟昨天所見，平日塞滿大小旅遊巴的馬路異常暢通，完全沒有內地旅客的蹤影。裕民街兩邊的數間珠寶首飾店，下午四時多已落閘關門，旁邊僅寥寥數間時裝店及手信店仍然營業，但均門可羅雀。珠寶店提前落閘酒樓冷清其中一間零食手信店的店員告知記者，昨天只有一至兩部旅遊巴到該區消費，比平日三四十部相差甚遠，生意大跌不在話下，她站在門前幾個小時都沒有客人。該店經理表示，平日的營業額逾萬元，但昨天只做了數百元生意。「沒有旅客來，想減價促銷都無從入手」。旁邊的時裝店店員楊小姐亦指出，平日受珠寶店帶挈，都有不少內地旅行團客光顧，佔整體收入六成，但昨天連一宗內地客生意都做不成。她說，往年十一黃金周是生意旺季，但按昨天情況估計，今年國慶假期生意起碼跌一半。裕文件倉街街尾的藥房負責人李先生指出，新《旅遊法》實施後，早有心理準備內地團會大減，對於營業額由平日二三萬元跌至昨天的數千元，他以平常心面對，認為等一段時間後，內地旅客因購物團名聲改善，就會重拾信心，藥房亦可迎回春天。在附近以接待購物團用膳為主的凱賓閣酒樓，經理馮先生亦大嘆，上月每天仍有200 多圍�旅客，但踏入10 月即跌至只有100 圍，擔心今個月生意銳減，難以支付酒樓30 萬元月租，他正�手與純玩團接洽，希望轉攻高價團。新《旅遊法》不僅影響零售及餐飲生意，亦衝擊本港酒店業。酒店業主聯會執行總幹事李漢城表示，以接待廉價內地團為主的三星級酒店賓館首當其衝。「有部分酒店埋怨，今年國慶假期連一個團都沒有，他們惟有減價，市區平均減3%至4%，偏遠的甚至要減6%至7%」。旅遊業議會總幹事董耀中表示，旅隊客僅佔訪港內地客不足一成，相信黃金周期間佔多數的自由行旅客會保持增長，預計今年國慶假期整體訪港內地旅客數量，仍有5%至7%增長。至於內地組團社向遊客派發購物券，要他們到指定購物點購物等手法，他表示，若議會收到投訴，會如實向內地部門反映，亦會了解本港接待社與內地組團社簽訂的合約內容。香港零售管理協會主席麥瑞�早前預計，今年十一假期，零售額會有升12%至15%的增長，銷售中低檔消費品的零售商最受惠，特別是化妝品、百貨及中價服飾。採訪、撰文：曾廣裕、陳慧筠存倉

美國民主、共和兩黨始終無法在香港時間周二中午的限期前，儲存達成新財政年度撥款協議，導致聯邦政府十七年來首次局部停擺！八十萬聯邦僱員被逼放無薪假，國家公園服務處管轄的重要旅遊景點暫停對外開放，包括紐約自由神像。在限期前最後時刻，奧巴馬炮轟共和黨意在「勒索贖金」。綜合報道聯邦政府踏入當地時間周二凌晨、即新財政年度展開的一刻得不到撥款，需要局部關閉，許多非緊急部門停止運作，多項非必要服務暫停，全國各地的國家公園和首都主要景點，包括華盛頓國家紀念碑、國會山莊大樓，以及紐約的自由女神像等象徵美國國力的建築，因發不出員工薪資而暫時關閉。自由神像暫停開放聯邦政府是美國最大的僱主，文職僱員超過二百萬，現役軍人約一百四十萬。美國政府僱員聯合會總裁考克斯預計，此次政府停擺估計衝擊約三分之一的政府僱員，總共約八十萬至一百萬的僱員被逼停工。但總統奧巴馬簽署一項緊急法案，使執勤的美軍可以繼續支薪。在現階段，受影響的都是一次比較次要和非緊急的部門。軍方單位、關乎國家安全的部門、航空儲存倉通管理部門等，都維持正常運作。奧巴馬周二凌晨時分向現役軍人發表視像講話，保證政府會準時發薪給軍人。他謂：「我們國家面對的安全威脅沒有改變，我們需要你們隨時作好準備，應付任何緊急事態。」政府停擺期間，現役軍人必須如常執行任務，並繼續獲得發薪。但奧巴馬稱，國防部及軍方文職人員及外判商員工，則要停薪。力保軍人支薪奧巴馬周一下午在白宮發表講話，語氣強硬，表示國會批准政府預算是應盡職責，但共和黨向黨內極右翼許下不切實際的承諾，把政府預算跟廢止醫改法案掛�，掀起這場政府關門風波只是為「保全面子」。「誰也不能因為本職工作、分內之事或者因為不喜歡某項法律就勒索贖金，美國人民把我們派到這�是為了治國。」奧巴馬說。共和黨一直要求把醫療保健改革法例押後一年才生效，他們才肯通過撥款，但遭民主黨拒絕。各方都關注白宮下一步有甚麼對策。白宮預算局長伯韋爾敦促國會盡快採取行動通過一項延續議案，為政府提供短期經費，以便有足夠時間通過正式的預算開支議案，讓政府在新財政年度餘下時間正常運作。迷你倉最平

Source: Pittsburgh Post-GazetteSept.儲存倉 30--Every fall, the Northside Common Ministry's food pantry staff and volunteers issue the alarm of shortage. A weak economy and public funding cuts fuel the perennial spike in need for food and volunteers. But this year's dynamic includes the closing of 15 food pantries in Allegheny County, including one on the North Side.To pull the pantry out of regular crisis mode, a clutch of Central North Siders has begun meeting to create a system to maintain the flow of food and volunteers using Amazon, Pay Pal, Google scheduling and inventory spreadsheets. The group seeks technical help to launch a website before the crush leading up to Thanksgiving. Anyone with interest can contact Northside Common Ministries executive director Jay Poliziani at j.poliziani@ncmin.org."We realize they have a need 12 months a year and that the need is growing," said Darlene Durrwachter Rushing, the advisory group's volunteer coordinator. "We are just a neighborhood gathering of folks right now, saying we don't want any of our neighbors going hungry."Our resources are our brain power and our connections in addition to labor, food and monetary donations. We want to harness our resources and put them to work."Several neighbors are organizing food drives through their businesses in anticipation of the upcoming holidays, she said.More than a dozen small North Side nonprofits distribute food bank supplies one day a month, but the food pantry at Northside Common Ministries, 1601 Brighton Road, is open three days every week and distributes food to about 1,000 people a month. It is one of the largest recipients of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.The food pantry is open to serve and accept donations from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.Mr. Poliziani said 80 percent of the pantry's inventory comes from the Food Bank, "and each year [client] demand increases around the holidays by 30 to 40 percent. Churches and community groups kick in more in the fall, but it's still not enough to cover demand. We will depend on food drives and donations.""We're thrilled" about the advisory group, he sai迷你倉最平. "It's full of talented people who will be able to help us sustain."The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank's closures -- including the Pressley Street Hi-Rise Food Pantry on the North Side -- were based on its own budget cuts and the decision to reallocate some supplies to underserved rural areas, said Lisa Scales, the food bank's CEO.The food bank serves 120,000 people per month and provides 27.4 million pounds of food a year. It distributes to 692 food assistance programs in 11 counties, 425 of them in Allegheny County. Its budget this year is $13.9 million after losing more than $400,000 in federal, state and local funds, Ms. Scales said.Charlese McKinney, the Food Bank's network development director, said the food that went to the Pressley Street Hi-Rise will be divided between the Northside Common Ministries and the Salvation Army."We are asking larger pantries to take on more people so we can open pantries in other areas," she said.The Northside Common Ministries began growing raised bed gardens to supplement the produce it offers clients this year, Mr. Poliziani said. "Our goal is to get food pantry families to sign up for a box to grow their own food."Ms. Scales said food insecurity across 11 counties the Food Bank serves will be exacerbated when funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act expires Nov. 1."More than 333,000 individuals in our 11-county service area will be affected. The impact is a loss of nearly $3 million per month, so we're concerned there will be greater reliance on pantries and emergency food resources."Some people will decide among rent, medicine and food, she said, "and we feel we will see families newly in need.""I love to hear" about the response of North Side residents, she said, "because we count on the community to come together to help solve the problem of hunger. It is a solvable problem."Diana Nelson Jones: djones@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1626. Read her blog City Walkabout at .post-gazette.com/citywalk.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Visit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at .post-gazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存

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Source: The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.儲存倉Sept. 28--Whether the U.S. government will partially shut down Tuesday is still anyone's guess, but federal workers in Clark County are preparing for the worst.At the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, part of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, officials were busy Friday making sure they had everything lined up in case they need to close their gates. The refuge's annual Bird Fest event takes place next weekend, but if a government shutdown lasts more than a week, the refuge will need to go with Plan B. That includes moving its bird-watching activities elsewhere and postponing one of its most popular attractions, the sandhill crane tour."Bird-watching on the refuge is different than it is off the refuge," the site's deputy project leader, Randal Hill, said. He added that Bird Fest is a chance for the refuge to raise money and show the public the role it plays in protecting wildlife. School field trips and volunteer events at the refuge also would be cancelled during a shutdown.The last time Congress brought the nation close to a government shutdown, in 2011, Hill recalled, "We wasted a huge amount of time just going through the preparation process for a potential shutdown." Now it's happening all over again, he said.The refuge is just one example of the various ways a looming shutdown is inconveniencing agencies in Clark County and the state. As officials who oversee health programs, social services and parks brace for the impact, many say the negative effects on their agencies would depend upon how long a shutdown lasts.The same holds true for the economy. Steve Lurch, executive director and chief economist at the Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council, said if Congress doesn't pass a spending bill on time, and if it can't raise the nation's debt limit by mid-October, "we know that will have a big impact on consumer confidence and on the economy, and that's certainly a risk we're watching."Lurch, briefing reporters earlier this month on the latest state revenue projections, added: "We're more than a little concerned about what's going on in the other Washington."Unemployment benefits could be in jeopardy, said Sheryl Hutchison, spokeswoman for the state Employment Security Department. Last month, about 102,000 people statewide claimed unemployment benefits, and roughly 3,000 to 4,000 of them were from Clark County, she said."Every shutdown has some similarities and some differences," Hutchison said. "We conceivably can be affected. We're not sure yet, and we're asking a lot of questions."Before past government shutdowns, Congress gave its unemployment benefits program a cash advance so benefits could continue during the shutdown, but there's no guarantee that would happen this time, Hutchison said. Because the nation is nearing its debt limit for making payments on its obligations, providing a cash advance for unemployment benefits could be especially tricky, she added. The U.S. is expected to reach its debt limit by Oct. 17.Many services wouldn't stopNot all federal services would end if the U.S. government temporarily shuts down Tuesday. Much of the federal government's spending is mandated by law and not up to Congress to determine. It's the nation's discretionary spending that must be approved by Congress.Likewise, some federal workers are considered essential during a government shutdown. By law, prison guards, emergency responders, soldiers, postal workers, members of Congress and air traffic controllers would all continue to work. However, they wouldn't get a paycheck until the budget is approved.The rest of the federal employees couldn't go to work during the shutdown, and Congress would need to decide later whether those employees should get back pay for their forced time off.Jessica Klement, of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, estimated earlier this year that 3,300 active federal employees work in Clark County. It's unknown how many of them serve in essential roles, but nationwide about 60 percent of all federal employees would still go to work during a shutdown while the other 40 percent would face furloughs.Klement added that the mood among federal workers remains glum, with many thinking, "Here we go again. First it's a three-year pay freeze, then furloughs, now there's going to be a government shutdown with maybe a chance of back pay."Health servicesA federal government shutdown also could affect the level of services provided by Clark County Public Health.Federal funding makes up about 20 percent of the health department's budget. The department budget for the 2013-14 biennium is about $24 million, nearly $5 million is from the federal government.Should the federal funding cease, health officials will be forced to prioritize services, said Dr. Alan Melnick, Clark County health officer."Our main goal is to protect the safety of people who live in Clark County so that's going to have our highest priority," Melnick said.Federal funding supports a variety of programs at the health department, including food safety, clean drinking water, emergency p迷你倉最平eparedness, communicable diseases, HIV case management, chronic disease prevention, maternal and child health, immunizations and oral health, Melnick said.Without the federal dollars, those services would be scaled back until funding is restored, Melnick said, meaning the department would be operating at a "diminished capacity."National parksThe Fort Vancouver National Historic Site and the Pearson Air Museum would close during a government shutdown, according to the National Park Service. The museum has had an average of 1,700 visitors per month since it opened in late February under the park service's control.Visitor facilities at the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument also would likely be shuttered during a government shutdown, Sharon Steriti, spokeswoman at the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, said Friday.Housing, hungerOfficials with several social services programs said they could take a substantial hit if a shutdown drags on.Andy Silver, executive director for the Council for the Homeless, said if the shutdown is lengthy, as much as $1.2 million in federal money that gets doled out to a variety of local nonprofits who help the homeless -- Share, Second Step Housing, Columbia River Mental Health and the Vancouver Housing Authority in addition to the council itself -- could be in jeopardy.The result, he said, could be nonprofits and service providers who don't know whether they will be reimbursed for the ongoing services their clients need. It would wreak havoc with their ability to plan and move forward, he said.If there's a shutdown, the Vancouver Housing Authority and its clients and partners could be OK for the month, according to Executive Director Roy Johnson. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was due to wire its October payment of approximately $2 million on Friday, Johnson said earlier in the day. That $2 million covers VHA's chief program: Section 8 housing vouchers that are spent on private rentals in the private market.There are 5,675 people in 2,520 households receiving those vouchers through VHA, federal program policy manager David Overbay said.Johnson said if the Section 8 money is delayed or curtailed, VHA has reserves to keep people in their units for a month. But it couldn't go on for much longer. After that, tenants would have to come up with an average of $500 a month per unit to make up the difference, and "that's a lot to make up for a household that is low income," Johnson said.Federally subsidized housing units for senior citizens, such as the Columbia House and Van Vista, would not evict residents during a shutdown, but contingency plans would have to be made."With it being our property of course we'll keep people in place," Johnson said, "but we'll have to find a way to make adjustments internally. We still have maintenance requirements and it would be unwise of us not to continue to do the service we need with our own units. Otherwise we're begging for a bigger problem later."Alan Hamilton, executive director of the Clark County Food Bank, said he hasn't heard a thing about potential impacts to his agency and its partners. He said he has more pressing worries -- mainly the House of Representatives' recent vote to cut $40 billion from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) -- otherwise known as food stamps.Even if that cut is mitigated in conference with the Senate, it's expected that overall SNAP benefits will shrink or disappear for many hungry people, he said."That will certainly have a longer and more damaging impact on the hungry in our community," he said.Local municipalitiesOfficials with local governments and school districts said they don't expect to be impacted, as long as the shutdown doesn't drag on longer than those in the past. The federal government's most recent shutdown lasted three weeks in December 1995 and January 1996.For the city of Vancouver, "if a federal government shutdown does occur, we anticipate it being short, perhaps a matter of a few days or weeks," Lloyd Tyler, the city's chief financial officer, said. "The area of impact to the city would be primarily from federal grants that we receive directly or through state-administered programs. During that relatively short time frame, the city would be able to effectively manage its cash flow where it wouldn't be an issue."Social Security benefits and Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements aren't expected to be impacted by the federal government shutdown, as long as the shut down doesn't carry on for more than a month. Doctor visits for veterans aren't expected to be impacted, but the Veterans Benefits Administration might not be able to process some benefits, the Washington Post reports.Columbian staff writers Scott Hewitt, Marissa Harshman, Stephanie Rice, Tom Vogt and Sue Vorenberg contributed to this report.Stevie Mathieu: 360-735-4523 or .facebook.com/reportermathieu or .twitter.com/col_politics or stevie.mathieu@columbian.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) 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