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WORKFORCEINVESTMENTBOARD You've just lost your job. You're stunned and devas- tated but optimistic; every- thing will be all right. Days later, as you march down to file for unemployment insurance benefits, reality hits! You don't have a job! How are you going to sup- port yourself, your family? It's been so long, you don't even have a resume; or if you do, your resume needs to be updated. The thought of go- ing on ajob interview makes you shudder; how will you ever make it? Now feelings of insecurity begin to set in; you areworried;you aretrying not to panic, but for the first time you feel so alone. Anyone who has ever lost a job canrelate to thisscenario. The good news is that you are not alone. When you file for unemployment the staff at the Division of Unemploy- ment Assistance (DUA) will refer you to a Career Center Seminar. It is during this seminar that you will learn about the resources available to you, including a host of staff-assisted Reemployment Services that are designed to help you ease through this transition and assist you in finding ajob. Although these Reemploy- ment Services are available to anyone who needs them for a fee, there is no charge for individuals on unemploy- ment , unless they have a recall date. Whether it be somethingas simple as updating a resume or more time consuming as resume preparation , Career Opportunities is the place to go when you are in need of Reemployment Services. Other reemployment services offered at the career center that have proven extremely valuable to job seekers are one-on-onecareercounseling; academic,interest,vocational and aptitude assessments; skill development/targeted competency development; individualized job develop- ment andjob placement;and job-sear ch counseling. Career Opportunities will soonbe offeringmore staff-as- sisted reemployment servic- es.These include one-on-one resume development , mock interviewing, membership in its Gold Card Job Club, a Resume Development and Critique Workshop and an Electronic Resume Writing Workshop. Resume Development is designed to assist the job seeker who needs specialized individualized instruction and guidance in constructing a resume. Mock Interviewing ] will give the job seeker an opportunity to participate in a mock interview and he/she will be videotaped for group and self-critiquing. Resume Development and Critiquing workshop will provide the job seeker the opportunity to develop from start to finish his/her own professional resume withthe guidance and support of the professional resume writer. Oncethe resumeiscompleted by the job seeker, the resume is critiqued. The Electronic Resume WritingWorkshopwillprovide resume writingsoftware that thejob seeker can use to pro- duce aresume.Theworkshop will teach the job seeker all the skillsnecessaryto design, file and e-mail an electronic resume used by many com- panies today.The Gold Card Job Clubwillprovide rotating facilitators and guest speak- ers who willfocus on specific issues related to job seeking and retention skills.The club CONTINUED ON PAGE A:10 Reemployment services offered at Career Opportunities save the day Atlantis Development surfaces with reduced building footp rint By David Still II dstill@barnstablepatriot.com It's been five years since plans for a new Stop & Shop on Route 132 were first filed and three since they went mostly dormant. Atlantis Development has revived its plans to build a replacement supermarket on the 12 acres between Route 132 and Attucks Lane (think the old candle factory site, and is back for joint review with the Cape Cod Commission and the state's MEPA unit. A hear- ing will be held Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Barnstable Superior Court House. At 55,000 square feet, the building's footprint has been reduced by about 15,000 square feet since the original filing, as has the supermarket itself. The total square footage for the building remains near 70,000 when second floor and mezzanine areas are considered. The building has also been relocated on the par- cel. Representatives from Atlantis Development and property owner Sam Lorus- so have been meeting with staff from the Cape Cod Commission and Barnsta- ble's Growth Management Division in recent months to review the project , its aesthetics and the design of a proposed connector road between Attucks Lane and Route 132's intersection with Bearse's Way. The project , which would relocate the existing Stop & Shop from Southwinds Plaza to the new location, first surfaced some five years ago. Plans at that time called for razing the candle factory, the vacant Shir-Dan's Kitchen res- taurant and the Victory Chapel, merging the lots to build a new Stop & Shop. Victory Chapel would get a new church built by the developer at another nearby location. Ed Lambert is the repre- sentative for the property owner and has worked with commission and town staff on the project's details. He noted that some of the demolition work has already been completed and said the provisions for a new church are still in place. Fires at the old candle factory building, tied to its use by homeless people, prompted its removal last year. The restaurant build- ing was also razed at that time. For the town, the ques- tion of what happens with the building in Southwinds Plaza is nearly as important as the new project. Assis- tant Town Manager Paul Niedzwiecki said that two key aspects of the project are ensuring that traffic is improved and that a proper use is found for the current 68,000-square-foot location. While the town is not in a position to say who goes there, he noted, conversa- tions about the kind of ten- ant are appropriate. "We can ask," Niedzwiecki said. Stop & Shop leases the Southwinds location from the Flatley Co., and will be in a controlling position on the sub-tenant. The Aug. 29 hearing will take a crack at the draft Environmental Impact Re- port prepared by Atlantis, which has been the subject of an ongoing conversation between the developer and the commission. Traffic is expected to be a key topic as the Stop & Shop project gets back into the regulatory swing. There's still some reliance on the planned widening of Route 132 within the proj- ect's traffic planning. That project went out to bid last winter, but the bids remain unopened. In the meantime, a road project on the Scenic Highway in Bourne moved higher on the list of funded projects , effectively adding another year to the Route 132 timeline. Lambert did not want to speak directly to the traffic issues, preferring to let traf- fic consultant VHB address such issues, but he said another year for 132 would not be an issue based on the project's timeline. The draft EIR remains at a "big picture" level for regulators, commission planner Greg Smith said. While there are details of how the developer plans to build and, where necessary, mitigate the effects of the project , but it's also a stage to identify the areas that need greater review and detail. The draft EIR is available for review at the commis- sion's office in Barnstable village. The Aug. 29 meeting will be held in rooms 11 & 12 in Barnstable Superior Court House in the village. It begins at 6:30 p.m. New Stop & Shop back to commission Opposition to Bornstein development remains By Edward F. Maroney emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com EDWARD F MARONEY PHOTO TRIMMING HIS SALES - Stu Bornstein tells the zoning board of appeals he's scaled back his Bay Point Chapter 40B development in Cotuit. Villagers who spoke at Wednesday's meeting made it clear that more - or, perhaps, nothing - must be done He's halved the number of bedrooms, moved the project footprint out of a Zone 1water resource area, and made other accommodations, but Stu Born- stein's multi-unit Chapter 40B housing proposal for the heart of Cotuit still seems like an imposition to many. Pointing to what he called the project' s "space-age septic system," Tom Burgess of Main Street told the zoning board of appeals Wednesday that he feels as though "aliens have dropped into Cotuit. I want to register my extreme discomfort." One abutter summed up by saying the proposed development "looks very much like a Motel 6." But as long as Barnstable fails to meet the requirement that 10 percent of its housing stock qualify as afford- able - or make adequate yearly prog- ress toward that goal - developers will continue to have the right to build such projects as long as they ensure that a percentage of the units qualifies as affordable. Patiently, Bornstein walked the board through the changes made in his Bay Point proposal for 671 Main St. He noted that the original 10 two-bedroom multi-family units had been reduced to 10 one-bedroom townhouse units with lofts, which he said could not be used as bedrooms. The initial plan would have restricted the units to ages 55 and over, but it was determined that the community's housing needs did not justify that ar- rangement. Bornstein had promised to pay for a water consultant to review the impact of the original project' s use of Zone 1water protection land, but he sug- gested that the reduction in bedrooms and pullback from the central zone of contribution rendered that unneces- sary.The board disagreed, and the de- veloper said he would pay for the study. Board member Dan Creedon said he remained concerned that the project was still too close to the Zone 1area. CONTINUED ON PAGE A:10 Neighbors unconvinced by project reductions /Farmers Porches'^%K . \ Since1984j—- > Cl JWfc- 362"i 625^ ' airmii@* zWne7Eldredge& Sonsxom% mm W finally . . . - Largest yn I ' l p» i Selectionof dPvallttf n&hr& Picture Frames frdtottfr fc*a*fo In onCape Cod PWS, Not MfefcC ' Nervation at LOW Fr\OCt\ Materials Used ¦¦ ^rrrrrrrrrrrrrr ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ r^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^sjgg|iEpjg^New Home Construction Craig Ashworth ¦ 385 Sea St., Hyannis ¦ 775-0457 HAYES & HAYES ATTORNEYS AT LAW P.C. Harold L. Hayes,Jr. Michael J. 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