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City work is never done.

This year, the pace for the Development Services Department and the Public Works Department has ramped up even more.

First, there's the permitting for development within Edmonds. Some of the development is small scale, such as minor home improvements; some of it is much larger, such as new commercial buildings. While the "great recession" years were lean for projects, development has increased significantly ever since.

For example, 2014 was a very strong year for the value of projects being built in the city. In the January-August period of 2014, buil...