CARBONDALE —As of late September, building permits issued by the town were on their way to surpassing the number of permits issued in all of 2012, according to the town’s building department, which officials see as a tangible sign that the construction industry is on the rebound.
“It’s not the boom days,” said Town Manager Jay Harrington, “but it’s certainly looking up from where we were a couple of years ago.”
According to data from building and planning department assistant Teka Israel, the departments had issued a total of 174 permits for all types of projects as of this week, compared to a total of 186 permits issued in all of 2012.
And, Israel reported, the number of permits recorded by Nov. 12 had grown by 29 since a report as of Sept. 24, an indication that builders and developers have continued to be active in town through the last couple of months.
According to the town’s data, in 2008, at the end of which the economy took a dive, Carbondale processed a total of 265 permits. That year, Israel reported, local developers put up 75 single family homes, “some of which might be four-plexes.”
The next year, 2009, followed the financial implosion of the housing market and a resulting economic crash worldwide. That year, Carbondale processed only 160 permits, and local builders put up only one single family home.
The statistics have improved ever since.
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