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Excavation started Sept. 15 for developer C.J. Ebert's Snapdragon Flats apartment buildings. Rock will be removed from the base of Snapdragon Hill, a two to three week process. The excavation will create a pad for the first triplex on Hill Street, Ebert explained in an email. Construction will start in the spring.

Ebert walked the nearby streets the week of Sept. 12, passing out a flyer. He informed residents of the coming "noise and truck traffic associated with this work," offering his "sincere apologies for the inconvenience" and pledging the work would be finished as quickly as possible...