Painter's Hall "regeneration" nearing completion

For February 16, Tony's draft

Painter's Hall Regeneration. As promised, the Painter's Hall is nearing completion as the Pringle Creek Community Center and home to our Sustainable Living Center. Also as promised, the Painter's Hall is scheduled to achieve LEED-Platinum certification and become one of the first true "net-zero energy" buildings in America. Features include Sanyo solar panels that can produce 7+ kilowatts of electricity (enough to power . . . some metric needed) and utilizes Pringle Creek's innovative geo-thermal heating and cooling system. The building also harvests rainwater for use in the bathrooms,

The Painter's Hall includes casual gathering space as well as meeting and event space for up to 50 people. Please stop by and visit.

listing of upcoming news items

# 3 2.21

Painter's Hall Aims for Zero-Waste. With the help of the Pringle Creek Community Sustainable Living Center the Painter's Hall is moving forward to establish a "zero-waste" policy. (add comments for Zero Waste Policy document).


# 4 3/1 (Is this appropriate?)

Five Different Design Teams: Pringle Creek Community is a planned neighborhood with lots of thought given to every detail. We love Opsis Architecture, our planning and design team. They created the beautiful master plan and have set the bar high for every element at Pringle Creek Community, including new homes and old buildings, landscapes and streetscapes, parks and paths.

But Pringle Creek Community is about learning and sharing. In that spirit we have always welcomed folks to use their own design team. Most often a design team is simply the homeowners, their builder and their architect or draftsman. Today there are seven homes at Pringle Creek, four of these are at different stages of construction. Looking at these seven homes we realized that we have already benefited from five different design teams working creatively within the sustainable framework of Pringle Creek.


# 5 3/5 Maybe this finds it's way in earlier?

Just pictures (emphasis on people): We thought we'd share a little bit of our photo gallery. Pringle Creek is a big hit for people looking for a fun and beautiful place to walk, jog, ride bicycles, or just stroll along our sidewalks and paths. Come along and visit our Painter's Hall anytime Wednesday thru Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or call ahead FINISH


# 6 3/10

Richard Florida: From the economist who helped define the importance of "place in the knowledge-driven economy" comes another important point about the neighborhoods we chose to live in. People see TONY ADDS HERE



Future story's:

Salmon Safe. (blog timing pending press release)


Sign-up for Community Gardens. (Santiago?)

1. Introduce Sarah Dehaan
2. Cottages Available / Downsizing
3. Painter's Hall update (and availability): Rainwater/ geothermal/ solar/ reuse/ learning/ gathering-community
4. Aiming for Zero Waste
5. Excavation for next custom home
6. Five different architects . . . Opsis/Chapin/Spectra/Maschord/Oregon Yurt Works
7. Richard Florida "Beauty of Place"
8. Salmon Safe
9. Just pictures/ people
10. Salem Sustainability Network
11. Sign-up for Community Gardens

Wilson's energy bill during the cold spell in December, contrast with Tony's similar sized home?