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The real estate market is getting worse every day… Don’t you just want to throw your computer when you read a paragraph that starts out with that sentence? I swear, every day I read another article about how bad its [...]

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I got this email in my in-box today from Colleen that I thought was worth sharing with you. My family belongs to a local CSA but this takes things to a whole new level. Enjoy!
Dear Levi, Jason and Steve.
Last December, I met with Steve Schweigert and introduced him to my associates; Richard [...]

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Its the one you never heard about but should have….
Below is a section from their upcoming grand opening.
You’re Invited! 9onF and 2nd Saturday Show - Feb. 9 from 2-9pm
Sacramento’s 1st Green-certified Townhomes will be on display along with Short Center & Tangent Gallery Artists this Saturday between 2pm and 9pm.
With the green movement in full [...]

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I spent last week at Greenbuild in chilly Chicago. Greenbuild is the USGBC’s green-building conference that is held annually. I didn’t make it to all the educational seminars that I had hoped because of the craziness. I actually sat on the floor through one of them. Can you say sore butt! There was a [...]

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I was riding into work the other day and pulled up behind a set of Fallen Leaf Tree Service massive chipper and hauling trucks – the kind that normally spray nasty diesel exhaust all over. But this one had a sticker on the back that caught my eye “All Fallen Leaf Tree Service equipment [...]

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Nearly every major corporation in America has announced a “green” strategy or product line and very few of them are authentic efforts but instead green washing of the same old stuff by the marketing department.
Many of you saw this article today about Starbucks in the Bee. The sad thing is that its not that surprising, [...]

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Previously, we introduced one of our newest projects: Family Style. This project tackles something near and dear to our hearts - Families.
Having more than a couple kids in our West Sac projects so far would be a bit awkward. So we wanted to build one that has a bit larger unit sizes that can fit [...]

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Sometimes I feel like such an oddball biking to work and not going on Costco runs like my neighbors. I wonder if my fellow Americans (and neighbors) will ever change their ways to meet the crisis of the day.

It was encouraging yesterday to read this article in Sierra Magazine about the effort during WWII. [...]

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So, guess what!? Here’s another topic we would really love to hear your opinions on. (Imagine that!)
We are at the point (and actually a little beyond the point) with some of our projects where we need to make decision whether to try for a LEED certification or to pass. Our strong commitment to creating eco-urban [...]

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As people, we need a way to quantify things. We need all the things in our life to fit in our basic little boxes and we are constantly simplifying complex things so that we can measure them dice them up and put them where we can understand them.
We take mortgages and narrow them down to [...]

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