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The first Green Cottages home, an affordable project of the Communiyt Land Trust of Greater Cleveland has achieved a LEED for Homes Platinum certification rating. Fewer than 20% of LEED-certified homes earn a platinum rating.

Jim "JP" Ptacek (LEED AP), LEED for Homes Team Leader and project manager at Larsen Architects, and Mandy Metcalf, LEED for Homes Team Member and Director of the Affordable Green Housing Center of Environmental Health Watch, will lead tours of the home detailing the construction process and green features. Marge Misak, Executive Director of the Community Land Trust of Greater Cleveland, the project developer, can discuss details of the project development and financing, as well as the Land Trust component in the project. David Sharkey of Progressive Urban Real Estate, will have materials about the next house for sale in the Green Cottages project.

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Well, it’s back by popular demand - and a very generous homeowner! We are excited to tell you that this Saturday, October 10, in conjunction with the Capitol Theatre Grand Re-Opening week, there will another chance to tour our first completed Green Cottage home. As part of events this weekend, there will be a free bus to take you to the Green Cottage open house, as well as other new housing opportunities in the area. Catch the bus anytime Saturday between noon - 4 p.m. at the West 78th Street Studios, 1300 W. 78th St., Cleveland.

If you pick up a “Passport” (on the bus or at one of the houses), visit all the stops on the tour and have your passport stamped, you will be able to enter in a drawing for a chance to win a $500 shopping spree in Detroit Shoreway!!! If you can’t do the tour, feel free to stop by the house on your own. It is located at 5810 Pear Ave (near the corner of W.58th and Pear Ave), Cleveland. Don’t miss this opportunity to see affordable, super energy efficient urban living at its best! The tour will also be showcasing the ‘78th Street Studios Experience,’ Cleveland’s creative arts and business center anchoring the west end of the Gordon Square Arts District. For more information and updates on all the events this weekend, please visit www.gordonsquare.org

For more information on the Land Trust and the Green Cottages, please call 216-334-1620 or visit www.ccLandTrust.org

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Affordable, Accessible & Environmentally Sustainable Living in the thriving Cleveland EcoVillage!

2 and 3 Bedroom Newly Built Homes
• Buyer choice in many colors and finishes
• Hardwood floors downstairs, green-label carpets upstairs, Marmoleum in kitchen and baths
• No-step entrance, wider hallways and doorways, and other accessibility features if needed
• Full basement and 1.5 car garage
• Low VOC carpet and paint

Exceptional Energy Efficiency:
• $33 a month to heat the 2–bedroom house, based on a post-construction independent energy audit
of the Green Cottage at 5810 Pear Ave.
• Energy Star appliances, windows, doors and lighting fixtures
• Water-saving faucets and landscaping that keeps rainwater in your yard and not down the sewer

Steps Away From:
• Public transit, both bus and rapid
• Public and private schools (Urban Community
School, Metro Catholic, St. Ignatius High School)
• Community gardens and Zone Recreation Center
• Restaurants, shops, theaters and galleries of the
Gordon Square Arts District

COME SEE FOR YOURSELF ALL THE GREEN COTTAGES HAS TO OFFER!
In conjunction with the W.65th St. Streetscape ribbon cutting and festival, the Green Cottages will be holding an open house from 12p-4pm Saturday, September 26. To view the Green Cottage home you may either join in on the tour of the area by catching the shuttle buses anytime between 12p-4p, and one of the stops will be the Green Cottages; or just stop on by the house on your own between 12p-4p! The house is located at W.58th and Pear Ave.

Please visit the Land Trust website for more info on the Green Cottages, www.ccLandTrust.org

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Join the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) Cleveland on Saturday, August 29th at 10:00 a.m. as we tour the Cleveland EcoVillage, a neighborhood that champions sustainability. We'll be joined by the EcoVillage Director, who will lead a one hour walking tour of the neighborhood. We'll also discuss transit-oriented development, urban gardens, sustainability initiatives, grassroots resident initiatives, "pocket parks" and cool new super-efficient housing.

The tour will end at the EcoVillage garden with sandwiches and refreshments and a conversation about how you can make your organization more sustainable.

Join us at 10 a.m.at the Michael Zone Recreation Center at the corner of West 65th Street and Lorain Avenue. The parking lot is off of W.65th directly south of Lorain.

More info: http://www.ynpn.org/ecovillage-cle

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Join neighbors as we clean-up a vacant lot and decorate barricades. Hosted by the Lorain to Fir Block Club and Gordon Square Farmers Market. For more information, call the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization at 216-961-4242.

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Celebrate the dedication of Simmons Park at 11 am and then tour the Fir Avenue Cemetery at noon. Top off the day at a community BBQ from 1 pm to 3 pm at the EcoVillage Ithaca Community Garden.

Hosted by the Lorain to Fir Block Club, Bridge Brigade Block Club, Ohio City Gardeners and EcoVillage Community Gardeners. For more information, call the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization at 216-961-4242.

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The Cuyahoga Community Land Trust is pleased to invite you to an Open House on the first completed house of our Green Cottages project. Truly one-of-a-kind in the city of Cleveland, the Green Cottages showcases affordable, sustainable, environmentally friendly and extra energy efficient single family housing.

Please stop by anytime between 1pm-4pm on April 11th to view some of the latest green building techniques put to use, how this home matches the unique character of the EcoVillage neighborhood and how you may be able to purchase one! The Open House is located at 5810 Pear Ave, Cleveland, 44102. For more information, please visit www.ccLandTrust.org

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- Learn how the Green Cottages are meeting Enterprise Green Communities and LEED for Homes Gold standards
- Talk with the builder and developer about the experience of building an affordable, accessible green home
- Take away lessons learned and tips on building green Learn about the costs, benefits, and trade-offs of green construction
- Tour the first Green Cottage under construction

Cost: $15 (Cash or check payable to the Cuyahoga Community Land Trust. Plant donation or volunteer service accepted in lieu of fee, call for details)

Please call Mandy Metcalf, 216-961-4646 or email mmetcalf(at)ehw.org to register.

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Annual benefit of the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization.

For ticket information, call 216-961-4242.

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Come explore the Bridge Square Townhomes, one of the newest additions to the Cleveland EcoVillage, and hear Chris Kious from A Piece of Cleveland (APOC) discuss deconstruction and “upcycling.” Michele Anderson from Progressive Urban Real Estate will be on hand on to answer all your financing and tax abatement questions. See first hand, the many sustainable components of the two-bedroom townhome, including beautiful bamboo floors, a super high efficiency furnace, and durable granite countertops. If you’re not looking to buy, spread the word and take advantage of our $500 referral incentive. Refreshments will be provided and innovative designs by APOC will be on display.