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CEO Brownell pegs his future on conservation design techniques. "It's the future ... the way we'll all need to do development," he says. Bielinski Homes scored big with its 39-acre Prairie Glen community, in Germantown, Wis., on agricultural lands that included "partially degraded wetlands."...
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A nationwide search campaign helps Eden find its Eve.
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The VIP (very important phase) affair held at Prairie District Homes in July 2002, resulted in 12 deposits on the Legacy Development Group's 28 available townhomes, says Judith Simon of Chicago-based Taylor Johnson Associates, the agency representing the community. And it was the elegance of the...
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By Christina B. Farnsworth. Furnished by PowerLight Corp. of Northern California, it provides enough electricity to power over 200 homes during the day. "Thanks to our deployment of solar power, innovative energy-efficiency measures, and cogeneration, [we] anticipate savings of more than $800,000 a...
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Never have the Gold Nugget winners been more responsive to local settings in their use of materials and details and more romantic as a result.
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Just like corporate executives, elected officials can be held personally liable if they act beyond their legal authority.
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Before you claim you offer all shoppers a fair shake and don't discriminate among home buyers, consider this shopping test to evaluate discrimination, conducted last year by HUD and the Urban Institute.Nationally, real estate sales professionals favored white shoppers over blacks with the same...
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No-growth fans are lauding the "farmland security perimeter" in Madera, Calif. Funded through an initiative of the American Farmland Trust, farmers have been paid to keep their farms out of the reach of home developers.Agriculture in California is especially important, not only economically -- it...
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By Christina B. Farnsworth. The importance of housing and the defeat of "dream-killer bills" were the focus of building industry participants as they rallied at the state capitol in Sacramento, Calif.The California BIA held its sixth annual rally May 14. Housing's profound effect on the California...
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Builders throughout the Southwest must control dust or be in violation of air pollution standards. The 31 percent reduction in Colorado River water delivery caused the Coachella Valley Water District to deny the development water for dust control.