Greenbydesign Statewide Conference

May 8th, 2008 by MHerrera

 

How to plan and build sustainable affordable housing and communities in Minnesota. 

Minnesota Green Communities is a statewide collaboration of the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund, the Family Housing Fund, and Enterprise. The National Green Communities initiative is a five-year commitment by Enterprise to build more than 8,500 healthy, efficient homes for low-income people and make sustainable development the mainstream in the affordable housing industry.

They are having a statewide conference on May 21-22.  There’s a link below were you can access their conference website.

Featuring keynote speakers: Mark Fenton and Van Jones.

Both days include expert workshops and a luncheon keynote address on a wide array of affordable, sustainable development topics, including residential green building, Minnesota Housing funding requirements, energy conservation and climate protection strategies, equitable green economic development, and healthy homes and communities.

 http://www.mngreencommunities.org/gbd/index.htm 

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