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Wed, 2012-03-21 15:04 — mdmcdonald
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NOMAD Micro Homes

Fri, 2014-03-28 23:09 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

nomadmicrohomes.com

NOMAD’s living room, kitchen, bathroom, stair, bedroom, and storage are all seamlessly integrated: a stair doubles as a kitchen, a window adds light to one area and a higher ceiling to another, a bathroom doubles as a shower, storage that can be used as seating, and so on. These features are not obvious at first glance, but each one is essential to NOMAD's livability.

NOMAD "Live" becomes NOMAD "Zero" when the following pre-engineered sustainable features are added: 
Solar Power
Composting Toilet
Rainwater Collection
Grey Water Treatment

They also offer upgrades . . .
Increased Wall and Roof Insulation
High Wind Loading
Triple Glazing

http://www.nomadmicrohomes.com/models.html

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Sleeping Bag Coat for the Homeless Finds Fans in the Fashion World

Tue, 2013-06-18 10:43 — Kathy Gilbeaux

pbs.org - by William Harless - May 6, 2013

A few years ago, Veronika Scott, now 23, set up a coat manufacturing business in a graffiti-covered building in an old Irish manufacturing neighborhood of Detroit. She had a few sewing machines and a drive to help the homeless.

She wanted to make a coat that transforms into a sleeping bag, originally intended just for Detroit's homeless. But when she presented it at Aspen Fashion Week a year ago, some in the audience asked where they could get their own coats.

State Expropriation for New Hospital Includes Those Who Rebuilt After Katrina

Fri, 2013-03-08 00:11 — Kathy Gilbeaux

nola.com : by Bill Barrow;  September 21, 2010

Like tens of thousands of New Orleanians, Barbara and Larry Dillon returned after Hurricane Katrina to find their home ravaged by water that a government-built levee system did not contain.

Many months later, the couple accepted $51,000 from the taxpayer-financed Road Home program and, combined with insurance proceeds, restored their South Tonti Street home, resettling in May 2007.

Now, less than three years later, the Dillons are about to accept a buyout -- financed by the same federal Community Development Block Grant sources as the Road Home -- to leave their home, as the state and federal governments prepare to build adjacent hospitals on 70 acres in lower Mid-City.

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New Jersey Closely Watched New Orleans Eminent Domain Deadline in 2006

Thu, 2013-03-07 23:56 — Kathy Gilbeaux

njeminentdomain.com

“We have to watch the redevelopment in New Orleans for a lot of reasons, and one of them is to make sure that the shadow government of the rich and the powerful does not end up abusing eminent domain to take property that belongs to poor people in order to get them out of the city.” – U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, San Francisco Chronicle (Sept. 21, 2005)

As reported yesterday on Indybay.org, Stephen Bradberry, head organizer for ACORN New Orleans, and Jeffrey Buchanan, communications officer of Center for Human Rights, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, wrote:

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Collision Works is a Boutique Shipping Container Hotel Slated For Detroit

Sun, 2012-09-09 15:00 — Maeryn Obley

Conceptual art of Detroit's planned Collision Works.Image: Conceptual art of Detroit's planned Collision Works.

inhabitate.com - September 7th, 2012 - Bridgette Meinhold

We just got wind of an exciting new project for Detroit - a boutique shipping container hotel, co-working facility and community event space all wrapped into one. Construction will begin on Collision Works in 2013 and the facility will support the arts and food-centric Eastern Market community. The multidisciplinary design group, which includes New York architecture firm KOOP.AM, wants to provide a place for travelers as well as space for the community to gather, collaborate and forge a new future for Detroit.

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Intentional Communities

Fri, 2012-09-07 15:13 — Maeryn Obley

submitted by Susan Steinhauser

Intentional Community is an inclusive term for ecovillages, cohousing communities, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives, intentional living, alternative communities, cooperative living, and other projects where people strive together with a common vision.

This web site serves the growing communities' movement, providing resources for starting a community, finding a community home, living in community, and creating more community in your life.

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Honest Buildings

Wed, 2012-03-21 15:12 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

Honest Buildings has created a profile for any building in the world with an address. This platform is the first place that connects occupants, service providers and owners to each other and the buildings where they live, work and spend their time. Type in an address, and the free service instantly finds information about any commercial or residential building in the U.S., including pictures, reviews, Honesty Ratings(TM), open and completed projects, and the people associated with that building, including service providers, managers and owners.

Anyone can use Honest Buildings to compare buildings based on size, location, type, Honesty Ratings, associated organizations, and the types of projects that have been completed, helping them to make better-informed decisions about real estate.

Projects can range from a new bathroom renovation to obtaining LEED certification for a new real estate development, and everything in between. During its private beta, Honest Buildings has already amassed over 50,000 projects representing over 10 billion square feet of buildings.

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