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One solution for lights; though not a low cost one, is LED based lighting. While not a great option for single bulb emplacements or directed reading lights since their light output is still low to moderate; they are great replacements for any spots,…
Dale, Kay - I will respond to your pervious questions more when I get time, but I want to inject my view that; Many rural/not rural issues are routinely addressed in courses now, but I agree that we might well generate a short reminder checklist, es…
Kay, from your comment;
"......how "out of touch" even our state agency staffers are when it comes to rural communities. The NSP program is an excellent example of this."
Worth repeating. Do you have an article, or will you write one, about how you…
Thanks Kay. There is across the US a pretty wide variety of federal agency skills in rural program delivery. Both HUD and USDA have some highly effective rural experts at various locations, but neither agency has much capacity for identifying and po…
Thanks Lee Anne. There are rural issues, especially in housing, which get only brief attention in some of our CP track courses because of the demands of required content. So, while there are real-life rural practitioners among the trainers, there is…
There is a dearth of rural content in our courses, despite a steady presence of rural practitioners at NTI's. It is great to see rural development experts forming this group. Thanks !
This group is for community development professionals working in rural communities.
On the "risk" side of green we also have the dilemma of requiring all CF lights, saving a great amount of energy, but NOT requiring a safe means of dealing with the mercury they contain. Mercury in soil, water, fish is not a trivial matter. The expo…
This week is the last for this discussion. It is time to extract content, organize and begin refining the shape of product to be applied to our courses. Would have been better to get more participation, but it's ok. The new discussion may spark a re…
Since I am in the cold mid-west (not my choice) my green tip is insulate your foundations using rigid insulation concrete forms ICFs that hold the concrete in place during the curing process and serve as an extra layer of insulation for the foundada…
Nice work from AB & Barbara, right Tim ?
AB's "liability & risk" message has been eaten by the digital wonderland. Repost as a "reply" ?
There is now enough material in this discussion to extract the substance, delete this discussions, and start a…
"Easy" green from construction viewpoint:
Using 2X6 walls, 24" on center, rather than old standard 2X4 walls, 16" o.c. (better stability, better energy efficiency, and less expensive, due to less wood used)
Using zero-VOC paints (no off-gassing, pri…
That is an excellent approach, AB. You might be surprised how little info is put together anywhere, but if anyone can find it it will be AB.
So, we'll have national, climate zoned, and state specific categories. That will be a welcome innovation fo…
Hey Barbara see you got suckered in also! In answer to your question - I think we need to establish a list of incentives by state. In our training classes we could show the participants what is available in their area. I am sure that this info is pu…
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- Job Title
- Owner
- Employer
- The Paul Webb Company
- Professional Experience
- 31 years community and affordable housing development, finance and construction.
- Community Development Interests
- Construction and Production, Community Stabilization, Disaster Preparedness and Recovery, Homeownership Education, Land Use and Sustainability, Public Policy and Advocacy, Real Estate Development (Multi-family), Real Estate Development (Single Family)
- Years in the Community Development Field
- more than 25 years
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- At 10:58am on July 13, 2009,
AB O'Brien said…
- I agree Paul - I'm out of here.
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I second Sarah -- also, I've been hearing some NSP grantees say, more or less, "we have interest but none of the people interested can qualify for a mortgage", and they describe that as a lending problem. To me, that sounds more like a marketing pro…
I noticed these interesting stats at Realtor.org today:
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I like Home Makeover. And, I like adding free architectural, landscaping and decorating assistance with the loan to help homeowners choose high-impact investments and maximize the fixed costs of bringing a contractor out. Geneva, NY offers free arch…
Thanks Vince. At this time, I know non-profits do not have access to RD's loan origination software, UniFi. I'm not sure how much we've discussed the issues of access to CAIVRS in the 502 course.
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