asheville sustainable development: Asheville 1031s, Baby Boomers, and Living Green - 10/05/08 02:38 PM
Living "Green" seems to be about the positive momentum for Baby Boomers with 1031s .
I asked one of my 1031 Baby Boomer clients, who is a Big Fan of sustainable develpoment, what "living green" given the current economic climate meant to him.
He smiled.
A 1031 investor who drives a car powered … (5 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Asheville the "Sweet Spot" for Eco Development and Communities - 09/15/08 09:56 PM
We live in the mountains, a"sweet spot" for for Eco Development and Communities and for people who make choices for quality of life.....
Just one look at our view-sheds says more than a thousand words in that regard. The Asheville area mountains, the valleys, the streams and waterfalls are natural gifts in-which … (1 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: The Universe is Conspiring in Your Favour, Part One. - 09/12/08 01:26 AM
Have you ever heard the saying "the universe is conspiring against me"?
Well, don't believe it. The universe is conspiring in your favour, if you can recognize it. This has generally been my experience.
I suppose sometimes things may seem on the surface to be unfavorable, however, even the seemingly … (5 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Hickory Nut Forest in Gerton N.C Evolving Eco-Community - 09/11/08 12:05 PM
Hickory Nut Forest in Gerton N.C. is an evolving eco-community and conservation neighborhood . This eco-community- is an easy drive from Asheville's, cultural amenities, arts, music and delicious cuisine, as well as excellent healthcare all nearby. (17 miles, 23-27 min.) And just 4 minutes to the CSA. If you enjoy farm-fresh … (3 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Sundays on the Island: Reconnecting with the Land; Meeting the People ~Asheville Area Events Series: Tailgate Markets- The MARSHALL, NC Market. - 08/27/08 10:58 AM
In Madison County, North Carolinadon't be surprised to find vocal streams, rolling pastures, welcoming "coves" and unending vistas that take your breath away. What's not to love about Madison County? It's unabashed beauty might remind you of Scotland, or Ireland or Heaven-on-Earth.
There's a spirit of community here. Camaraderie. Inclusiveness. A sense … (10 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Moving Into Some $$$WEET Music & Green Office Building$$ - 08/20/08 04:43 PM
This isn't really news to those of us who predicted it. But, even on second glance, taking another look at ordinary "non-green" buildings as compared to nearby " green" buildings, still ignites a broad smile on the faces of both REALTORS® and our clients/investors. . What generates that reaction and is … (8 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Green Communities, Future Green Building Trends .Asheville and Beyond - 08/15/08 02:20 PM
Recently I bumped into such an interesting discussion on green building trends on the tube. If you are interested in trends in our industry in terms of sustainable design,here's a bit of information that seems pertinent . As I sat glued to the screen, I thought of my pals at AR, real estate professionals … (6 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Picnics and Day Trips: Trip # 4 of the Asheville Series - 08/11/08 01:33 PM
There are rumbles in the countryside. Becky and Bruce are praying this means rain, but it's been a dry, dry summer thus far, and rumbles or not, the sun is hot and so are we.
Luckily, we know where the enormous old shade trees and cooling waters of Hickory Nut Creek … (5 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Reconnecting with the Land; Meeting the People : Tailgate Markets- The UNCA Sponsored Market.An Asheville Area Events Series: - 08/10/08 08:11 PM
We have been visiting any number of Greater Asheville, N.C. area tailgate markets on the hunt for engaging photos about organic eats and other "good things" for sustainable living.
This has turned out to be pure bon chance . An early morning adventure is one of many reasons why the … (11 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Asheville Evenings a Series: Shindig on the Green - 08/01/08 02:35 PM
It was one of those perfect, clear evenings in Asheville. Not a cloud in the sky. Good fortune for the folks arriving at the Shindig on the Green festival. Shindig on the Green is a long-standing tradition here in the Asheville area. The summer series of family-friendly community get-togethers commences "along about … (8 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Asheville's Eco Communities(series) : Drovers Road Preserve - 07/28/08 02:10 PM
WHERE is the perfect place to construct the green-built home of your dreams? Possibly on a remarkable building site in one of Asheville, North Carolina's eco-communities. "GREEN" is the word here in Western North Carolina's mountains.
More and more here in Asheville we are noticing a trend toward sustainable environments, and more … (9 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Asheville City Market. Events Series: Tailgate Markets - 07/23/08 10:57 AM
I love tomatoes. How about you? . . .And . . .if you are relocating to, visiting or already live in Asheville, North Carolina-where can you go to find some of the best-tasting, locally-grown, organic, fresh-off-the vine tomatoes possibly in the entire world? Why...at one of Asheville's tailgate markets, of course...such as:
The … (16 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Asheville's 434-acre Public Garden Let's Get Together! EVENTS. (A Monthly Series about Asheville, N.C.'s ALLURING ARBORETUM - 07/19/08 01:46 AM
Asheville's 434-acre Public Garden is a splendid gathering place. If you live in, are relocating to, or simply are visiting Asheville, North Carolina you can expand your dreams and ideas, brighten your days and feed your heart and soul within our eco-friendly community. Because so many of us love the idea of … (32 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Strong, Caring (and Green) Communities - 07/08/08 08:27 AM
I'm out on the Land today. I'm out on the Land in an Asheville area eco-development we represent. It has open spaces and forest land and waterfalls and climbing cliffs and streams and an heirloom apple orcahrd now producing juicy specimens you'd love to eat...(see photo) oh it is amazing!
So … (9 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Exploring Green Communities: The Eco Villages and Eco Communities You Could Love - 07/04/08 04:26 PM
The LOOKS COUNT Series. Urban infill communities. Part III. Re-Development of a Brownfield Area/ The River Arts District.
"The plan celebrates the area's rich past, its present reinvention as Asheville's premiere arts district, and its future as a vibrant sustainable community."
FIRST Imagine
stepped pathways
public plazas
terraces and courtyards
a bowling … (6 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Green Communities, Eco Villages and Eco Communities in Greater Asheville, NC - 07/03/08 07:33 AM
LOOKS COUNT Series. Urban infill communities, What's True Green?
The headline read, " Urban Infill Project Embraces Green Building Guidelines." Intriguing, eh? First of all...what are they talking about? 1) What is an urban infill project? And 2) what is meant by "Green Building Guidelines"?
Seems GREEN is red-hot these … (10 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Green Communities, A Party on the Land, Part 2 - 06/29/08 01:16 PM
This is the second of a series of posts on eco-sensitive land development and eco and/ or green communities in the mountains of western North Carolina.
As a point of interest...
Here are a few criteria for such stewardship projects as set out by the Green Communities organization:
Integrated Design
Site, Location and … (5 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: From a Marketing Perspective LEED for Neighborhood Development - 06/25/08 02:13 PM
We've been introduced to a new project of sizable interest to our clients. It's called, LEED for Neighborhood Development . If you are interested in the "green" niche market this is something new on the horizon that caught our attention. It takes into account a number of "True Green" facets that those … (6 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: New Homes— the Good, the Bad and the Ecosystem - 06/19/08 01:00 AM
WHAT BELONGS HERE? YOU can enter your "Land Design and Development Sketch" in the ECO-All-Stars June Challenge Contest!
Following consumer demand, or just because they are smart eco-friendly developers and building contractors who've contacted me through Active Rain, have let it be known that they're seriously considering the value of healthy-built … (53 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: The City of Tomorrow: Energy and Resource Efficiency in Asheville GREEN Home - 06/13/08 07:46 AM
Here is the third post in a series that looks at sustainability and the city of tomorrow. A number of developers have contacted me through Active Rain. They are thinking about the future-the value of an eco-community, the way this comes together. They are asking about what this means in terms … (12 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: LID Construction and Development, An Asheville Green-Built Speaks - 06/12/08 08:06 AM
I could write a long, long essay on development impact. According to Wikipedia, low impact development, which is of particular interest to our eco-friendly clients, involves a land planning and engineering design approach to managing stormwater runoff. LID emphasizes conservation and use of on-site natural features to protect water quality. This … (8 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Planned Residential Communities - 06/10/08 07:31 AM
This past week another developer contacted me through Active Rain. More and more it seems, developers are focusing on the advantages of green/sustainable design and development. These could-be-green developers want to know more than the statistics. They ask about items that are important to their home and land-buying clients -
Development … (2 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Cluster Housing Asheville and Beyond - 06/08/08 08:20 AM
I'm excited about Green-built Cluster Subdivisions. (SEE STATS on Asheville area communities below.) I am attracted to the idea of siting WNC HealthyBuilt® Homes on smaller parcels of land, and setting aside additional LAND that could have been allocated to individual lots to common shared open space for eco-friendly residents. … (9 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Welcome to the Future Fellow REALTORS®- It's GREEN and It's EXCITING - 06/06/08 12:03 PM
"Green" Sustainable Real Estate! It's exciting.
Things HAPPEN when people start getting together and talking. And the talk here in the Greater Asheville area, where "THINGS" already are happening is about making wise choices in terms of GREEN.
Asheville, N.C.'s creative citizenry including a growing number (of ECO Certified® Real Estate … (12 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: It's BIG. And it Influences the Practice of Real Estate. L A N D ! - 06/04/08 08:55 AM
The heart of a Land Specialist may be soft and determined all at once. If you spend enough time with the Land, there seems to be an ever-unfolding awareness of connections, or should I say the "interconnectedness" of what you find on the Land. Here in Asheville, at least, it seems … (11 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: One Old-timer's Tale: Native American Traditions and the New Sustainability - 05/29/08 01:54 PM
He was standing at the door when I arrived. His smile was disarming. His eyes twinkled when he spoke. He was in town to teach an RLI Class. I'd heard about him and had chatted before, but I really hadn't had a chance to "sit down" for a talk with this … (12 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Thumbs Up! Green Value Adds Up in Independent Research Study . - 05/26/08 08:03 AM
Green Value, An Independent Research StudySays "Thumbs Up" to Green-builts...
If you read my BLOG, you probably already guessed that. Nevertheless, this is exciting news of interest to REALTORS® and our clients.
The research corroborates ...independently... Green Value , taking a good solid look at what makes green buildings commendable, and does so in … (12 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: HOW Do You Design A Sustainable Neighborhood? Asheville Eco-Developer Team Tells All - 05/10/08 08:47 AM
As I threaded my way over the rocky path to one of the many waterfalls at the eco development our Firm is representing, I wondered...
how did these amazing folks (see the developers in photo I took to your left) come up with a sustainable design?
How can one create a … (12 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: "He's designing seven entirely new and entirely GREEN cities with A Comprehensive Plan for Eco-development. - 04/01/08 06:19 PM
So we were out looking over some mighty nice Land the other day, when my client asked me, "janeAnne...exactly WHAT is involved in a comprehensive plan for eco-development..."
"Well," I answered, "I'm not sure about other areas of the Country, but here in the Greater Asheville Area, "green" architects, developers of eco-communities … (12 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Asheville Greenways - 02/11/08 01:54 PM
Asheville, North Carolina the shining green star of the east is closing in on another fantastic innovation that will permanently improve the quality of life in Western North Carolina. The Asheville Greenways Plan will soon connect the lives of thousands of residents in a whole new way. After all, what is … (4 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Asheville Green Building and Real Estate - 02/07/08 08:27 AM
A Day in the Life of: Asheville Green Building and Real Estate
This is just a brief peek into today and my adventures in Asheville's green building and real estate market. Although today should be pretty busy it is more or less a typical day and a good indicator of several … (3 comments)
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asheville sustainable development: Asheville Sustainable Developments - 01/22/08 04:45 PM
Asheville real estate has taken a turn for the green. With Western North Carolina quickly becoming America's number 1 place to relocate and Asheville unveiled as the happiest city in the nation, more and more developers are trying to find a way to do what they do with the limited … (7 comments)
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