Visionary Green Project: Orchard Garden Case Study

Mar 14, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Room 602/603/604

Presented by Betsy Hands, Executive Director, homeWORD

HomeWORD’s latest project, Orchard Gardens, encapsulates a vision for local, sustainable development. The Orchard Gardens site offered homeWORD an opportunity to demonstrate clustered, dense development that not only provides thirty-five units of affordable rental housing, but also provides two acres of land for farming, an orchard, and a bike/pedestrian path that connects the neighborhood to downtown. This session will provide an indepth look at a small non-profits efforts to demonstrate best practices in green, affordable housing. Including the utilization of ground source heat pumps, solar strategies, and innovative resource conservation.