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Green Communities Charrette Grant
07.24.2009Enterprise Community Partners
Ophelia Wilkins, Rose Fellow with Regional Housing Alliance, received a Green Communities Charrette Grant for the design of a net-zero energy affordable housing pilot project to be built by Colorado Housing, Inc, scheduled to break ground in Fall 2009. Since she received the grant on July 7, she has hosted a Green Communities Charrette, she has been interviewed for articles in the Durango Herald and the Durango Telegraph, and she will be speaking about integrating design into the development process at the Colorado Housing Now Conference on October 15, 2009.
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Local affordable housing non-profit buys in to building green
06.19.2008 | “Habitat for Humanity Goes Green” | Durango Telegraph | Will Sands
The local chapter of Habitat for Humanity receives a Green Communities grant for the construction of eight duplexes designed by Ophelia Wilkins. These homes will be the first affordable housing development in La Plata County to be built green.
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Local radio show interviews Ophelia in a conversation about green building and the benefits it brings to affordable housing design
02.07.2008 | “Making Waves” | KDUR | Marcus Renner interviewing Ophelia Wilkins
Marcus and Ophelia discuss a range of definitions of "green building" and how green strategies can benefit the quality of affordable housing in La Plata County.
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Regional Housing Alliance expands its potential for meeting the affordable housing need in La Plata County with the arrival of a Rose Fellow
12.13.2007 | “Affordable Housing Testing Ground” | Durango Telegraph | Missy Votel
The formation of the Regional Housing Alliance - a new and innovative government agency - has been in the spotlight since re-structuring in 2007. With its very first public service programs emerging in autumn 2007, the arrival of a Rose Fellow marks the inception of the Land Development program which promises to bring new affordable housing to the market.
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Net-Zero Energy Affordable Home Breaks Ground In Ignacio
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