This rental housing community was conceived as one that would showcase Smart Growth Principles and Eco-Friendly building methods and management.

Eco-friendly and Green Features include:

• Urban Infill site selected for it’s central neighborhood location and connection to community services.
• Solar orientated site planning for passive heating and natural lighting
• All units have southern windows
• Arrangement of units on site provide southern light thru out the winter months
• Building roof design for future solar collectors
• All units have southern and northern windows
• End units have windows on 3 elevations
• 16 units in four buildings use common wall construction to decrease materials and long-term
  energy use.
• Neighborhood site planning
• 2 buildings face street with small porches connecting to sidewalks
• 2 buildings based on internal court concept, with edible landscaping
• Car parking on interior of site and street parking
• Gate structure connects Neighborhood Park to community
• Small and compact units grouped in a manner to encourage personal interaction
• 16 units in 4 buildings
• 10 studio units at 450sf
• 6 one bedrooms at 600sf plus
• Exterior wall construction of 85% recycled ICF wall system manufactured by Rastra
• 12” wall concrete filled wall system is 5 hour fire rated
• High insulation and thermal mass values
• Durable and long lasting material
• Highly insulated wood frame wall on upper levels.
• Exterior ICF walls finished in Lime plaster
• Durable and sustainable material
• Fiberglass windows - lowers used of vinyl products in construction
• Interior surfaces of Rastra walls finished in with no paint finishes
• Stained finished Concrete Floors
• Radiant slab heating system with common boilers lower heating costs for Owner
• All insulation level much greater than energy code requirements
• Individual entry porches for all first floor units
• All first floor and some second floor units have individual north and south porches or decks
• Common community room and laundry facilities with user friendly patio
• Lower then code parking requirements decrease site paving – 1.38 spaces per unit
• Bike racks at each building
• Natural – no mow landscaping design
• Permaculture/Native Planting Model
• Perennial Plant Communities
• Low Water Planting
• Edible Landscape elements used by Tenants
• Storm water swales use native riparian vegetation
• Composting and recycling facilities on site
• Tenant gardening encouraged.