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Hey everyone,

hope you’re all doing well.

I got this message from Ellison, one of the Athens Greenway Assistants:

The Greenway is having an invasive removal this Saturday at the College & MLK Greenway park. They’ll be meeting at 9am this Saturday the 14th for an hour or so.  Anyone interested can join, they’ll be meeting in the parking lot at College & MLK before getting started.

FYI, the Greenway has work days every 2nd and 4th Saturday and are always looking for more volunteers. Parts of the Greenway have become home to a wide variety of invasive species that they have been trying to tackle over the last year or so.

Questions? contact Ellison at:

EllisonFidler@co.clarke.ga.us

thanks,

ben

I’ve attached some pictures of the D.O.C. Unlimited project that we will be touring on Thursday. Check out more about this local firm at www.docunlimited.com Here’s the info:

Thursday, November 5th: D.O.C. Unlimited’s latest design-build project.

The house is a unique, performance-driven design that incorporates passive solar strategies, precast insulated concrete panels, high R-value windows and doors, structural insulated panels, abundant daylight, reduced waste, a cool roof, and a geothermal heating & cooling system. All of the assemblies are designed to both improve the building’s thermal envelope and to create a generous platform for living.

The project is located in Oconee County, just outside of Athens. The project is currently dried-in, but not sheetrocked. This will allow us to see the assemblies, and to understand the construction as it relates to the building’s performance.

We’d like to invite those who are interested to an informal and open tour of the house.

Time: Thursday, November 5th, 3:30pm.
Address: 321 South Burson Avenue, Bogart, GA. 30622

RSVP by emailing Kate – We will meet at the site, but let me know if you need a ride.

And after the tour…

Thursday, November 5: ASID lecture with Kerry Howard

The student chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers presents a lecture with Kerry Howard of Bravo TV’s Top Design. 5:30pm, Lamar Dodd School of Art, S150. Email Anna Claire Davis at with questions.

Sunday, November 8: Rivers Alive Cleanup from 2-6pm, not 12-4pm as originally posted.

Thanks,

Kate

When: 6:30-8pm on Wednesday, October 28th,
Where: The Leathers Building at 675 Pulaski St Suite 400.
What: We’ll enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres at Shiraz, before taking groups to the office of Bork Architectural Design (two doors down) to talk with Lori  Newcomer about the project she is currently working on, a residential project working with the LEED for Homes standards.

Tickets are $15. [This is closing quickly, as attendance is limited.] If you have already received an email from me regarding your attendance, please bring a check the night of the event made out to Athens Emerging Green Builders. Though we are at our quota with 21 people signed up, by splitting into groups we can accommodate a few more people (4 maybe), so if someone else would like to attend, send me an email.

If you are unable to attend, please let me know so that someone else can take your place.

When:    Sat, October 24, 10am – 12pm
Where: Lumpkin St. & Cedar St, Athens – at the red pavillion
What: Yank California Privet (and other invasive species) out of Lumpkin Woods to make it prettier, safer & cleaner. We’ll bring the fun weed wrenches, but if you’ve got a machete…  Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Bring gloves. Wear close-toed shoes. Snacks and beverages will be provided!

SEA and GO GREEN are hosting a tour of the steam plant so people can actually see the coal boiler that those organizations are trying to get rid of.  It’s Oct. 28th at 5:15..meet in front of the Ecology Building. For those of us who won’t be able to attend the Open Books Series, Part 1, this will be an excellent alternative. Please take photos and we’ll post them on the egb photo gallery.