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The June Key Community Center: Living Building from
the Grassroots
Partners and Activities
2009
For the June Key Delta Community Center Demonstration Project,
an organization of African/American women made the decision to embrace sustainability at its highest level. The project will serve as a demonstration that Living Buildings can grow from the grassroots.
Features of the building are the reuse of the service station structure, cargo
containers, and large sheets of insulating glass diverted from landfill. That
the site is a brown field presented difficulties with the regulatory issues but created opportunities to enrich the project. Water will be re-used and disposed of on-site within local regulations. High efficiency heating and lighting will be balanced against a solar array to minimize cost and achieve
net-zero energy. Building material sourcing plays a major part in the design
as Living Building and budget requirements inspire innovation.
Significant
Activities
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Solar
array planning: tax credit, Oregon energy tax, business tax credit partners |
August
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Fund
Raising Plan, Elizabeth Nye, Consultant |
July
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New Contractor
selected for Project (Colas Construction) |
July
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Business
Plan |
July-August
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Energy
Trust selected Project for NetZero Pilot Project |
August
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Ground
breaking ceremony |
October
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Building
permit approved |
October
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Holiday
Community Open House Fund Raiser |
December
19 |
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Energy
Trust Charrette |
December
28 |
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Partners |
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Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban
Studies and Planning Community Development Faculty Group Invitation to Community Partners (submitted project proposal) |
December
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IBEW
Minority Caucus (10-14) volunteers to work on project (Donna Hammond) |
January
14 |
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Oregon
Trades Women, Inc. (to provide construction workers
(Dawn
Jones, Amy James Neel) |
March
to June 2010 |
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Web seminar: Vita Nuova
Sustainability Series (Steve Danyew) |
January
29, 2010 |
Presentations Contacts
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Albina
Rotary Club |
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Portland
Lloyd Lions Club |
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Senator
Ron Wyden’s Office |
Loretta
Smith, Field Representative |
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Multnomah
County Commissioner |
Jeff
Cogen
Karol Collymore, Communication & Project Manager |
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Metro Sustainability Center
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Karen
Blauer
MaryRose
Navarro |
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Project
Presentation to the Living Building Challenge |
October
2009 Bioneers Conference
(Eden
Brukman) www.bioneers.org |
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Hare
in the Gate Production, LLC |
Sue Arbuthnot
and Richard Wilhelm |
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Piedmont
and Humboldt Neighborhood Associations |
Community
meeting |
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State
Senator |
Chip
Shields |
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State
Representative |
Lew Frederick |
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Mayor
Adams’ Staff:
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Lisa
Libby, Director Planning and Sustainability
Megan
Ponder, Planning and Sustainability Policy Coordinator |
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