List/David: The topic of Greens does encompass many boundaries. So I’ll try to make it Minneapolis-specific.
When we moved to Bruno (work with me, people), we chose a house made of cordwood. Unlike log homes, this style of construction uses short pieces of wood set lengthwise in cement. The resulting housing is cost-efficient. (Think affordable housing in Minneapolis). The thick walls are energy efficient as well as noise reducing. (Think houses by the airport.) The house itself looks like it’s made of stone. (Think architectural gems in Kenwood and on Wirth Parkway.) People driving down the road have pulled up in our driveway to scope it out. The trouble is, it took all summer to close on the house because the bank had to wait for a comparable property to sell. (We closed one day, moved the next…all because we refused to buy a cookie-cutter crackerbox.) Putting the Greens in power, I believe, would be the first step to making sustainable housing economically viable: tax incentives for builders, that kind of thing. There are people who can’t afford the $170,000 it takes to buy a starter home, and people who can’t afford the one million bucks it takes to buy a luxury cabin. Sustainable housing can satisfy both parties. What can the Greens in Minneapolis do, if anything, to get the ball rolling? Susan Maricle formerly of Folwell now of Bruno, MN who encourages everyone bummed over Gregory Gray’s defeat to write in his name come November (David, if this is my third post, I’ll sit out until tomorrow.) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
