Sustainable Communities News Archive

jcjgphotography / Shutterstock.com The most insightful statement about predicting the future comes from Nobel Prize-winning chemist Neils Bohr, who reportedly once said, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.

(NAPSI)—Here's hot news: Homeowners who invest in a geothermal heating and cooling system receive savings not only at the time of installation, but well into the future.

The San Antonio Food Bank on Wednesday announced it has raised $15 million to double its facility, capping off the largest capital campaign in the organization's 32-year history.

Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 19, 2012 –In an effort to promote independent living among Alaska Seniors, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) is holding a meet and greet for residents and wellness providers of Chugach Manor and Chugach View Senior Housing Facilities in Anchorage.

Cartographic Associates Incorporated (CAI) of Littleton is enjoying significant cost savings due to their newly installed wood pellet boiler, started up in October.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Count students among the newest denizens of Uptown, a sleek retail-and-residential project lining Euclid Avenue in Cleveland's University Circle.

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Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) - NorShore Theatre restoration project partner The Duluth Playhouse has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the Minnesota Historical Society, which officials say will go toward making high–quality arts experiences more accessible.

MINNEAPOLIS — A coalition of Minnesota business leaders, elected officials, sportsmens' groups and environmental organizations have come together to urge support of the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit and the Offshore Wind Investment Tax Credit.

Editor’s Note: EarthTechling is proud to repost this article courtesy of Alliance to Save Energy. Author credit goes to Rob Mosher. You could be eligible to receive a sizable tax return if you invested in an electric vehicle, geothermal heat pump, or fuel cell system in 2012.

The European Commission has awarded over €1.2 billion in grants to 23 renewable energy projects covering a range of technologies, including: bioenergy; concentrated solar power; geothermal power; wind; ocean energy and smart grids for distributed renewable energy management.

Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) -- The restoration of the historic NorShor Theatre is taking a step forward with recent receipt of letters of financial support from foundation, state, and federal sources.

The Kansas City Star By DIANE STAFFORD The Kansas City Star Updated: 2012-12-18T18:37:49Z Greater Kansas City LISC said Tuesday that it has invested more than $6.

PROVIDENCE — Next year installers of solar panels for homes and small businesses will get a boost from the state Renewable Energy Development Fund (REF).

The restoration of Duluth's historic NorShor Theatre moved one step closer to completion Tuesday thanks to some financial support. Letters of commitment from foundation, state, and federal sources to project partners, the Duluth Playhouse and the development company Sherman Associates, have spurred

More new housing is going up near the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. State and local elected officials and religious leaders officially broke ground Friday, December 14, 2012 for 49-new townhomes at the corner of Maple and Virginia Streets in Buffalo.

Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 17, 2012 – Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) will make $7.6 million in federal grant funds and federal low-income housing tax credits available in 2013 to spur construction and operation of new rental facilities in Alaska’s capital city.

More new housing is going up near the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. State and local elected officials and religious leaders officially broke ground Friday, December 14, 2012 for 49-new townhomes at the corner of Maple and Virginia Streets in Buffalo.

- Program expansion to launch early 2013- New York, NY -December 17, 2012- Centerline Capital Group ("Centerline"), a provider of real estate financial and asset management services for affordable and conventional multifamily housing, and a subsidiary of Centerline Holding Company (OTC: CLNH), anno

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A pro-wind power official from Minnesota said existing renewable energy tax credits means it's cheaper to build a wind farm than a coal-fired power plant.

A pro-wind power official from Minnesota said existing renewable energy tax credits means it's cheaper to build a wind farm than a coal-fired power plant.

An affordable housing project in Easley has received a $404,000 grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta that will help finance the project, the developer said.

MassHousing and the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) have closed on $8.2 million in Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) loans for affordable housing communities in Acton, Lunenburg and Springfield.

NEW YORK, NY - Centerline Capital Group (“Centerline”), a provider of real estate financial and asset management services for affordable and conventional multifamily housing, and a subsidiary of Centerline Holding Company (OTC: CLNH), announced today it was selected to participate in a tax credit pi

Transformation of Buffalo's historic Fruit Belt neighborhood continued on Dec. 14 when federal, state and local government officials joined religious leaders in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new townhome project.

David Crane and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote an excellent op-ed in the New York Times calling for Solar Panels for Every Home, the price of which has dropped by 80% in the last five years.

(Before It's News) First published on ClimateProgress.org, a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, which was recently named one of Time magazine’s Top 25 blogs of 2010.

US-MUNICIPALS-TAXES-PEW:Runaway costs of some state tax incentives questioned-study

Local officials gather to break ground on townhouse project

Reps. Crowley, DeLauro, Grimm, Larson, LoBiondo, Pascrell, Rangel, Runyan, Smith Discuss Legislation to Provide Tax Relief to Struggling Families & Businesses WASHINGTON – To help families and businesses struggling to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, U.

Lucrative tax credit is on verge of expiring

A state panel studying Missouri's 61 tax credit programs issued its final report Friday, calling for sharp cuts to two of the most popular -- and most expensive -- programs.

US wind tower manufacturers, already facing the expiration of a tax credit that has pumped up demand for wind energy projects, pleaded for a U.S. government panel to approve steep duties on imports from China and Vietnam.

Dec 14 (Reuters) - Tax credits given by state governments to businesses in the name of economic development often cost too much and accomplish too little, a study released late on Thursday said.

The Cherokee Mill Lofts project has finally received the finances it has been waiting for. Suzanne Roland with the Downtown Development Authority spoke Monday at the Calhoun City Council Work Session and told the council that she had received all three “pieces to the puzzle.

BOSTON, MA - The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) is investing $33.5 million of union pension capital to construct 129 apartments for low-income households at Old Colony, one of Boston's largest and most distressed public housing properties.

When Danny Bigel was a film producer, one of his biggest headaches had nothing to do with pampered actors, finicky directors or the fickle movie-going public.

Bloomberg, Terwilliger, Arker Cos. and NeighborWorks honored at NYHC/NHC annual awards program By Keat Foong, Finance Editor There may be increasing concern about the prospects for affordable housing.

Updated: December 13, 2012 - 5:56 AM VOTER ID Judge, lawyers, to discuss Pa. voter ID case HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) A Commonwealth Court judge plans to meet with lawyers on both sides of Pennsylvania's voter-identification law to discuss how to handle arguments on its constitutionality.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/opinion/solar-panels-for-every-home.html?_r=1 WE don’t think much about pitch pine poles until storms like Hurricane Sandy litter our landscape with their splintered corpses and arcing power lines.

-USNewswire/ -- The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) is investing $33.5 million of union pension capital to construct 129 apartments for low-income households at Old Colony, one of Boston's largest and most distressed public housing properties.

BETHESDA, MD-Walker & Dunlop secured two acquisition loans totaling $19.8 million under Freddie Mac's Capital Markets Execution Program for two properties owned by CAPREIT in Newport News, VA.

This nearly empty mall is becoming a mixed-use development. There will soon be one fewer dead mall in the Midwest, thanks to a partnership between a developer, bank, investment fund and government agencies in St.

Walker & Dunlop as of the end of the third quarter of the year had provided more than $81 million in financing for affordable housing communities across the country.

Dec 12 - Derrick DePledge The Honolulu Star-Advertiser

BETHESDA, MD - Walker & Dunlop, Inc. announced today that it recently provided $19,847,000 under Freddie Mac's Capital Markets Execution Program to CAPREIT, Inc.

Contact: Michael Larkin (212) 636-7175 mlarkin@fordham.edu NEW YORK—Fordham University has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Peace Corps, becoming the 35th partner of the agency’s Fellows/USA program.

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AHFC Announces $35 Million to Provide Housing for Low-Income and Senior Alaskans Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 10, 2012 – Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) strives to make our communities stronger by providing access to safe, quality, affordable housing.