On Earth Day the kids from Jefferson Environmental Club packed the afternoon with events to celebrate. First, they visited my upcoming listing at 250 N. Myrtle Avenue. They had great fun with a scavenger hunt and tracked down all the cool things in this home that make it green. After that, they car-pooled over to [...]
Hope you can come check out Elmhurst’s first home built using the US Green Building Council’s LEED Guideline. Here is a schedule for the event. It will be held from 1-4 pm on Sunday May 3rd.
Schedule of Events:
On-going: Scavenger Hunt available for school-age children
On-going: Self-guided tours available with info cards throughout the home
On-going: Topic experts [...]
Earth Day is tomorrow, April 22nd. In case you forgot to plan something to celebrate I have a suggestion…drop some new green-related terms into your day! Here are three good ones that will make you sound super-cool tomorrow. Believe me, now that you’ve heard them once you are going to notice them [...]
Remember that the Elmhurst Kitchen Expedition is this Sunday, April 26th. My home is on tour because of the green upgrades we made to our kitchen. But any kitchen can be a greener kitchen. Here’s some tips on what you can do to make your kitchen more green. Or maybe you already have a greener [...]
Housing in Elmhurst has just entered a new phase. There are two new homes a few blocks from each other nearly complete. They share one very important thing in common – they were both built using green guidelines. You can see the ChicagoMagazine.com “Deal Estate” article and videos on both for more info. [...]
I’ve been getting that question a lot lately. There’s nothing like having your home on display as a green kitchen to bring it on! Don’t forget to come out to see my kitchen and others on the Elmhurst Kitchen Expedition on April 26th.
It’s a great question – especially right now. So I love it when people [...]
My Ready, Set, Green listing in Wheaton had a terrific price reduction yesterday. The home was reduced $10,000 to $159,900. There are so many features like the open layout, quiet location in the development and molding details that make this unit really special. It really is a great option for anyone who might otherwise be [...]
I’m excited that my home in Elmhurst will be a part of the Elmhurst Kitchen Exposition sponsored by the Elmhurst Women’s Juniors Club. The event is the club’s biggest fundraiser and has donated tens of thousands of dollars to local charities such as Elmhurst Walk-in Ministry and Elmhurst Children’s Assistance Foundation. They always [...]