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Tag: Environmental
The House was Smokin’
Randy (husband) and I are buying a new home in Issaquah Highlands, a neighborhood I really love. Won’t we be neighbors, Robbie? Reminds me of Queen Anne with the local community feel. It was supposed to be the new home for Microsoft, but the company decided to stay in Redmond although Issaquah Highlands is home to many [...]
Posted: February 9th, 2007 under General Real Estate.
Tags: Community, energy-efficient, Environmental, green, Happy-Home-Buyer, Isssaquah, Microsoft, Queen-Anne
Comments: 8
Interesting Insurance Program from King County Metro
I just received a newsletter from Todd Litman of the Victoria Transportation Policy Institute that describes an innovative project that is being tested by King County Metro.
King County Metro, the Washington State Department of Transportation and other partners has $2,2 million to develop a Pay As You Drive (PAYD) Insurance Pilot project for Washington [...]
Posted: February 7th, 2006 under Eastside, General Real Estate, Seattle.
Tags: Commutes, Eastside, Environmental, Local-News, News, Seattle, Transportation
Comments: 3
Introduction, The CanterHole and other reasons you shouldn’t live near a bar
Howdy folks, I’ll be guest blogging here for a while. Like Dustin said, I’m the co-creator of ShackPrices.com. I’m not much for introductions, so I’ll jump right in.
Since Washington’s smoking ban went into effect, I have been happily wearing my nice-ish clothes to bars and generally enjoying the dank, non-smoky smells of the [...]
Posted: December 28th, 2005 under General Real Estate, Seattle, Uncategorized.
Tags: bar, Capitol-Hill, Environmental, neighborhood, Seattle
Comments: 1
With a little help from Flexcar
With gas prices seeming to rise on a daily basis it seems like a good time to mention a little bit about Flexcar.
The Seattle Times describes the idea behind the organization pretty well in this article: Fueled by Flexcar. In short, Flexcar provides cars at specified locations throughout the City of Seattle [...]
Posted: September 26th, 2005 under General Real Estate, Seattle.
Tags: Commutes, Environmental, Seattle
Comments: none
Katrina Donations Drop-off in Ballard…
Diane and Stephen of the Sip and Ship store/cafe in Ballard are organizing a donation drive for Katrina Victims and have offered to ship all appropriate donated items for free through the end of September.
What constitutes an appropriate item was not immediately appearent to me, so I emailed them to find out. Here [...]
Posted: September 12th, 2005 under General Real Estate, Seattle.
Tags: Ballard, Environmental, Seattle
Comments: none
Seattle Tilth’s Harvest Fair on Sept 10th
The Seattle Tilth is a group that “inspires and educates people to garden organically, conserve natural resources and support local food systems in order to cultivate a healthy urban environment and community.” This weekend (September 10) they will be hosting the 2005 Harvest Fair in Meridian Park (in the Wallingford Neighborhood). Here’s a map [...]
Posted: September 6th, 2005 under General Real Estate, Local information, Seattle.
Tags: Environmental, Local information, Seattle, Wallingford
Comments: none
green living resources
I recently added some links on my sidepanel to some environmental resources that I’ve found interesting and/or helpful. Below are the sites along with a little description of why I decided to highlight them.
FreeCycle Seattle “lets you find new homes for things you no longer use and receive what you need–free! Clean out your [...]
Posted: August 29th, 2005 under Diversions, General Real Estate, Site Info.
Tags: Ballard, Diversions, Environmental, information, site
Comments: none
