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June I, 2011
Habitat Home Builds Green
In an effort to build a home on
Haight Street in north Portland be­
fore the end of July, the non-profit
housing provider chose to use a
panelized system framing manufac­
tured by Northwest Structural Com­
ponents, a division ofThe Parr Com­
pany.
The wall panels were constructed
offsite based on builder blueprints
and specifications and replace the
traditional site framing. The state-
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of-art process saves Habitat not
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only time and money, but will re­
duce waste and theft, leaving cleaner
job sites and fewer environmental
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“Using NSC panels saved weeks,
if not a month, from the construc­
tion timeline,” said Steve Messinetti,
executive director of Portland Metro
Habitat for Humanity.
Though The Parr Company has
been a longtime supporter of Habi­
tat for Humanity, this is the first time
the panels will be used to build a Wall panels that were constructed offsite are installed at a home construction site in north
Habitat home in the Portland Metro Portland for Habitat for Humanity. The newest technology replaces site framing and has fewer
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environmental impacts by reducing waste and theft.
Renewable
Power Picked
Portland General Electric has more
renewable power customers than any
other utility in the United States. That’s
according to the Department of Energy
which recently released its annual
rankings of the nation’s top utility green
pricing programs.
PGE has nearly 78,000 business and
residential renewable customers, or 12.6
percent of its eligible customers, en­
rolled in a PGE renewable power pro­
gram, which is well over the national
average of 2 percent participation rate
for other utilities.
This marks the second consecutive
year the Oregon utility has received the
No. 1 ranking for number o f business
and residential renewable power cus­
tomers. PGE also continues to hold the
top spot for selling more renewable
?ower to residential customers than
any other utility in the United States.
“Our customers again have proven
Oregon continues to be a leader in
renewable energy and sustainability,”
said Carol Dillin, PGE vice president,
customers and economic development.
Pedestrian Bridge Links Bikes, Trails
Gresham has officially opened
the newest section of the Gresham
Fairview Trail with the new Powell
Pedestrian Bridge.
The bridge is part of the city’s
two-mile extension of the Gresham-
Fairview Trial from Burnside Road
south to the Springwater Trail. Us-
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A local family enjoys using the new Powell Pedestrian Bridge, the
first pedestrian bridge for the city o f Gresham.
Works Project Uses Recycled Glass
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Saves on mining
gravel from
streams, rivers
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Fish Sandwich w/Fries $ 7.99
Greens Red Beans or Black Eyed Peas $3.99
Gumbo $3.99
Shrimp Creole $7.99
7up Cake/ Sweet Potato Pie $2.00
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Ju n e
ing this new extension the public
can now walk, jog, and bike 3.29
miles from Halsey Street at 201 st
Avenue South to the Springwater
Trail.
The Funding for the project was
allocated through the federal De­
partment of Transportation and a
Metro natural areas acquisition
program.
The bridge and trail section
m arks an o th er m ilestone in
Gresham's efforts complete bike
lanes and trails that connect the
city's businesses and neighbor­
hoods together, and the city to
the region.
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One of the largest public works
projects in Clark County history is
conserving natural resources by
using recycled glass in its construc­
tion.
Mixed-color glass, collected at
curbside from V ancouver area
households, is being crushed and
screened to a uniform pea size and
used as bedding for large pipes that
will carry stormwater from road sur­
faces.
So far, more than 1,200 tons of
recycled glass has been placed un­
der and around pipes in the $133
million Salmon Creek Interchange
Project.
Brown glass is in steady demand
locally for recycling into new beer
bottles, but markets for clear, green
and mixed-color glass aren’t nearly
as strong. Rather than waste this
resource, the county and Columbia
Resource Company are working to­
gether to put it to constructive use.
Special crushing equipment pro­
duces a glass aggregate that can be
used instead of gravel mined from
streams and rivers.
Columbia Resource Company is
donating the product used in the
interchange project to demonstrate
its quality to contractors involved
in the project. The company’s goal
is having its product used in other
construction projects.
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