Awards/Accolades
Top Projects, Daily Journal of Commerce
[Second Place for Public Works/Infrastructure $5 - $15 Million; sponsored by Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, NECA/IBEW Local 48, Finishing Trades, Portland Development Commission, iSqFT, Energy Trust]
April 24, 2008
Oregon Chapter - American Concrete Institute and Oregon Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association
[Excellence in Concrete, Pervious Category; Pringle Creek Community along with LM Construction, North Santiam Paving Company, Opsis Architecture, Quality Concrete]
April 11, 2008
“What Makes It Green” competition Top Ten Projects
Cottage Home at Regeneration ’08, by Seattle AIA, International Interior Design Association (IIDA), the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), and the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
April 9, 2008
Asphalt Paving Association of Oregon annual awards, 1st Place “Special Project”
[Don Myers, Project Director, Sustainable Development; Chuck Gregory, P.E., Project Engineer, WH Pacific; North Santiam Paving: Morrie Zollner, Paving Superintendent, Jeff Bensing, Paving Foreman, Chris Williams, Quality Control]
March 4, 2008
EnergyValue Housing Award
[Sustainable Development Inc. Cottage House won Silver award in Custom home category]
February 13, 2008
Cascadia Region Green Building Council
[Pringle Creek honored: advanced green building projects of 2007]
December 13, 2007
Natural Home Magazine
[Pringle Creek on their green housing development top ten list]
The Natural Home Top 10
Jan Feb 2008
National Association of Home Builders
[Winner of Green Development of the Year]
March 26, 2007
Articles
Seattle Journal of Daily Commerce
Salem Developer ‘Greens’ an Entire Community
March 20, 2008
(available by suscription only)
Center for American Progress website article
Is Pringle Creek the Greenest Neighborhood?
February 20, 2008
Portland Spaces
January 14, 2008
AIA website article
Green Housing Starts Below the Lot
December 21, 2007
Asphalt Pavement Association website, Centerline magazine
Forget Yellow Brick Roads — Think Green Aspalt Streets!
Fall 2007
Green + Solar Building Oregon
A Very Big Small House
2007 Issue
Sedcor Enterprise Magazine
“Green Development” Attracts National Attention to Salem by T. Nielsen
August/September 2007
Land Development magazine (NAHB)
Pringle Creek Leading the Wave by J. Fitzsimons
Summer 2007
Urban Land (ULI)
Oregon Green
June 2007
Sustainable Industries magazine
There goes the neighborhood
April 29, 2007
Salem Monthly online
Pringle Creek Community
July 31, 2005
List of Statesman Journal articles
'Green' Home Rates as Platinum: Rare environmental designation goes to Pringle Creek
model site
June 20, 2007
Project reflects push for efficiency--Officials: Homes will have energy conservation focus
May 27, 2007
Editorial: Explore the future of 'green' living in Salem--New development will offer many energy-saving features
April 21, 2007
Eco-Innovation: Pringle Creek Community Incorporates Bioswales to Manage Excess Storm Water
November 5, 2006
'Green Streets' are Designed to Reduce Water Runoff (also on SeattlePI.com)
July 28, 2006
Preview at Pringle Creek is a Big Draw
August 28, 2005
Pringle Creek Community
August 22, 2005
Shaping the Future
April 24, 2005
Educational Activities – Collegiate
University of Oregon School of Architecture
Live Work Breathe studio
(classes held on site; taught by Pringle Creek masterplanner James Meyer; study of design of Pringle Creek Community Live/work lofts)
Sustainable Communities studio
Chemeketa Community College
Lifelong Learning Center one-day class on Green Building and Landscaping, May 30, 2008
Presentations by Don Myers, James Meyer, James Santana, Nathan Good, Phil Klaus, Dean DeSantis, Larry and Blake Bilyeu
Tokyo International University
(affiliated with Willamette University)
Educational Activities – Other
Cascadia Region Green Building Council
“Build it LEED for Contractors” workshop held at Pringle Creek Community
Earth Day 2008 Youth Environmental Summit workshops
(Sustainable Living Center)
International Green Building expert Joe Korten presentation at Pringle Creek
West Linn fifth graders, 125 of them, at Pringle Creek, designing house of the future
(in partnership with Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Marion Soil and Water District, etc.)
Earth Day 2007 Youth Environmental Summit workshops
(Sustainable Living Center)
Earth Day 2007 presentation at Oregon Gardens
Local section of American Society of Civil Engineers meeting and field trip
21st Century Schoolhouse students learned about Pringle Creek
Students gave a presentation about sustainability in Hong Kong; they worked on the greenhouses for sponsorship assistance.
Sustainable Energy in Motion Bike Tour stops for night at Pringle Creek
Cottage House #1 on Green + Solar Tour of Homes
(and post-tour reception at Pringle Creek)
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