We have a permit!
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008Finally – after three years in the planning stages – we have a building permit! What a process!
We decided at the beginning of this (back in 2005!) that we really wanted to remember to truly enjoy every step of this journey, and so far, we really have. It certainly helps that all of the people working with us on the project and wonderfully creative and fun to work with!
So what’s next?
Well we are now in the process of gathering bids and partners for the actual construction phase, and we hope to have that completed soon. Hopefully, we will have groundbreaking within the next month or so.
As we get into this phase, we really want to ramp up the information flow through this web site. One of our goals for the web site is to share our practical experience with others who may want to incorporate some of the elements of our design in other projects. We hope that this will serve to encourage and enable others to design and build carbon neutral projects.
As we encounter the inevitable challenges that arise during our construction, we will report on them and describe our responses and progress.
We will also be posting more pictures and video as well. Our goal is to be a useful resource based on our practical experiences.
It’s been an incredible ride so far, and promises to get even more interesting at a rapidly accelerating rate.
Aloha!