http://washingtonindependent.disqus.com/enFri, 08 Aug 2008 13:05:52 -0000http://www.washingtonindependent.com.php5-9.websitetestlink.com/284/affordable-housing-goes-green#comment-1791040Green affordable housing seems so rare that I wanted to mention another project in California called Sonoma Mountain Village. Sponsored by One Planet Communities and a local developer, Codding Enterprises, this project will have about 380 affordable for-rent/sale units in a 1900-unit mixed-use development.<br><br>Like Trolley Square, this project puts residents within a five minute or less walk of community and commercial places. In Seattle, High Point, New Holly and Rainier Vista are green mixed-income communities that also have commercial and open space amenities.<br><br>A unique goal of Sonoma Mountain Village (and other One Planet Communities) is to reduce the community ecological footprint by 80% from a conventional development by using on-site renewable energy, reducing waste, using alternative transportation, creating a local food and materials network, and creatively working with local businesses and residents to create an extremely diverse green community.piercedFri, 08 Aug 2008 13:05:52 -0000