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Since Earth Day lands in the middle of the week this year, here are some tips for the weekend. Enjoy celebrating and greening our world! Local Events, Saturday April 25: Springs Preserve Across the Valley : Clark County Earth Day Rendezvous , Henderson's Project Green Earthday and more... Global Events Find Recycling Centers

It's finally here! Marble Manor's playground and Community Center enhancements will be dedicated this next Friday, April 10 at 3 p.m. Location: 912 Gerson, Las Vegas, NV 89106 Our friends and colleagues are welcome guests. Please join us for some light refreshments, and to hear some inspiring words from Councilman Barlow and members of the community/artist team. This multi-agency project, completed over almost two years, enhances the Marble Manor Community Center and playground, and will serve 235 households and over 600 children. If you'd like to contribute, please consider donations of children's books, sport equipment, or funds for the Housing Authority's 501(c)3 Rose Foundation. Call us for more information (702) 553-3323. We'll be posting photos of the renovated interiors soon, including the Bechtel SAIC Technology Center! See more about this project... (scroll down after clicking link)

If you're looking for some quick answers, a Design Consultation may be the best solution. These consultations are excellent for business owners, commercial property owners, new homeowners, and existing homeowners who want a roadmap before proceeding with upgrades. We spend 1-2 hours at your location, and discuss how to maximize: - Function - Aesthetics - Energy Efficiency Examples of consultations include plan or elevation layout sketches, ideas for graphic or color enhancement, material or color selections, general code information, and overall approach to energy efficiency. If you want a more in-depth approach, see our Feasibility Study option. Learn more about the other Professional Services we offer.

"I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that." -Thomas Edison to friends Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, 1931 Image of solar flare from NASA. Need I say anything about clean coal? Read an article with more about Edison's future-thinking...

Today I reflect on hope. Will our new President have the ability to guide us to a equitable, stable and sustainable future? Will we be able to take ourselves into that future? My hope is we can, together. Let's set the bar high: stabilized global economies, opportunity to get a good education, adequate healthcare for those in need, stewardship of the environment, and renewable energy and energy-generating buildings as the new standard. Perhaps we can value and grow from the interdependence that we, and our world environment, share. Here's to hope. Here's to action.

It was an honor to receive this acknowledgment from the Housing Authority. What a great team! From artists, to landscapers, the City of Las Vegas Arts Commission, Metro and the Housing Authority. Proud to be a part of it. A lovely sentiment on the plaque: "Feeling Gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it - William Arthur Ward"