South Walton Meets Green

You are invited to the next meeting of a new social gathering of area residents interested in discussing and promoting a lifestyle generally called ….Green.

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The 2030 Challenge

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to participate in an emergency global teach-in put together by Architecture 2030.  In summary, there were 3 keynote speakers and a moderator that called for the stabilization of building emissions through education and implementation by design educators and professionals.
“…Seventy-six percent (76%) of the energy produced by these plants will go to operate buildings. As Architecture 2030 [...]

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A Place Called Home

Isn’t it time SoWal grew up just a little bit?  I don’t mean in a “this place needs yet another chi chi restaurant or ironically misnamed development”, I mean in a full on, “let’s prepare for the future of this place” kinda way.  What I’m referring to is a notion running through this area like a rabid virus [...]

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D&A Maintenance LLC offers customers credit for planting trees!

I would just like to let everyone know about a new policy D&A Maintenance LLC is instating. If a customer purchases a tree and plants it, they can subtract the cost of that tree from their bill, provided they include a copy of the receipt for the purchase of the tree.
This is not [...]

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SOWAL Recycling Update

Just wanted to send out an FYI on some of the things that are going on right now. Jen and I met with Cindy Meadows (county commissioner) two days ago to discuss recycling issues in Walton County. Here is what came out of our meeting. The county will run ads in the local paper giving [...]

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