Pasadena Ecohouse Project – For Sale

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Have you ever dreamed of building a  Green home of the Future?  Here is your chance today! The Pasadena Eco House Project is for sale. This has been in planning for 24 months and has full approval to start building now.  The project includes: lot, plans and permits. This home, designed to be the first Platinum LEED Certified home in Pasadena, offers many energy saving advantages. It 's construction utilizes insulated concrete panels that are far superior to standard wood … [Read more...]

PasaDeena ate up Bloggers Picnic

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Saturday in the Park could have been the theme for the Semi- Annual, ...Bi Annual,... actually when someone takes the reigns to plan it..Bloggers Picnic. The Altadena Blog took the lead last Saturday to showcase Farnsworth Park in Altadena. They were joined by Altadena Hiker, Altadena Above it All and Open Mouth Insert Fork. It's a splendid recreational area  in the community and the planners did a marvelous job. "Where is it you ask?" Travel due North on Lake Ave.  until your ears … [Read more...]

Pasadena 2009 – A 5 Item Wish List

As the New Year approaches I penned my thoughts on what key issues would help to improve the City of Pasadena. Lets face it, we are privileged to live in a wonderful City that is exempt from many of the issues being faced by other municipalities, thanks to the leadership of our City Council, but we do have some things it would be nice to improve upon. Synchronize the Traffic Lights - as obvious as this seems to improve traffic flow, logistically it has to be much more difficult. I was reminded … [Read more...]

A Greener Pasadena, California

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I had the wonderful opportunity this week of meeting with Mr. Robert Mechielsen along with his two clients, who will soon be breaking ground on the Pasadena Eco House. Mr. Mechielsen is the architect behind this phenomenal project that could easily revolutionize the manner in which homes are constructed throughout this country. The home has been designed to utilize a mixture of green building materials including energy savings, environmental controls, building techniques that are ecologically … [Read more...]

Pasadena Schools – Reading, Writing & Written Off?

An article was recently published by US News & World Reports. They did an extensive study on the Best High Schools of 2008. The study included about 18,000 schools. The two local schools that ranked in the top 100 and received "gold" status were San Marino High and La Canada High. Pasadena High Schools did not make the list. Then they awarded "silver status" to top schools numbering from 101 to 505. Local schools making the list were Arcadia High, Crescenta Valley High, Eagle Rock High, … [Read more...]