Our third TV station to cover the zHome groundbreaking – KATU in Portland, OR.

More great media from our groundbreaking celebration – this from KING TV.

This was a very nice story done by KOMO TV for our groundbreaking celebration.

Tom Banse, National Public Radio’s Northwest Correspondent, did a great long story on our project, and other advanced green projects, the day after our groundbreaking celebration.

The Issaquah Press did a short article on the replacement of Noland Homes by Howland Homes as builder for the zHome project.

August 6, 2008 Issaquah Press article

The Seattle Times ran an article when the City Council initially approved the project.

On March 21, 2007, the Seattle Times ran a front page article on our project.  We were still early in our planning process, but it was an exciting boost for the whole team.

Early in our planning process, last March, the Seattle Times ran a front page article on the project.  It was a hectic and exciting day, to say the least.  We finished the day with an interview with Mayor Ava Frisinger and me.  zHome came full circle, back to England, where we got some of our inspiration – BedZED and the Hockerton Housing Project.  BBC interview

We had a beautiful, sunny day for our groundbreaking ceremony and celebration on September 29th.  A number of speakers, including Mayor Ava Frisinger, King County Executive Ron Sims, Puget Sound Energy Vice President Cal Shirley, Port Blakely Communities President Alan Boeker, and Governor Gregoire’s senior policy analyst for climate change Kathleen Drew, shared a few words about Zhome and what the project means for the region.  This was followed by a ribbon cutting event, where we presented some of the technologies to be used in the project – PV panels, double wall construction, rainwater reuse, and ultragreen materials.  Later, we had a party on site – about a hundred folks came to share the excitement of getting this project off the ground.  It was a great day!

Issaquah Mayor Ava Frisinger