Neighborhood Center
GREEN HOME TOUR
Planning Meeting Present: Trilety Wade (GNC), Tim Hemsath (Flatwater), Cynthia Shuck (Gifford Park), Cammy Watkins (Sierra Club), Teresa Gleason (Omaha by Design), Shelagh Keleyhers, Rita Corell, Jeff Gigstad


EVENT Date: September 6th,
Following Bank of the West - Neighborhood Summit in Omaha

Green Home Tours – 4 homes.
1-5pm on a Saturday. Ticket fee $5
GNC organized mission
Food – Water – Energy – Materials & Resources - Transportation

FOOD – John Pollock, 1412 N 35th St.
Edible garden tour w/ free samples.
[cammy, address, tour items, seed exchange]
Coop Membership giveaway [TRILEY]
Cammy Update: John Pollack’s home address is 1412 N 35th St. He suggest that people park on the corner of 35th and Charles. He said he is near Gifford Park neighborhood. Also he stated that there will not be a lot of space for car traffic and parking so we should encourage carpooling.Items he said to add to the shopping list are basic gardening tools: hoe, hoses, rake, and shovel. John has a combination of edible and non-edible plants, as well as fruit and nut trees and a medicinal Pokeberry (sp) plant. He said he can have seeds available for people that want specific seeds, but he wouldn’t have enough for 100 people. He suggested we give away flower seeds, because food seeds are hard for people to plant and he thinks it would be best to give people a simple seed to plant.
ENERGY – Daniel Lawse – 350 N. 36TH Ave
Energy Items List, From here go on Green walking tour – neighborhood green, bike shop, community garden, walkscore.com

WATER – Trilety Wade – 5073 Jackson Ave
Inside and outside the house, water conservation, rain garden, rain barrel, aerators, toilet/sink. Make your own rain barrel list.

MATERIALS/RESOURCES– 1018 South 36th Street
Field Club Green Renovation
Tim and Trilety checked out house and it is great!
Renovation of 1907 carriage house footprint, 1000sf house: Radiant heat in floor, On-Call water heater, higher insulation value than conventional construction, rain-screen envelope under siding, not waste of construction materials, based on "not so big house" design by Sarah Susanka, day-light design reduces artifical lighting use saving energy, large french drain for exterior storm water drainage made from chimney bricks, most materials donated to habitat restore,sustainably harvested wood, no disposal or dishwasher, and much more!
Architect: Eddy Santamaria
Contractor: Joel Holm
Landscape: Allen Jones
Painter/Owner: Eddith Buis

TRANSPORTATION - 33rd and California
Jack Phillips give tree tour - Walking tour from Daniel's house to community garden ending at Bike shop.
Gifford Park Community Garden,Five years running.
Gifford Park Bike Shop – Transportation Component as part of event.
Schedule bike ride – midtown ride. [Cynthia]
Cynthia Shuck - Walking neighborhood on the hour every hour. tours 2-4pm, guided tours starting at specific times and within the Gifford Park.

EACH HOUSE MAKE “shopping” LIST OF ITEMS BY MAY 19TH for nametages and ACE discount sponsorship

Sierra Club sponsor – Cammy Watkins to look into discount list and ACE as sponsor for items on home lists.

Green Lifestyle – economical was to be green, learning from your neighbor

Volunteer Coordinator: Cammy Watkins
Need at least for volunteers per tour area for entire time period - 32 volunteers needed
Need 4 volunteers per home. Each house has volunteer stations for self-guided tours, homeowners labeling items for volunteers and visitors. Flatwater sponsor tags for homes. Have checklist for green items within each house, list costs of items and take list to ACE to receive discounts. Have expiration date on list by end of month.
Each home to have script for items.
Be in specific area to focus in area.
Emphasize greening is Not expensive and hard.
Inside and outside the home.
Cool and aha with green homes.
Neighborhood nature tours

GRAPHIC DESIGN AND MARKETING MATERIALS [Krissy Harbert w/ Tim Hemsath]
Need marketing flyer for committee approval by May 27th.
Need Yard Sign for each house to advertise house.
Need admission map for event

ADMISSION
$5 Charge gets admission to all house the Map is the Ticket for entrance into each house

FREE Takeaway items:
One particular giveaway items at each house -
WASTE house, Canvas, or recycled plastic bags from
ENERGY – Free tube of caulk, foam outlet cover gasket thingy, little energy savor book
FOOD – Keep Omaha Beautiful MUD seeds or NSA – giveaway plant materials – food producing plant seeds
WATER – bathroom faucet aerator

BIG GIVEAWAY at each house:
Grand prize drawing - $100 limit - four larger prizes, separate have baskets at each house.
ENERGY – OPPD energy Audit or grab bag of energy improvement items (sealant, light bulbs, DIY items and book) [RITA w/ daniels help]
MATERIALS – Verma (worm) Composting System or $100 gift card from Straw Sticks and Bricks (lincoln green materials store, Jen Carlson owner) [tim]
WATER – Rain Barrel [RITA, mulhulls or DIY giveaway]
FOOD – Coop membership [Trilety]

MEDIA/PR event promotion
Teresa Gleason & Shelagh Keleyhers
Media Sponsor – press release - tv or radio or newspaper promotion for event. Omaha World Herald, Channel 7 and Fox.

Thanks everyone for a great and productive meeting what a great day for a meeting on the grass!

TUESDAY, May 27th – 6pm NEXT, Green Streets Meeting