Apr
02

Tweet To Blog Goodness

By Gordon Smith

While Mtn. X pretended to go to an All-Twitter format for April Fools’ Day, Jeff Fobes is really doing it.  These are from links he tweeted today:

Home in North Carolina Luxury Community Named Finalist in NAHB Green Building Awards

Green Building is expanding during the economic downturn.  This video talks more about it:

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“First ever commercial, mixed-use complex to be built in the South Eastern United States using hemp + lime bio-composite, non-structural material” to be built on brownfields in Asheville.

“U.S. Representative Chris Van Hollen has introduced legislation to establish a Green Bank as a tax-exempt wholly owned corporation of the United States that would provide a range of financing support to clean energy and energy efficiency projects in the country.”

Categories : Energy, Local, Media

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“Energy Panel,” was interestingly co-sponsored by the UNC Asheville chapter of the College Republicans. The CRs are bringing in conservative columnist and activist Princella Smith… Website – http://princellasmith.com/ to debate the ecos on the left, including Dee Eggers, a Professor of Environmental Science.”

Whoa. Princella Smith’s group is led by Newt Gingrich. Once you get past the host’s introductory period, it gets very interesting very fast.

Watch the video here

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More from Fobes – Link to NC unemployment number county by county.

Buncombe at 9.1%

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Jeff Fobes is a media hero in AVL –
talk about blazing a path.

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