Living and affording ?green? in today?s economy (The Ithaca Journal)

Affordable housing is not easy to find in Tompkins County. In 2006 the County’s Affordable Housing Needs Assessment determined about 2,500 affordable units – those that could be owned or rented by those with less than 80% of Area Median Income without breaking the bank – were needed by 2014.

Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)

The NY-Penn Blood Service, the blood collection headquarters for Tompkins County, reports an acute blood shortage in our region.

Down to Earth: Ithaca is solar: Eco-friendly energy, building is plentiful here (The Ithaca Journal)

When I moved to Ithaca several years ago, I thought the climate might be too “gray” and wet for “green” building options like solar power and straw bale construction to be practical. But I soon learned that these — and many other renewable energy and natural building practices — are both possible and popular here.

   

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