STILL ON DESPITE STORM! Green Community Forum, March 17th 1-4pm

Squamscott Community Commons Presents a Green Community Forum Saturday, March 17^th, 1-4pm at Exeter Town Hall
Free to the Public

Squamscott Community Commons is holding its first public meeting to look at all aspects of sustainable building design and renewable energy opportunities for the new multi-tenant non-profit community center and YMCA to be built on Linden Street in Exeter. The public is invited to join volunteers and staff of the Commons at Exeter Town Hall on Saturday March 17^th 1-4pm. This interactive forum on “green” building options, will be facilitated by Barbra Batshalom, LEED, AP, Executive Director and Founder of The Green Roundtable and Joel Bargmann, LEED, Bargmann, Hendrie + Archetype, architect of the new center.

Squamscott Community Commons aspires to be a regional model for environmental and sustainable building design and operations. This sustainable non-profit facility will be designed to reduce operating costs through energy efficient design; create healthy indoor air quality through the use of green products and energy recovery systems and reduce the impact on the environment by decreasing its consumption of carbon based and non-renewable fuels. The Green Community Forum is designed to provide an educational dialogue to increase awareness and transfer “green” ideas for both public and private use in our region.

Squamscott Community Commons is constructing a multi-tenant non-profit community center that will be home to a full-facility YMCA (with gym, indoor walking track, fitness and aquatics) and non-profit agencies that provide programs and services in health, wellness, arts, culture, nutrition, childcare and recreation to the region. The integrated and sustainable green design of this centrally located facility will enhance the participating non-profits’ capacity by providing long-term stability and reducing their operating costs. This, in turn, will allow the agencies to focus on what they do best: providing effective programs and services for our wider community.