Sometimes you miss out on things-Green Homes Tour

[Willis]

You guys need to help YOUR website spread the word. I missed yesterday's tour of green homes. Just too much going on for me to keep up with. But that's why we're supposed to be a community website. Oh well, myaybe someone won't be asleep at the switch next time around. From the article in the Journal today:
... Meanwhile, at Scot and Linda DeGraf's home on Jefferson County's Blue Ridge Mountain, the name of the game is straw bale and cordwood construction.DeGraf said the couple have been working on the house for nearly two years. Earthen roofs sit atop the structure, while inside the walls, straw bales are being used to help insulate the home.
"It will be cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter," he said.
DeGraf said he has no plans to install any form of air conditioning system at the house off Mission Road. Instead, the structure is being built so that it faces due south. This way, he said, large amounts of sunlight will come through the windows in the winter months to help keep the interior warm, and only minimal light will make its way inside during the summer. This, coupled with the straw bale insulation, has left him confident that the home will be among the coolest in his community during some of the warmest months of the year.
DeGraf said the straw bales offer other advantages over standard construction as well. The home features a bedroom with rounded walls. His wife, he said, dislikes straight lines, and straw bales make it possible to avoid them.
"You can really sculpt it," he said....
The complete article HERE (http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/537238.html?nav=5006)

[Tony]

Possibly the worst advertised affair so far this year. I saw the tiny signs on Mission Road, but had no idea where they were trying to lead me or if I really wanted to go there anyway. At least they should have put the signs up a day or two earlier and included a url.

[cindylu]

Hmmm. Same here. Saw the signs but thought, "they talking about WV???"

Poorly advertised. Would have loved to have seen it.

[KatherineA]

Same here, I saw one article, somewhere and thought that would be fun, I think that the fee was $15 per car load, so you could have a van full of people visit for $15. Then I didn't hear anything and totally forgot. The only other thing I saw was the sign at gate 4 the day of. :(

[LazerFlash]

Possibly the worst advertised affair so far this year. I saw the tiny signs on Mission Road...FWIW, while it wasn't *well* advertised, there were things in the paper about it. There was an article in the May Observer, and I believe that there was at least one article/notice in The Spirit and one in The Journal... Of course, you had to read the articles, (which were actually about the Green Building Conference), to see the notice for the Tour, as it was actually part of the conference.

It's interesting that the conference itself was canceled - due to low enrollment! Perhaps if it was marketed better, more people would've known about both events. I have to wonder if had they marketed the Tour as the lead-in, perhaps more people would have paid attention to the articles?