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Resource Efficient Homes Across America

A showcase of resource-efficient homes
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2007 Minnesota Non-Profit Awards of Mission & Excellence

Minnesota Council of Non-Profits
2007
Women in Construction Training Program wins 2007 Award for Innovation...
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Five Minnesota Companies Receive Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award

Source: The Loft Literary Center
Apr 30, 2008
Program Rewards Employers for Creating Workplaces That Foster Employee Health and Well-being While Enhancing Organizational Performance...
...more on WiCC and the award!

The Green House as a Classroom

Lisa Selin Davis , December 20, 2007
The New York Times-
The house is estimated to be three times more energy efficient than an average home of comparable size, according to Michelle LeBeau, the executive director of a nonprofit group called Women in Construction that built it in collaboration with a handful of public and private design and energy groups.
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Coming Home Again (pg. 64-67)

Amy Carlson , Feb/March 2008
The Woman Today -
A complete remodel...
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Eco House What Took So Long? by Kat Eldred - May 24, 2007
(Gather.com article)

Living Green Expo Newsletter - April 07

Preservation Alliance of Minnesota 2006 Preservation Awards

Housing project to begin construction in fall

Jay T. Roesler, 01/11/2007 (click for full story)
Lake County News Chronicle -
A project that would remodel an existing building in downtown Two Harbors to provide affordable and transitional housing is underway.
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Construction News
Historic rehab series resumes June 22-23 in Duluth

BusinessNorth.com
June 12, 2006
A 2004 study of Duluth's construction boom at the turn of the last century concluded the city is blessed with an unusual number of architecturally-significant landmarks.
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Sisters Have Faith Old Home
Will Be Blessing For the Needy

Duluth News-Tribune (MN)
February 12, 2006
Chuck Frederick on Duluth

The swing of a handbell, ring-a-ling, announced morning prayers and the start of each day for 36 years at Duluth's Sacred Heart Convent.
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Mary Byron Foundation honors agencies for innovative and exemplary domestic violence response

- June 2005 Press Release

Four groundbreaking programs that aim to stop domestic violence are being honored by the Mary Byron Foundation. The Foundation’s Celebrating Solutions Awards recognize programs that demonstrate innovation and success in their efforts to fight domestic violence. Each winning agency receives a $10,000 cash award for its pioneering work. The 2005 winners are: ....more

Convent Conversion
article by Chuck Frederick

Sun, Jan. 09, 2005, Duluth News Tribune

Hosts of prayers used to soar heavenward every time the nuns drove past their old home. Now, a group of Benedictine Sisters are offering up advice and history lessons as plans are made to renovate the once-proud but abandoned Sacred Heart Convent on Second Avenue West, near downtown Duluth. Women's Transitional Housing purchased the condemned, 98-year-old structure a little over a year ago and is lining up money to convert the three stories of bricks and windows into 11 efficiency apartments for women in need and their children....more

The 2nd Annual Women in Construction Expo
hosted by Women in Construction Co. LLC.

Saturday November 6th 2004 from 9am to 4pm at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) in Edmund Fitzgerald Hall.(Duluth Minnesota). ....more

Women in Construction Expo promotes nontraditional careers

Missy Johnson
Budgeteer News
Friday, October 29th, 2004

Women in Construction LLC has busy summer lined up

by Wayne Nelson
BusinessNorth.com
May 24th, 2004

NLCHP Honors Programs Fighting Homelessness with STAR Award - March 2004

The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP) honors programs and communities throughout the country that are working to address the root causes of homelessness. Women's Transitional Housing Coalition was chosen for a Solutions through Alternative Remedies (STAR) Award. ....more

Woman Strong: Women in Construction Expo 2003

- a Women in Construction article, January 2004
The first ever Women in Construction Expo was a 9 month long collaborative effort that shaped an incredible 7 hour-long community event....more

Building a Home and a Future
An economic justice project in Minnesota provides women with more than a job.

By Linda Ocasio
Sidebar: Home Girls in the House By Linda Ocasio
National Housing Institute: Shelterforce Online, The Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Building, Issue #132, November/December 2003

Duluth hosts GirlsBEST summit
Programs aim to improve the economic prospects of girls

Amy Hill
Budgeteer News
 Last Updated: Tuesday, November 18th, 2003 07:22:07 AM

Women in Construction
Duluth company trains and employs women for trades industry

Sandi Dahl
Budgeteer News
Last Updated: Monday, August 18th, 2003 07:47:01 AM

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