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Green Acre Radio: Sustainable housing opens at Magnuson Park

Seattle non-profit Solid Ground has opened Brettler Family Place for 52 families.

By Martha Baskin

Sustainable, energy-efficient urban housing that’s affordable? Solid Ground, a nonprofit dedicated to building community to end poverty, thought it sounded like a good idea. This week, the nonprofit opened Brettler Family Place on the site of the former Sand Point Navy base at Magnuson Park in Seattle. Fifty-two families are moving in.

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Topics: King County, Nonprofits / Philanthropy, Real Estate / Land Use, Seattle, Seattle City Hall, Business, Urban Affairs

About the Author

Martha Baskin is an environmental reporter, whose work on the subject began with a project for the King Conservation District. Green Acre Radio was born shortly afterwards. She was one of the founding reporters for Pacifica's Free Speech Radio News and has been a contributor to the National Radio Project's Making Contact.

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