Sustainable Sandhills Green Living and Design Tour November 7, 2009

The Fourth Annual Sustainable Sandhills Green Living & Design Tour will be held on Saturday, November 7 from 10am – 4pm. This year, the Tour has expanded to include more than 25 green homes and businesses across four counties – Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke and Moore. These county tours are self-guided and FREE! A guided tour of Fort Bragg’s greenest sites and buildings is also available by SS partner, Sustainable Fort Bragg.

Start your 2009 Tour experience at one of the four county Headquarters. Pick up a copy of the 14-page Tour Program, visit with a green industry vendor/exhibitor and devise a tour route that fits your schedule and interests. The four Headquarter sites are listed below:
• Cumberland Headquarters: Moore Exposure, 215 Williams Street, Fayetteville
• Harnett Headquarters: The home of Frank and Marianne Stump, 4757 Ross Road, Lillington
• Hoke Headquarters: Raft Swamp Farms, 4978 Red Springs Road, Raeford
• Moore Headquarters: Green Goods, 220 NW Broad Street, Southern Pines

The tour sites include: custom-built green homes, SS Certified Green Businesses, solar installation companies, redeveloped historic buildings, an organic "incubator" farm, a methane collection system, mainstream builder homes with Energy Star certifications, and a straw bale home.

Fort Bragg Tour Meeting Location: Meet at the North Post PX near the intersection of Butner Road and Souter Place, where a 15-seat passenger van will depart once an hour for a 45-50 minute guided tour of some of the installation's greenest buildings and sites. NOTE that this meeting point is on-post, so please allow time for vehicle inspections at one of Fort Bragg's Access Control Points.

Thank you to our sponsors: Sustainable Fort Bragg, Comfort Made Blinds, Sandhills Energy, Comfort South, Rainbow Cycles, Pinehurst Toyota, Nature’s Own, Stewart Construction & Development Co., First Bank, Opulence of Southern Pines, Bill Reaves Construction Co., Moore County Farmer’s Market, ICAN, Lumbee River EMC, The Ride Peddler, Alternative Energy Concepts, Opulence of Southern Pines and Play It
Again Sports of Aberdeen.

Other Green vendor/exhibitors and locations include: The Apple Crate, The Apple Crate II, JDM Roofing, Butler Farms, Caviness & Cates Communities, Effect Energy, Benchmark Company, Floating Island Southeast, Travis Alfrey Woodworking, Raven’s Wing Healing Center, Farm Up The Street, Cottage Garden Farm, Bountiful Backyards of Moore, Mr. GreenJeans Lawn & Garden, Trek Ride and Poplar Night Spot.

Here are a few tips to make the event more enjoyable:
- Please go to the Tour Headquarters first
- Look for Sustainable Sandhills event signs to easily identify tour sites
- Bring a GPS if you have one
- Carpool with friends to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Bring your reusable bags – some locations will have items for sale
- Please do not bring any pets
- Bring a rain jacket and umbrella just in case – the event is rain or shine
- Look for Sustainable Sandhills volunteers - they will be ready to help you and answer your questions
- Please do not visit any of the home sites before or after the event hours

For more information about the event, please visit http://sustainablesandhills.org.

About Sustainable Sandhills
Sustainable Sandhills is a nonprofit organization working in the communities surrounding Fort Bragg. Sustainable Sandhills is committed to protecting our natural resources, encouraging green growth, and changing the ways we live, work and play. We will pass on a green and vibrant community to the generations that follow us.