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What are you doing to lead homeowners and home buyers down a greener path? How have you dedicated yourself to creating a green lifestyle at home, at work, and out in the world? How are you working with local organizations and other professionals to make your community more sustainable? How have you demonstrated your commitment to advancing the green building industry and its practice? Have you found creative ways to get the green word out to your community and colleagues? How have you continued to develop your green skills, education, and reputation? 

In our quest to find this year’s EverGreen winners, the GRC is interested in your answers to any or all of the above questions.
Each year – this will be our eleventh – we look for the brightest green lights among GRC  members to recognize with the EverGreen award.  
We want to hear your story.  

Tricia and Kelly Spencer wasted no time putting their new NAR Green Designations to work after receiving them in March 2019. 

Both are practitioners with Keller Williams Colorado West Realty, Grand Junction, Colo. 
They took stock of their community, identified opportunities, and are making connections to see how they can make a contribution. 

Here’s how they’re getting their green niche off the ground. 

People rarely think of downsizing to any retirement facility as something that’s more. It’s almost always seen as less, whether that’s less space, less freedom, or less fulfillment.

Vassar Byrd is working to turn that thinking on its head with the redevelopment of Rose Villa, a 22-acre senior living community overlooking the Willamette River in Portland, OR.

The three-phase project started with a campus redevelopment that brought 75 new homes and a walkable environment, including a Main Street, green space, gardens, retail, and restaurants.

And with the recent addition of the Oaks at Rose Villa, Byrd, Rose Villa’s CEO, is cementing the idea that better options exist both for residents and for the environment.

The National Association of REALTORS® just-released REALTORS® & Sustainability Report shows the neighborhood and transportation features that are important to clients. 

Steve Lefler, GREEN, vice president of Modular Lifestyles, Irvine, CA, has carved out a unique business niche marketing modular, manufactured, and tiny houses with green features. 

His background includes stints as a real estate practitioner and a mortgage broker, and he has an expertise in reviving ailing mobile home and RV parks. 

He’s using his skills to address California’s home affordability challenges and to change how factory-built homes are viewed.