News and Insights

Craig Della Penna is something of an accidental real estate practitioner. 

After spending his early career in the rail freight industry, he eventually landed at the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) as a political lobbyist and organizer. There, he developed an expertise in community organizing and bringing rails-to-trails conversions to fruition.  

If you’re interested in getting a rails-to-trails project started in your community, you first need to build community support. 

What successful home gardener doesn’t end up with bushels of excess produce at the end of the growing season? 

Zucchini anyone?
Just imagine how much is left behind in community gardens and on farms. 
 

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about a third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year—approximately 1.3 billion tons—goes uneaten. 

“I never considered myself a tree-hugger, but I was concerned about climate change and global warming,” says Cheryl Julcher, a 2017 EverGreen winner.  

Julcher, REALTOR®, GREEN, co-founder, CEO, and managing broker of Yellow Brick Properties, Evanston, Ill., spent 20-plus years in the real estate industry and sold land and worked with builders on marketing new construction. 

This Month's Tips:  September Garden To-dos

The Missouri Botanical Garden has a great list of garden to-dos for September.