According to an article from the Wall Street Journal, “During the bubble, homeowners sought the biggest, splashiest home improvements to boost resale value. Now they’re doing smaller projects that deliver a similar result for far less money.

Factors that led to this dynamic include the slump in home sales prices, low homeowner equity, less available credit even for the affluent and people choosing to stay in homes as they age.
This is a great time for home renovations on a smaller scale. This trend for smaller renovations is increasing interest in not only remodeling, but also more sustainable and less costly energy use. People are looking for long term changes that will help them be able to stay in their homes.

Link: the-new-rules-of-remodeling: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

These are amazing changes to houses that do appear a bit “down in the dumps” and dated. Remember, the greenest home is the already built one. Saving older homes is one of the best actions you can take to keep our planet healthy.
Reusing is part of the Green trilogy: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

Just remember to use as much recycled or reclaimed building materials and low VOC non- enamel paints.

Your Time to Shine | Best Curb Appeal Before and Afters 2009 | Photos | Remodels | This Old House

The TMAPC has posted the latest Final PlaniTulsa Plan for our development for the next 20-30 years!

We urge you to take the time to read through the latest document and see if it includes what you want to see and excludes what was wrong before.

This is your plan for developing Tulsa in the many years to come. No matter what the content, money will be spent and earned based on the content of this document. All we want is to be sure the resident homeowners needs are met and protected while furthering the development and redevelopment of Tulsa.

Please follow this link to www.planitulsa.org for this new document.

There will be an important Public Comment Meeting next week where you will be allowed to make your final comments and concerns known.

Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Place: City Hall, 175 E 2nd Street, 2nd Floor, Council Chamber

Live coverage on TGOV, Cable Channel 24

These are very exciting times. See you at the meeting!

Careless builders and contractors are polluting our valuable watershed with silt, cement, paint and other trash which leads to flooding and polluted waters.

This costs us taxpayers extra money to unclog our storm sewers and it compromises the health of our water resources.

These builders are breaking the law and need to pay. If you see this in your neighborhood, please call Jack Page, 596-1846 and your city councilor.

PS. Our inspection department is complaint driven. We must do the reporting.