Old Town business owners are ecstatic about the $4.1million rehabilitation of the old Cedar Street School in Old Town.
According to excerpts from the article:
The $4.1 million project is expected to be Old Town's first environmentally friendly "green" building. Its owners are aiming for a gold rating—the second highest level—from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.
"It's just a fit for both of us," said Carla Guggenheim, who's partnering with Gail Shafer to open the Old Town Medical Arts building.
The women had been looking for an historic building to rehab and both said it was important to make the building healthy and environmentally friendly.
The project is slated to include a geothermal heating and cooling system that involves drilling wells and tapping the water supply to heat and cool. There also will be low- maintenance landscaping and a plant-covered roof.
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