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Sent: Thu, 3 May 2007 3:23 PM
Subject: NBC Nightly News to feature St. Petersburg Housing Pilot Project
An NBC Nightly News manager informed our office that tonight on the 6:30 news they plan to air the segment filmed in St. Petersburg last month on the house St. Petersburg NHS developed using recycled modified steel shipping containers as the inner shell. This segment is part of an NBC series on green-building and energy-efficient housing.
The St. Petersburg pilot is being undertaken to field-test several new building concepts and innovative technologies. The objective is to ascertain if they can be successfully combined to produce a system that is hurricane-resistant, termite-resistant, energy-efficient, sustainable, cost-effective and that encompasses the best of modular, prefab and site built.
The 1800 sq. ft. 4BR, 2 Bath, 1-car garage house was constructed through a partnership involving primary supporters The Home Depot Foundation, NeighborWorks® America, the National Insurance Alliance and the City of St. Petersburg. Barrow Construction is the general contractor with architectural and engineering services provided by The Stratford Companies. Home repair guru Bob Vila aired four segments about the project on his national TV show in 2006, featured it on his website and has produced a DVD documenting the project from beginning through completion of the first of two house to be built. The Federal Alliance for Safe Housing (FLASH), PGT Industries, Georgia Pacific, Famous Tate Appliance and Bedding Centers and First American Housing Foundation all contributed to the project. Tampa Armature Works Inc. supplied the modified container labor and materials.
In December 2006, The Warrick Dunn Foundation included the house in its Tampa Bay area “Homes for the Holidays” presentations to the happy first-time homebuyer selected by St. Petersburg NHS.
NBC informed us that they would try to notify us in advance if it appeared the segment might be bumped.
"Transforming neighborhoods and creating lifelong homeowners... one family at a time."
Let's work together and make 2007 the absolute best in our 26-year-long history!
Askia
Askia Muhammad Aquil
President/CEO
St. Petersburg Neighborhood Housing Services, Incorporated
NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center
1600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. S.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(727) 821-6897 ext. 102
(727) 821-7457 fax
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www.stpetenhs.org
If you'd like to help us create lifelong homeowners, then please go to our website at www.stpetenhs.org or contact me at the numbers shown above. All monetary, real estate, and in-kind contributions are tax deductible to the extent provided by law. Contact a tax professional for details about deducting such a donation. Thank you for your support.
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