Welcome to Cypress Villages!
Imagine Cypress Villages, a self-sufficient neighborhood, offering LEED Platinum quality MSV ® homes at or below market prices. The spirit of community is at the heart of this project. Envision housing clustered around a Community Center; a place for meeting, dining and celebrations. Homes will be surrounded by food quality berry bushes and nut trees, well-tended fields with organic crops and greenhouses, a park with recreation and walking trails. Retail stores are within walking distance: Farmer's Market, Grocery, Fueling Station, Building Materials, Child-Care and Office space.
Rendering of Hazelnut St. looking northwest. Home plans from left to right: Blazingstar, Goldenseal & Indigo. Click on image for a larger version.
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OPEN HOUSE - visit our first home, June 20, 27, 28
JUNE 20, 27, 28th - 9 to 11 and 1 to 4
Permaculture and Willows at Cypress
Permaculture and Willows at Cypress
Planting Begins!
Next month Cypress Villages will begin planting trees, a crucial first step towards establishing a sustainable “food forest”--a method of agriculture that emulates natural woodland ecosystems, only with yields useful for humans. With the help of sustainable agriculture students, FFA and interns, 470 trees have already been purchased for this first planting. Trees include a variety of apples, cherries, pears, nuts, and more.
Special attention was placed on ordering native species, including some you may not have heard of like the PawPaw.
Build A New Home This Year
A great time to buy a new home or condo at Cypress Villages!
Free Money.
President Obama extended and increased the 2008 tax credit for new home buyersthrough 2009. The $7,500 credit has been increased to $8000 and innow refundable. How does this all work?
First time homebuyers can purchase a home and receive up to $8,000 from the IRS.Hereare some important points to know:
February 13th Update
Iowa First!
Expected to be Iowa's first LEED-Platinum rated home, the new house at Cypress Villages nears completion.
June 28th, 2008. Cypress Villages Update
Progress at CV has been good, despite the wet spring. SE Iowa is rated Zero for seismic probability and Zero for Hurricane probability. Rain has come on time and in plentiful amounts for many generations (could it change?
CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS:
We have set Foundation Stones for three single family homes and two eight-plexes in May. Roads must be in place before homes, and two weeks ago we started the main entrance to Phase II, the North-central area. The construction grade roads are in place as of today, with the entrances off of highway one to both Phase I and Phase II waiting on culverts and permits a few more days.
Upcoming Workshop on Green Building Design and LEED - Saturday, April 19th
C-Wise & Cypress Villages Presents:
Beyond Efficiency: Green Building Design and LEED
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Held at Fairfield’s first LEED Building, the Argiro Student Center at MUM in Fairfield
Instructor: Martha Norbeck, LEED AP and green building consultant
MORNING SESSION 9:00 - 11:30
~ The case for Green Building: economic, health, and environmental
~ An introduction to the LEED library of rating systems
LUNCH 11:30 - 12:30, serving local organic food (lunch included for full-day students)
AFTERNOON SESSION - 12:30 - 4:30
~ LEED for New Construction – learn what the points are and what do you need to know to implement LEED
