Green housing development…right behind my house
Yesterday, I attended the Goshen Redevelopment Commission’s monthly meeting where they opened for the first time bids for the River Race project, an area of about 22 acres, right behind my house, that is currently a brownfield and abandoned warehouse but that Redevelopment would like to see developed.
There was just one bid, from All American Homes, a division of Coachmen. Overall, an interesting bid on the project, surprisingly very green-focused with 50% of energy generated by on-site reneweable resources, including a water turbine from the company we share office space with, Lucid Energy.
The disappointing part to me was that Coachmen handed off/punted on what could potentially be the most interesting parts of the project, including the 3 story abandoned Frederick Tool building and a portion of the 22 acres that’s right on Lincoln Ave. by the Farmer’s Market and river.
But hey, in a down economy, we got a bid! Maily, Coachmen is interested in putting their pre-fab homes, which are really nice, with lots of green features, onto ready-made property. Not exactly what the city was looking for, I believe, but a good start to the process.
Here’s a link to the PDF of the Coachmen proposal (it’s 35MB).
