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July 19, 2007
Habitat for Humanity sees green in Olympia
By JON SILVER
Journal Staff Reporter
Journal Staff Reporter
Photo courtesy of the Washington Aggregates and Concrete Association
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Pervious pavement, shown here in a Sultan residential development, is a key element of a Habitat for Humanity development in Olympia. Two pervious pavement parking lots will allow Habitat to forego building a detention pond, enabling it to build two extra houses on the site.
SOUTH PUGET SOUND Habitat for Humanity is creating a 15-home development in Olympia that demonstrates some of the opportunities and costs of sustainable construction.
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