On Saturday, October 2, from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M., the Ojai Valley Green Coalition invites you to view five green-built homes and commercial sites. Back again following its inception in 2008, the Ojai Valley Green Home and Building Tour will offer self-guided tours of homes with clearly identified eco-friendly features. The designers and contractors will be present to answer your questions.
New this year and running concurrently with the tour will be a Green Home Show at the former Ford dealership building on Ojai Avenue. This show will provide visitors with a display of sustainable-living merchandise and information, and will be free to the general public.
The Ojai Valley Green Coalition, whose mission is to help the Ojai Valley become a model green, sustainable community, will kick off the tour with a reception on Friday, October 1, from 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. Held at the St. Andrew’s Parish Hall, the reception will feature live music, Casa Barranca organic wine, and organic vegetarian hors d’oeuvres. A short program will include Ventura City Manager Rick Cole, called "one of Southern California's most visionary planning thinkers" by the Los Angeles Times. Joining Cole to present the owners of the tour sites with plaques in appreciation of their leadership by example will be County Supervisor Steve Bennett, Coalition friend and co-founder of Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources (SOAR).
The tour and show are sponsored in part by the Ventura County Contractors Association, the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, the Ojai Valley News, REC Solar, Shaklee Distributor Brad Hudson, Studio Landscape, and Modular Lifestyles. Tour tickets may be purchased online at http://www.ojaivalleygreentour.com/ for $10; the evening reception will be $25 ($20 for those with paid Green Coalition memberships). For further information, call (805) 669-0445 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (805) 669-0445 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
