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You must be the change you want to see in the world. Gandhi<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 12/4/08, David Arkin, AIA <i><david@arkintilt.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: David Arkin, AIA <david@arkintilt.com><br>Subject: Re: [GSBN] Straw Bale Lenders<br>To: "(private, with public archives) Global Straw Building Network" <GSBN@greenbuilder.com><br>Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 4:43 PM<br><br><div id="yiv2128308007">Hello Mark, All:<div><br></div><div>I was once in our CASBA booth at an event, and a fellow came up to me, shook my hand, and announced, "I provide loans for straw-bale homes." After picking myself up off the ground, I asked him why. "They're better built." was his answer, basically noting that folks pay more careful attention to details such as waterproofing around windows and doors, etc. And all the other reasons we
all know that make bale buildings superior. </div><div><br></div><div>This fellow is: Terry Phenecie, 1st Priority Financial, Redwood Valley, CA, 707/485-0318, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:terryp41@adelphia.net">terryp41@adelphia.net</a></div><div><br></div><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.solarhomefinancing.com/">http://www.solarhomefinancing.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Good luck,</div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br></div><div>PS: The exact details portrayed above may not be entirely accurate, but that's how I like to tell the story. </div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 4, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Mark Jensen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Greetings Fellow Baleheads,</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">I have bought land here in Bozeman, Montana to build the cities first load bearing straw bale home. The issue I am having is finding a lender for the construction portion. Do any of you fine people have any recommendations of lenders for straw bale construction.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">I look
forward to your responses.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Happy Holidays!</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Mark Jensen</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Construction Program Director</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Red Feather Development Group</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">PO Box 907</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
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