[GSBN] Any strawbale in Hawaii, Delaware or New Jersey

[Martin Hammer]

> Joyce and Laura (and others who are interested),
> 
> I spoke with Tim Owen-Kennedy yesterday and he gave info re: SB in Hawaii and
> N.J. as follows:
> 
> He designed and built with workshops two SB buildings on the Big Island of
> Hawaii in 1996.
> 
> * An 18¹ radius community kitchen in Pahoa on Papaya Farms Rd. SE of Hilo
> * A 1200 sq.ft. Residence in Humakua (?) west of Hilo.
> 
> He will try to get at least one on the sb registry, but is not sure if he can
> track down the current owners.  He suspects there are more SB buildings in
> Hawaii because those were built over 10 years ago.
> 
> He consulted on a SB residence in New Jersey in 2002 or 2003.  It probably is
> the two residence project in Blairstown NJ built on Genesis Farm described by
> Darren Port.  I wonder who the right person is to pursue getting that project
> on the sb registry.  Laura, could you communicate with Darren Port about this?
> 
> Tim confessed to not having any of his 60 SB buildings on the sb registry and
> wants to rectify that.  I only put the first of mine on it this year.  I¹m
> publicly poking Tim and me, and any other GSBN members who are a similar
> category, for us to get as many on as possible.  I do understand that some
> owners are reluctant due to perceived privacy issues, but as Joyce has pointed
> out, there are ways of registering the building while maintaining privacy.
> The more buildings on the better.  There is strength in numbers.
> 
> Tim says that although he is silent on the GSBN for long stretches of time, he
> reads the dialogue, but sometimes not soon enough to respond.  He¹s usually
> busy adding to his 60 building count and doing lots of experimenting with
> plasters and other materials.  Tim, do you want to fill us in on your latest
> experiments when you get a chance?
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Martin, do you know who the owners and/or builders of the house in New Jersey
> and in Hawaii are?
> 
> Joyce
> 
> on 6.3.2008 9:34 PM, Martin Hammer at mfhammer at pacbell.net wrote:
> 
>>> Hi Laura,
>>> 
>>> There is at least one straw bale building in New Jersey (my home state!) and
>>> Hawaii.  Tim Owen-Kennedy designed and/or built one in each (if you need
>>> specifics I can try to get them from Tim, or encourage him to put them on
>>> the SB Registry).  I was happy to see a building in Mississippi recently
>>> added to the SB Registry.  That leaves only Delaware, and if there isn¹t one
>>> already, we should all go build one there!  I agree it would be great to say
>>> without qualification there is at least one straw bale building in every
>>> state.
>>> 
>>> Martin (I¹m not Del-aware of one) Hammer
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In preparing for the briefing, I am trying to see if there are any straw
>>> bales in these states that do not have listings on the Int'l Straw Bale
>>> Registry. Wouldn't it be great to report there are straw bales in all 50
>>> states? (Of course, only if it is true). I've already been in touch with
>>> Bill Christensen and this went out on the strawbale listserve.
>>> 
>>> Please pass this to any other contacts who may have info.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Laura
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Laura Bartels
>>> GreenWeaver Inc.
>>> P.O. Box 912, Carbondale, CO 81623
>>> Ph 970-379-6779, Fax 970-963-0905
>>> laura at greenweaverinc.com
>>> www.greenweaverinc.com
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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