The Cape Fear Green Building Alliance holds its annual green building tour 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 25. The tour features a home at 3404 Talon Court, which received the U.S. Green Building Council’s Platinum certification and has appeared in this blog before. The rehab also has been the subject of stories in the StarNews, USA Today, EcoHome and Green Source. Six other sites are on the tour, which begins at Snipes Academy of the Arts and Design, 2510 Chestnut St. A recent StarNews story on the building mentions its “motion-sensor lighting controls, a full recycling program, permeable parking lot, rain collection system for irrigation and increased daylighting in the classrooms.” Participants may take their own cars to the other sites on the tour or ride a trolley from Snipes.
The tour also includes the offices of Monteith Construction Co. at 32 N. Front St., which has been on the annual tour in the past; Midori on 29th, townhouses under construction at 23 S. 29th St.; Sapona Green Building Center, a retail store offering green building materials, at 716 S. 17th St.; Buffalo Wild Wings, 206 Old
Eastwood Road, the first restaurant in Wilmington to implement solar hot water; and 5707 Wrightsville Ave.
Tickets are $15; $12 for alliance members. You can buy them and get detailed information online at the alliance’s website, by Stacie Greene Hidek
There’s more to Cape Fear than the two versions of the movie Cape Fear that were made in this trendy and diverse North Carolina town of Wilmington. Cape Fear North Carolina is a headland located on the eastern shore of the United States along the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Fear is the southern most part of North Carolina, and the Cape Fear River which drains to the coast near the headland is a habitat for all kinds of interesting Cape Fear wildlife, including squirrels, deer and more. Also located in the town of Wilmington, home to Cape Fear, is the Cape Fear North Carolina Museum. When combined with a trip to the beach at Cape Fear, the museum is a great way to spend an afternoon and learn all about this southern section of North Carolina.