Where to Park
buildinggreen2016-09-12T12:53:57-04:00We love having visitors to our building and boy are we getting a lot of them! Not a day goes by without a couple of [...]
12 / 07
2009
About buildinggreen
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12 / 07
2009
Video
buildinggreen2019-02-21T12:33:12-05:00We've posted a video about the building on our YouTube channel. To view it, click here.
12 / 07
2009
We walk all over it, but we love it…….
buildinggreen2016-09-12T12:53:57-04:00It's probably no surprise that we were careful about the carpet that we selected for the building. A big expense and a big choice in [...]
12 / 07
2009
12 / 07
2009
New Report: Green Buildings and Improved Productivity
buildinggreen2016-09-12T12:53:57-04:00Once when I was giving a presentation about our (then proposed) building, I noted that there was a growing body of research that employee productivity [...]
12 / 07
2009
The Long Awaited Third Countertop Posting……
buildinggreen2016-09-12T12:53:57-04:00Okay, maybe this isn't like the third secret of Fatima or anything, but more than one of you has asked what the "surprise" countertop is. [...]
12 / 07
2009
We’re In…..
buildinggreen2019-07-25T15:19:34-04:00We held our official ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday and are now open for business at 237 Court Street. The hectic events of the past two [...]
10 / 23
2009
Stock Transfer Instructions
buildinggreen2016-09-12T12:53:58-04:00Thank you for your interest in making a gift of stock to a fund at Berks County Community Foundation. For complete information about making a [...]
10 / 13
2009
A green move?
buildinggreen2016-09-12T12:53:58-04:00This photo shows some of our moving crew, from L&J Transportation unloading what we lovingly came to call "Tyga Boxes." These plastic boxes, which are [...]
10 / 13
2009
Moving for peanuts
buildinggreen2016-09-12T12:53:58-04:00One of the advantages to our new location is our proximity to Reading's great restaurants. The oldest and most famous of these is Jimmie Kramer's [...]
10 / 13
2009
Some national attention
buildinggreen2016-09-12T12:53:58-04:00The Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities recently released a publication by Catharine Porter highlighting our building project as an example of leadership [...]
10 / 13
2009
Our own sparkling wine!
buildinggreen2016-09-12T12:53:58-04:00At our ribbon cutting, Ed Anewalt, the owner of Anewalt's Landscape Contractor presented all the members of The Community Foundation staff with a commemorative bottle [...]
10 / 13
2009
Water Bottles
buildinggreen2016-09-12T12:53:58-04:00According to "All about water.org" about 1.5 million tons of plastic are used bottling water. Of course, there are places where bottled water is a [...]
10 / 13
2009
The plants….
buildinggreen2016-09-12T12:53:59-04:00There's not a lot of space for landscaping around the building, but we wanted to use what space we had to create at least a [...]
10 / 13
2009
Where do those soda bottles go?
buildinggreen2016-09-12T12:53:59-04:00It's too bad that we had to build a fence between us and Zion Baptist Church. The church didn't want it, and neither did we, [...]
09 / 25
2009
Bequests
buildinggreen2016-10-12T17:42:10-04:00Donors may include a charitable bequest in their will to create or add to a fund at the Community Foundation. Charitable bequests provide important estate [...]