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Forterra Board member A-P Hurd did a great Q&A w/ @theatlantic recently on sustainable development. Check it out! http://t.co/Rg1H9gl4

— @ForterraNW
December 14th, 2011

Press Release: HUD Awards Forterra and Olympic Peninsula Consortium Preferred Sustainability Status

December 6th, 2011
By Forterra

Press Release, Dec. 6, 2011 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced recently that it awarded Preferred Sustainability Status to the Olympic Peninsula Consortium, a group representing Clallam, Jefferson, Mason and Grays Harbor Counties. The award c

Gravity: A Look Back

Join us tomorrow, Dec. 7 at our Seattle office for our Holiday Open House! Drinks, food, & merriment will abound. http://t.co/zgMlvGSU

— @ForterraNW
December 6th, 2011

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Our Seattle-office Holiday Open House is this Wed, Dec 7th. Come join us for food, drinks, and fun! http://t.co/ii3dj2xI

— @ForterraNW
December 5th, 2011

Time to embrace fresh approaches for environmental and regional progress

December 5th, 2011
By Gene Duvernoy

Seattle Times Guest Editorial, Dec 5, 2011 By Gene Duvernoy   I HEARD an economist recently declare we are in frothy times. Frothy being a nice word for scarce jobs, tectonic shifts in global economic foundations and no playbook for what's next. The old answers n

RT @zanarama Puget Sound Nonprofits is out! http://t.co/EvXk3tpK Top stories via @flashvolunteer @SeaIF @ForterraNW @mercycorps @farestart

— @ForterraNW
December 5th, 2011

Forterra Pres. Gene Duvernoy has an op-ed in today's @seattletimes about new approaches to regional progress: http://t.co/nc3b0Rzi

— @ForterraNW
December 5th, 2011

Interesting thoughts on the future of cities RT @grist Has dense living gotten too dense? http://t.co/SHpxMxR8

— @ForterraNW
December 2nd, 2011

Thanks for the #FF! RT @derekmyoung #FF Cascade Land Conservancy has a new name and Twitter account. @ForterraNW

— @ForterraNW
December 2nd, 2011

The @PSBJ ran a great Q&A with Forterra president Gene Duvernoy about our name change & work. Check it out! http://t.co/VhFWOJt3

— @ForterraNW
December 2nd, 2011

Questions for: Gene Duvernoy, president, Forterra (formerly Cascade Land Conservancy

December 2nd, 2011
By Bethany Overland

Puget Sound Business Journal, December 2, 2011 More than 20 years since it began, Washington’s largest land conservation organization, Cascade Land Conservancy, recently changed its name to Forterra. The Puget Sound Business Journal sat down with Forterra’s presi

Join us for our Holiday Open Houses! Ellensburg: Dec 2, Seattle: 7th, Everett: 14th, Tacoma: 16th! Drinks, snacks, fun! http://t.co/6F3ezuiK

— @ForterraNW
December 1st, 2011

Related: Can't wait until those golden sunsets come a little later in the evening than 4:25!

— @ForterraNW
November 30th, 2011

We just got our sweet @alliance4trees poster! Check it out: http://t.co/3OBMVdeI

— @ForterraNW
November 30th, 2011

MT @seagreendrinks RT @hubsea Get ready for Xmas giving season: @seagreendrinks holding 1st holiday fair. http://t.co/pvygZ09E #Seattle

— @ForterraNW
November 30th, 2011

Ceremony Will Honor Snohomish County Conservation Leadership

November 29th, 2011

EVERETT, WA – Celebrating the successes of Snohomish County leaders working to strengthen the environment and economy in their communities, Cascade Land Conservancy is awarding the Cascade Agenda Leadership, New Directions for Livable Communities and Community Service awa

EPA Grant Will Support Smart Growth Technical Assistance

November 29th, 2011

SEATTLE, WA --- Thanks to a generous grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, Cascade Land Conservancy and a consortium of partners will work with local and tribal governments to increase community capacity to implement innovative plans, projects and policies that protec

Refugees Plant Seed of Garden in Tukwila

November 29th, 2011
By Dean Radford

Refugees more used to growing their food near the Himalayas are harvesting their first crops in Tukwila. They celebrated the harvest last week at the Namaste Community Garden on the grounds of the St. Thomas Parish near Foster High School, with food demonstrations and thank you

Via @Grist

— @ForterraNW
November 29th, 2011

MT @ConservationNW

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November 29th, 2011

Community Stewards: A Leadership Story

Land Restoration: A Political Story?

Cascade Land Conservancy changes name to Forterra.

November 1st, 2011

November 2, 2011 Responding to the growth and evolution of the organization, Cascade Land Conservancy—one of Washington’s leading land conservation organizations—announced last night that it has changed its name to Forterra. “This name change is a test

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