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Your town in brief: Meet Jessica Day George

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:43:02 MDT

Your town in brief: Meet Jessica Day George

Published May 9, 2013 11:43AM MDT

Salt Lake City Tower reading • Local author Jessica Day George will read from Wednesdays in the Tower, the second volume of her middle-grade trilogy that began with Tuesdays at the Castle, May 9 at 7 p.m. at Salt Lake City’s Main Library, 210 E. 400 South. Day George also wrote The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Dragon Slippers. For more information, call 801-524-8200. Storytime • Children, ages 4-6, will enjoy a special storytime featuring the Skippyjon Jones books by Judy Schachner May 10 at 4...

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Avenues home about as green and clean as it gets

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:31:46 MDT

Avenues home about as green and clean as it gets

by Vince Horiuchi The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 2, 2013 03:31PM MDT

Dave Brach is passionate about two things: designing homes and protecting the environment. The Salt Lake City architect’s vision of homes the way they ought to be — contemporary but energy efficient — can be seen in a new house he designed and built in the Salt Lake City Avenues neighborhood. It’s a structure so efficient, in fact, it’s one of only two in the state and about 70 in the country that meet a rigorous certification for “passive homes.” It’s also been the subject of articles in severa...