According to August 9th’s Multi-Housing News’s Out & About, United Community Bank has announced a financing program for green building projects. This is fantastic news for Savannah and it’s growing group of green lovers (Melaver, Savannah Country Day School).

“In the spirit of stewardship and sustainability, United Community Bank – Savannah wants to do its small part to promote a greener, a healthier approach to development, an approach that fosters better stewardship of our limited natural resources,” says United Community Bank – Savannah President, Mike Lee. “The longterm ‘greening’ of our communities must begin one person and one structure at a time. Through this special initiative we hope to motivate and facilitate green construction and help secure a healthier Savannah for decades to come.

United Community Bank will join six plus large-scale LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) projects, over 30 planned homes to be built to EarthCraft energy specs, a LEED building in the historic district and the country’s first all-retail LEED core & shell project. Quite an accomplishment for a city to be this green without a curbside recycling program!

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