CommonBond Communities Teams up with GE and Minnesota Waste Wise to ''Green'' Affordable Housing

September 08, 2008

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CommonBond Communities: Who: 400 GE volunteers, CommonBond staff, Minnesota Waste Wise What: CommonBond Communities brings sustainable practices to low-income housing residents via unique partnerships with GE, Minnesota Waste Wise and others. In one day, 400 GE volunteers will transform the grounds of Torre de San Miguel Homes, a 142-unit family housing community with 521 multicultural residents in St. Paul, to stop soil erosion and runoff into the Mississippi River. This event is one element in developing a longer-term strategy to benefit CommonBond's 107 housing communities in the Upper Midwest. When: Tuesday, September 9, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Live onsite interviews with executives from 10:00 a.m. to noon) Where: Torre de San Miguel Homes, a CommonBond Community 58 Wood Street St. Paul, MN 55107

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