Downtown Bellingham Partnership’s new bar
This spring Nick Hartrich, the new Executive Director of the Downtown Bellingham Partnership, approached us about building a bar for the Downtown Bellingham Partnership office. His goal was to make…
Blakely Island trim material
Arthur Johnson, of Artworks Construction, and Adam have been hard at work on the trim and finish carpentry at the Whatcom Center for Early Learning and it's beautiful. The trim…
Remodel + CEC Pilot Project
In 2015 the Community Energy Challenge (CEC) is considering proposing a Remodel + CEC pilot project. The pilot will be in partnership with the WSU Energy Program and the Building Performance Center…
Future of Business Speaker Series Notes
At the recent Sustainable Connections Future of Business speaker series event Aaron Fairhchild, of Green Canopy Homes, discussed how the Triple Bottom Line applies to Green Canopy Homes and gave…
Imagine This! Home and Landscape Tour
We are gearing up for the 12th Annual Sustainable Connections Imagine This! Home and Landscape Tour and I have to tell you, our stop is going to be the place to be! The home…
Rain gardens and landscape plans
We are working with Geoscapes to install a rain garden at one of our projects and we're pretty excited about it. Molly Maguire Landscape created the landscape plan for the property, which includes…
Local Window Manufacturer
We recently wrote a blog post about "Where the money went" and realized that it's time to start identifying products that are both made and sold locally. Frankly that is…
Where the money went in 2013
At Chuckanut Builders we value buying local, we prioritize buying local. That said, we think it's essential to look at where we spent our money at the end of each…
Refer a friend to the Community Energy Challenge!
Are you a past Community Energy Challenge client? Did you have a great experience and now you're home is more comfortable, healthier and your saving energy? Have you told…
Up close- the green playhouses!
After all of the talk about the Green Playhouses I wanted to share pictures of all of the playhouses. They are so amazing! Whoever goes home with these gems is…