healing gardens

With a vision of "strong families in healthy communities" Family Services understands the important relationship between healthy families and communities. For this reason, we decided to build our Family Services Gateway Center to be "green".

If designed in a smart way, building green doesn't need to be expensive. In fact the green elements to our project added less than 1% to the construction cost.

Green Honors
In September of 2009, the U.S. Green Building Council determined that the Family Services Gateway Center met LEED standards (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and recognized this facility as:

	The FIRST newly constructed LEED-certified building in Forsyth County!!
	LEED-certified to the SILVER level (there are 4 levels: Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum)
	The SECOND LEED-certified project in the entire state of North Carolina by a non-profit, human service agency

Recently, Family Services received the 2010 Triad Green Nonprofit Award from the Triad Business Journal.

The Healing Gardens Project
At the Family Services Gateway Center, we are in the process of establishing 17 unique and beautiful gardens for our 4 acre site. These gardens will be sponsored by local individuals and organizations, and will feature NC native plants. For more information, ask for a brochure.

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