Peter here with a quick update. As Katie mentioned in our last post, we had a very productive meeting with a large group of influential people including code officials, architects, subject matter experts, and policy makers. After a few more rounds of questions, our Code Alternate Review has been approved! Strawbale wall assembly is going to be allowed in Minneapolis, at least with this particular team and this set of plans. Not exactly opening up the flood gates, but this is an important step for anyone that wants to follow in our footsteps and do this elsewhere in Minneapolis in the future.
This approval isn't quite our final greenlight, but we are now on much firmer footing to be able to plan our construction schedule, finalize financing, and order materials. The last approval that we are waiting for is of our building permit. Given that the last main hurdle has been cleared, though, we are now quite confident that we will be able to construct the Uptown Strawhouse in 2021! We have had a few other posts sitting in our drafts about our solar array, project finance, and passive house standards that we will release shortly to make up for our relatively quiet last several months. I hope you all are getting as excited as we are!
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