| HUD No. 11-015 Kelly Jorgensen, Field Office Director (801) 524-6071 |
For Release Wednesday June 22, 2011 |
HUD DEPUTY REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR INVITES UTAH MEDIA TO TOUR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Development built with HUD HOME program funding
SALT LAKE CITY - Ben Logue, President of The La Porte Group, a Utah area sustainable housing developer of low income housing in Utah will host HUD Deputy Regional Administrator Dan Gomez, Jr. for a tour of the HUD HOME
funded Stratford apartments in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Stratford apartments were rebuilt in 2006-2007 after a fire destroyed the Stratford Hotel. The new development is an Energy Star development that uses solar power to reduce power consumption and cost for tenants.
| Who: | Ben Logue, President, The La Porte Group Dan Gomez, Jr., Deputy Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Kelly Jorgensen, Field Office Director, Utah Office, US Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| What: | Tour of the La Porte Group's Stratford apartments, an Energy Star development built with sustainable housing features and housing low income tenants |
| Date: | Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
| Time: | Tour to begin at 1:00 P.M. |
| Where: | The Stratford Apartments 175 East 200 South Salt Lake City, UT |
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