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Colleen Valles
Colleen Valles is an award-winning writer who helps organizations tell their sustainability stories. After nearly a decade spent as a reporter, which included covering environmental issues for the Associated Press, she turned her research and writing skills toward communications in complex industries including housing and land use, water, transportation, energy and education. Colleen has written a variety of content for publications, public and private organizations, executives and elected officials, always with an eye toward making complicated issues engaging and relatable. Her work combines the two things she's passionate about: writing and making the world a better place.
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Buildable Backyards: 2-day Virtual Conference for ADUs
- By Colleen Valles
- . June 16, 2021
- . Update: June 17, 2021 12:23 pm
Buildable Backyards: Expanding Housing Options While Maximizing Land Resources with Accessory Dwelling Units Creating Homes and Opportunities Nonprofit developers and affordable housing providers are getting

St. John’s Square – ADU Program Helping Women and Children
- By Colleen Valles
- . May 8, 2021
- . Update: September 22, 2021 9:45 am
St. John’s Square – ADU Program Helping Women and Children Turning your life around takes hard work: breaking bad habits and replacing them with healthy

Q&A: Florentine Christian, founder and CEO of SideKick Homes
- By Colleen Valles
- . May 8, 2021
- . Update: May 10, 2021 2:46 pm
Florentine Christian, Sidekick Homes Florentine Christian From working in construction as a kid to working in real estate as an adult and learning what was

INNOVATIVE PREFABRICATED ADU’S OF THE FUTURE
- By Colleen Valles
- . February 18, 2021
- . Update: May 6, 2021 6:34 pm
Innovative Prefabricated ADUs of the Future The humble “granny flat,” that small home out in the back yard, has gone from an after-thought to a

Q&A: Amanda Gattenby – Crate Modular
- By Colleen Valles
- . February 18, 2021
- . Update: March 5, 2021 3:13 pm
Amanda Gattenby, Vice President of Development with CRATE MODULAR Amanda Gattenby We sat down recently with Amanda Gattenby, Vice President of Development with CRATE Modular.