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29 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Tom O'Dwyer <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Mr. Tom O'Dwyer <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 105 Boulder Lane <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27514 <br /> Phone (Day): 919-906-0581 <br /> Phone (Evening): 919-942-7244 <br /> Phone (Cell): <br /> Email: greenbuilder4us @aol.com <br /> Place of Employment: Construction Resources - Chapel Hill <br /> Job Title: Design/Build General Contractor <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1985 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: C.H. City Limits <br /> Sex: Male <br /> Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Orange County Planning Board <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> Work Experience: General Contractor and builder of Green Homes. I have developed <br /> land successfully in Orange County, donated land for conservation and design-built <br /> homes that are very energy efficient for 25 years. <br /> Volunteer Experience: Carrboro Farmers Market Construction Management; Rain Forest <br /> Preservation Fund Raising; WCOM Community Radio Station in Carrboro - construction; <br /> Volunteer Democratic party 2004 election; International and national meditation retreats <br /> and ymposiums. Commission for the Environment, Habitat for Humanity, Orange County <br /> Council on Aging recent MAP (listed contributor). <br /> Education: 2 years college, a number of continued eduction courses at NC State on <br /> Renewable Energy Technologies and Healthy Built Homes <br /> Other Comments: <br /> Sustainable/Smart Development of land should be the norm in our future. My <br /> understanding is, it requires legislative approval for ordinances that have certain <br /> requirements. We should do as many things possible to support environmentally <br /> responsible development, such as creating solar easements for future renewable power <br /> use, smarter energy efficiency improvements in new construction, Smart Grid <br /> development, or work on ways to propose changes in the legislature to better protect our <br />