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		<title>Success with CRM Event</title>
        <description>Dick Wooden will be presenting Success with CRM on January 28 at The Troyer Group.</description>
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        <pubDate>January 21, 2011</pubDate>
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		<title>Ark Encounter in US to flaunt green design elements</title>
        <description>Answers in Genesis has announced that The Ark Encounter, a giant model of Noah’s Ark in a Christian-themed amusement park in Northern Kentucky, will be designed to be one of the largest green construction projects in the US.</description>
        <link>http://www.worldinteriordesignnetwork.com/news/ark_encounter_in_us_to_flaunt_green_design_elements_110106/</link>
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        <pubDate>January 6, 2011</pubDate>
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		<title>St. Joseph County will proceed with roundabout at Ironwood and Auten roads</title>
        <description>St. Joseph County has decided to go ahead with plans to construct a roundabout at Ironwood and Auten roads in Clay Township.</description>
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        <pubDate>January 5, 2011</pubDate>
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		<title>Community Building Receives LEED Silver Certification</title>
        <description>The student housing community building at Indiana University South Bend has been awarded LEED Silver Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council with verification by the Green Building Certification Institute.</description>
        <link>http://www.iusb.edu/~sbocm/news/index.php/site/community-building-receives-leed-green-certificate/</link>
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        <pubDate>December 14, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Northern Kentucky lands Noah's Ark park</title>
        <description>Answers in Genesis will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the park, which will be built by The Troyer Group, headquartered in Mishawaka, Ind., says the Ark Encounter website.</description>
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        <pubDate>December 1, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>New Emergency Department Brings a New Wave of Care</title>
        <description>From private, high-tech treatment rooms, to innovative patient-flow efficiencies, the new Emergency Department offers comfortable, first-class accommodations to patients and families from doorstep to bedside.</description>
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        <pubDate>November 22, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>New ReStore bigger, brighter</title>
        <description>Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph County will open this as a store with deeply discounted and used doors, sinks, flooring, furniture and other household goods.</description>
        <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/Restore%2011-1-10.pdf</link>
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        <pubDate>November 1, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>New ReStore opens in South Bend</title>
        <description>"We think it's a nice improvement to the area. We re-did the parking lot, we re-did the whole building and it really makes a nice appearance in this area," said Jim Williams with Habitat for Humanity.</description>
        <link>http://www.fox28.com/Global/story.asp?S=13297283#</link>
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        <pubDate>October 9, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Anti-poverty housing project draws builders to Indiana</title>
        <description>Where fallen-down, condemned homes once lined the poverty-stricken Fountain Square neighborhood of Indianapolis, 22 homes have been made simple and decent with help from hundreds of volunteers, including Mennonites and Amish.</description>
        <link>http://www.mennoweekly.org/2010/9/20/anti-poverty-housing-project-draws-builders-indian/</link>
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        <pubDate>September 20, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Art on the Air</title>
        <description>Over the past six months, the staff of WNIT has been gradually moving into a newly renovated, 57-year-old building that, when constructed in 1953, housed the largest studio in Indiana.</description>
        <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/WNIT%209-2-10.pdf</link>
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        <pubDate>September 1, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>An Emphasis on the Outside</title>
        <description>For The Troyer Group and other Northwest Indiana firms engaged in landscape architecture, the outside of a business is just as important on what's inside.</description>
        <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/AMBS%209-1-10.pdf</link>
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        <pubDate>September 1, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>New home, old studios</title>
        <description>WNIT Television, Michiana's public broadcasting station, has almost settled into its new home in the former WSBT-TV studios at the corner of Jefferson and Lafayette boulevards.</description>
        <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/WNIT%207-12-10.pdf</link>
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        <pubDate>July 12, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Vintage Green</title>
        <description>Learn the concepts behind the statement: "The greenest building is the one already built" and how a renovation can embrace the Green Building movement.</description>
        <link>http://gogreenweekend.org/VintageGreen.html</link>
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        <pubDate>June 12, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Hoosiers for Clean Energy</title>
        <description>As oil continues to gush into the Gulf and our country spends more than a billion dollars a day on foreign oil, it has never been more important to hear from those who will benefit from clean energy - Hoosiers.</description>
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        <pubDate>June 9, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>A closer look</title>
        <description>Green is growing in South Bend, with the merger of once-separate events coloring next weekend with environmentally friendly fun and information.</description>
        <link>http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100607/TBW/100609686/1104/Biz</link>
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        <pubDate>June 7, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Groundbreaking for new Kroc Center</title>
        <description>Major Bob Webster, of the Salvation Army of St. Joseph County says, In 18 months, we will erect a community center that will be over 100,000 square feet.</description>
        <link>http://www.fox28.com/Global/story.asp?S=12480389</link>
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        <pubDate>May 13, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Troyer Group has long designed with environment in mind</title>
        <description>A synergy of building architecture and landscape architecture can enhance the beauty, function and efficiency of projects where designers collaborate on fashioning a comprehensive sustainable environment.</description>
        <link>http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100510/TBW/100509531/1104/Biz</link>
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        <pubDate>May 10, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>WNIT will become a hub of activity in South Bend</title>
        <description>WNIT Public Television will move into its Center for Public Media in downtown South Bend.</description>
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        <pubDate>March 29, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Fun Spot eyed as 4-H park</title>
        <description>The consensus on expansion of the Steuben County 4-H Fairgrounds and county park seemed to be toward moving the fairgrounds to the land now occupied by the closed Fun Spot Amusement Park at Crooked Lake.</description>
        <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/Steuban%203-20-10.pdf</link>
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        <pubDate>March 20, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>USGBC-Indiana North Central Branch Program</title>
        <description>Monthly program for the North Central Branch of Indiana USGBC. There will be a presentation about the Unity Gardens movement in the South Bend area, followed by the monthly branch meeting with committee updates.</description>
        <link>http://www.agreenerindiana.com/events/usgbcindiana-north-central</link>
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        <pubDate>March 16, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Dream of a Tropical Resort Inspires Midwest Town</title>
        <description>Still, some entrepreneurs remain optimistic. One is even dreaming big: Where others see a declining town in the Rust Belt, he sees the perfect spot for a resort.</description>
        <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124593116</link>
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        <pubDate>March 12, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Building Projects Approved</title>
        <description>For the next couple of years, the sounds of construction will ring through the heart of the Andrews University campus.</description>
        <link>http://www.andrews.edu/news/2010/03/new_construction.html</link>
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        <pubDate>March 4, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Steuben to hear public on park</title>
        <description>The Steuben County commissioners are looking at several options for the Steuben County Park that could see the fairgrounds moved, buildings renovated, a conference center built and the size of the park doubled.</description>
        <link>http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100208/LOCAL/302089936</link>
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        <pubDate>February 8, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Network of support found in sustainability group</title>
        <description>Boosting the spirit of the sustainability movement, monthly Green Drinks get-togethers give environmentally friendly folks a friendly environment for networking and learning from each other.</description>
        <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/Sustainable%201-25-10.pdf</link>
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        <pubDate>January 25, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Easements approved for Greenway</title>
            <description>The Troyer Group will provide engineering services for plans and specifications for the rehabilitation of the Murray Street Bridge.</description>
            <link>http://www.goshennews.com/statenews/local_story_012132955.html</link>
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            <pubDate>January 12, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>Developers lay out plans for new Elkhart County theme park</title>
            <description>The Elkhart County Commission approved $10 million in special bonds Monday morning to pave the way for the development of a new theme park.</description>
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            <pubDate>January 12, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>South Bend architect helping build homes, hopefully peace, in North Korea</title>
            <description>South Bend architect LeRoy Troyer, chairman of the Fuller Center for Housing that organized the project, participated in a groundbreaking in November, culminating two years of negotiation and preparation.</description>
            <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/LST%201-10-10.pdf</link>
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            <pubDate>January 10, 2010</pubDate>
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		<title>LaPorte transforms its old depot into community anchor</title>
            <description>LaPorte Central Station Plaza restored to its early glory.</description>
            <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/LaPorte%2012-1-09.pdf</link>
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            <pubDate>December 23, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>$1 million pledge from AM General gives Kroc Center green light</title>
            <description>In May, the Salvation Army of St. Joseph County will begin construction of a dream that has been almost nine years in the making: the huge Kroc Center on South Bend's near west side.</description>
            <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/Salvation Army%2012-23-09.pdf</link>
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            <pubDate>December 23, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>City officials travel to Indy to collect governor’s award for depot renovation</title>
            <description>The City of LaPorte received the award for renovation of the LaPorte Depot, now know as Central Station Plaza.</description>
            <link>http://www.whatsnewlaporte.com/2009/12/17/city-officials-travel-to-indy-to-collect-governors-award-for-depot-renovation/</link>
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            <pubDate>December 17, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>South Bend Calls Town Hall to Discuss Hall of Fame</title>
            <description>The City of South Bend is planning a Town Hall meeting next week to discuss potential uses for the College Football Hall of Fame facility.</description>
            <link>http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=39087#middle</link>
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            <pubDate>December 9, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>Kroc Center is closer to being reality in South Bend</title>
            <description>The Salvation Army of St. Joseph County has landed an extra $7.5 million from its territorial headquarters to build and run its dream: a huge community center known as the Kroc Center.</description>
            <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/Salvation Army%2012-5-09.pdf</link>
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            <pubDate>December 5, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>McKinley Highway open near Osceola</title>
            <description>The Troyer Group, which is supervising the construction, reported today that one lane is open in each direction.</description>
            <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/McKinley%2010-22-09.pdf</link>
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            <pubDate>October 22, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>Riders enjoy Riverside Trail in South Bend</title>
            <description>Cyclists, walkers and joggers can go to new lengths to enjoy St. Joseph County's greatest natural resource.</description>
            <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/Riverside%2010-12-09.pdf</link>
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            <pubDate>October 12, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>South Bend to fix risky intersection</title>
            <description>The city in May 2005 hired Mishawaka-based The Troyer Group to improve safety at the intersection of Western Avenue and Walnut Streets.</description>
            <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/Walnut%209-2-09.pdf</link>
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            <pubDate>September 2, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>South Bend Kroc center to get state money</title>
            <description>The St. Joseph County Salvation Army chapter has received a two million dollar commitment to the project—that will mark the largest single donation to date.</description>
            <link>http://www.wndu.com/hometop/headlines/53253862.html</link>
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            <pubDate>August 14, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>New Green Dormitory Nearing Completion at EMU</title>
            <description>The long-awaited, environmentally-friendly residence hall, Cedarwood, is nearing completion at Eastern Mennonite University.</description>
            <link>http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/52687972.html</link>
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            <pubDate>August 7, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>Cedarwood residence hall nearing completion</title>
            <description>EMU's new environmentally friendly residence hall Cedarwood is nearing completion. The facility will meet basic LEED certification standards at a minimum.</description>
            <link>http://www.emu.edu/begreen/new-dorm/completion</link>
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            <pubDate>August 6, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>The Orlando T. Maione Award</title>
            <description>LeRoy S. Troyer, FAIA, LEED-AP, founder and president of The Troyer Group, received the 2009 Orlando T. Maione Award for distinguished contributions to the School of Architecture.</description>
            <link>http://architecture.nd.edu/our_community/09_maione_award.shtml</link>
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            <pubDate>July 27, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>New Loutit District Library a community center</title>
            <description>Officials and friends of the newly renovated and expanded Loutit District Library in Grand Haven attend the July 15 ribbon cutting ceremony for the facility.</description>
            <link>http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2009/07/new_library_a_community_center.html</link>
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            <pubDate>July 25, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>Library transition in the books</title>
            <description>Today's ribbon-cutting ceremony officially invited patrons to visit and celebrate the new and improved Loutit District Library.</description>
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            <pubDate>July 15, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>The depot debuts - and it’s a beaut</title>
            <description>Finally, after a slew of negotiations, objections and the small task of turning an empty shell of a nearly 100-year-old building into inviting office space, the city of LaPorte has a new jewel in its crown.</description>
            <link>http://www.whatsnewlaporte.com/2009/06/22/the-depot-debuts-and-its-a-beaut/</link>
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            <pubDate>June 22, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary Library Attains Gold Certification</title>
            <description>Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary Library, located in Elkhart, IN, is celebrating their achievement on becoming LEED Gold Certified.</description>
            <link>http://www.greence.com/news_ambs.htm</link>
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            <pubDate>June 4, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>Roundabout coming to Elkhart intersection</title>
            <description>When completed, the intersection will be transformed from a traditonal four-way stop, to a roundabout.</description>
            <link>http://www.fox28.com/Global/story.asp?S=10192434</link>
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            <pubDate>April 15, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>Eastern Mennonite University Continues Green Path</title>
            <description>The Troyer Group is pleased to announce that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has designated Eastern Mennonite University’s Cedarwood Residence Hall as “Designed to Earn the Energy Star®” for their cost-effective HVAC system.</description>
            <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/EMU%204-15-09.pdf</link>
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            <pubDate>April 15, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>IUSB housing design integrates 2 sides of campus</title>
            <description>Architect Sam Jones, of The Troyer Group, says the design for the $18 million project is careful to integrate the two sides of the campus visually and to foster mingling among residents and commuters.</description>
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            <pubDate>January 26, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>Library board OKs $883,000 remodeling project</title>
            <description>The Logansport-Cass County board of trustees voted unanimously to approve both the scope of the $883,000 remodeling project and the contract with The Troyer Group out of Mishawaka.</description>
            <link>http://www.pharostribune.com/local/local_story_023123915.html</link>
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            <pubDate>January 23, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>Renovations can pay back in number of ways</title>
            <description>Payback for some improvements can come within months, not counting tax savings, and keep on giving for years, say Gary Cole, construction administrator for Troyer Group-One Source, and Bill Barnard, vice president of architecture for The Troyer Group.</description>
            <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/Renovations%201-15-09.pdf</link>
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            <pubDate>January 15, 2009</pubDate>
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		<title>Commissioners sign county road extension contract</title>
            <description>Carroll County Commissioners signed a contract with the Troyer Group for the first phase of work signaling the formal beginning of the county road extension of SR75 project through Camden Monday morning.</description>
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		<title>The key to going green: It's up to you</title>
            <description>Bill Barnard, vice president of The Troyer Group and a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accredited professional, noted his company has been really going green for a long time.</description>
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		<title>Hospitals move toward efficient, patient-centered designs</title>
            <description>Clients insist on achieving measurable results in achieving improvement goals and hold health care facilities’ architectural designers accountable for providing reasons for their proposals.</description>
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		<title>Valpo chooses project consultants</title>
            <description>After going through 44 proposals for the three projects over the past month, the commission Thursday picked The Troyer Group of Mishawaka to design the roundabout at Vale Park and Silhavy Roads.</description>
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		<title>Giving Back for a Positive Impact</title>
            <description>The panel presentation on October 8, "Revolutions in Thought: Individuals Making Things Better," was part of the 12th season of the Schurz Library Speaker Series.</description>
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		<title>Going green, growing opportunities</title>
            <description>The definition of "green" is a sustainably managed business.</description>
            <link>http://www.troyergroup.com/pages/articles/Going Green%2010-08.pdf</link>
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		<title>Brothers of Holy Cross, Troyer Group collaborate on Village expansion</title>
            <description>From the old-style Dujarie House convalescent home for the Brothers of Holy Cross built some 50 years ago, Holy Cross Village has evolved into a modern active-adult senior living community and a monument to the Brothers’ tradition of service and care.</description>
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		<title>Harrisonburg: Demolition begins at Oakwood</title>
            <description>Demolition work began Friday, Sept. 12, on Oakwood residence hall at Eastern Mennonite University.</description>
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            <description>LeRoy Troyer, of South Bend, who is chairman of the board of directors for the Fuller Center for Housing, will be leading a local team in a Fuller Blitz Build in El Salvador on Nov. 17-21.</description>
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            <description>From the steel and glass curved facade to its iconic crownlike top, the new five-story Centier Centre makes a statement, Centier Bank President/CEO Michael E. Schrage said.</description>
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            <description>Chris Nanni, vice president of programs for the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, spoke about how the park and playground were based on the idea of a universal design.</description>
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            <description>A 30 year old project is finally finished, as I-U-S-B opens its first on-campus apartments. The new River Crossing Campus Apartments were built with environmentally friendly materials and uses a geo-thermal heating system.</description>
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            <description>The city is investing $1 million to help WNIT pay for a facade when it moves downtown later this year.</description>
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			<title>First Theological Library in the U.S. registered with the U.S. Green Building Council</title>
            <description>The construction of the new library gives AMBS the opportunity to create a landmark that identifies the seminary's commitment to green building design and construction.</description>
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			<title>Integrating Sustainable Design</title>
            <description>Thinking of renovations or additions to your facility? Green design isn’t just for new buildings.  The cost savings, health and wellness gains, and environmental advantages benefit existing buildings, too.</description>
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            <description>The county worked with Mishawaka engineering firm, Troyer Group, to identify several plans for route alternatives.</description>
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			<title>Technology, green building come together</title>
            <description>Sophisticated computer technology is helping the push toward sustainable building in a sort of green-meets-geek convergence advanced by two Troyer Group experts.</description>
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            <description>Indiana University South Bend will be the first among all IU campuses to have a LEED-certified building when the Student Housing Community Building is completed later this year.</description>
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            <description>Lori Fritts smiles while breathing fresh, chemical-free air in a southern Michigan woodland she and her husband, Craig, are developing with members of the Troyer Group.</description>
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            <description>Named the Irish Green, the lushly landscaped park area will face Edison Road south of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.</description>
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			<title>'Do No Harm' with Renovated Science Center</title>
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			<title>Communication Key to Troyer Success</title>
            <description>The Troyer Group started 37 years ago as an architecture service working mostly with churches and not-for-profits. Today it has grown into a full service architecture, engineering and construction firm.</description>
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			<title>'Sustainability' Forum for Science Center Set for Jan. 22</title>
            <description>The university is hosting the event to foster a sense of ownership and excitement in plans to renovate the existing science center and create a sustainable learning environment.</description>
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            <description>Several College and University clients of The Troyer Group have gone green. One has reaped the benefits from its decision to go green years ago, and the other is seeking LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification for its new library.</description>
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            <description>Indiana Dunes State Park has won a third award for its project that returned Dunes Creek to a natural stream and wetlands area. The award, bestowed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Chicago Wilderness, was one of 15 annual Conservation and Native Landscaping Awards recently presented at a ceremony at the Chicago Botanic Garden.</description>
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