IMPACT Strategies Completes $4M Green Development in Granite City, Ill.

GRANITE CITY, ILL. — IMPACT Strategies has completed construction of the second phase of the federally funded Granite City Green Communities in Granite City, about 10 miles northeast of St. Louis. IMPACT Strategies constructed 20 new units within six buildings for a total of 63 units at the development. Granite City Green’s design and construction are focused on sustainable and energy-efficient criteria. The project incorporates the use of solar panel and bioretention rain gardens in an effort to maximize the development’s environmental impact and performance. The Granite City Housing Authority hired Impact Strategies to lead construction of the project, which began last August and wrapped up at the end of July The first phase of Granite City Green was developed in 2012. Farr Associates, a sustainable architecture and urban planning firm in Chicago, designed the project.