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ment of Veterans Services’ counselors
have offices at the village.
“We were respectful and mindful of
the guidelines from the Trinka Da-
vis estate and foundation regarding a
Green environment,” Bruton noted.
“The Trinka Davis Veterans Village-
there is nothing like it in the country
as regards VA Centers construction,”
added Bruton. The Veterans Village
is LEED Certified which means that
it is a building with a mark of quality
and achievement in green building,
which, again, was one of Trinka Da-
vis’s mandates in creating a medical
center for the Carroll County Vet-
erans. The LEED credentials are the
most widely used green building rat-
ing system in the world.
The LEED certification provides in-
dependent verification of a building
allowing for the design, construc-
tion, operations, and maintenance of
resource efficient, high-performing,
healthy, and cost-effective buildings.
RKR Construction in Bremen was the
lead contractor for the center and uti-
lized earth tones, and different types
of building materials keeping with the
green environment mandate.
Richard Lusk is the Chief Executive
Officer at RKR and was the Pre-
Construction Manager and Executive
Oversight Official for the village con-
cept. “We drilled 409 feet down in the
earth in the front and put in 75 wells
and utilized the natural heat that the
earth produces (Geothermal) It is like
a heat pump for heating and cooling
the facility. It removes the heat from
the building automatically,” said Lusk.
This is part of the story behind the
Trinka Davis Veterans Village in Car-
rollton. It’s also a tale of a Southern-
born individual who was a sincere
humanitarian whose heart went out
to our soldiers at a time when it was
considered politically incorrect to
raise one’s hand for our freedom war-
riors. It is truly a wonderful novella
that was an early Christmas Present
to the citizens of Carroll County, es-
pecially our Veterans and the city of
Bowdon. The story is not over yet.
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