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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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