"CPDC Joins Forces with the Earth Pledge Foundation for World Wide Web (WWW) Site Development" December 1996 Contact: JP Frenza Phone: (212) 759-9548 Community Preservation Development Corporation (CPDC) is a non-profit organization with an innovative solution to our nation's affordable housing needs--residents not only need housing, they also need community service programs to strengthen their economic and social well-being. The eight year old organization has turned to the Earth Pledge Foundation (EPF) to help it establish its presence on the Internet. "It's a perfect match," explains CPDC's Knox McIlwain. "We are focused on building sustainable communities through the development of affordable housing and support programs for residents and the mission of Earth Pledge is to promote sustainable development." The entire CPDC Web site, which will debut shortly, is being managed by EPF's Division for Sustainable Media (DSM), a full-service Internet development agency that designs, produces, and maintains World Wide Web sites for non-profit organizations and businesses that practice the principles of sustainable development. "For the CPDC Web site, we started from the ground up, creating a new logo design and a Web site which reflects the energy, importance and innovation of the organization's work," says JP Frenza, DSM's Director. "In addition to providing background information about CPDC, the Web site will serve as a digital outpost for showcasing this organization's exemplary work on transforming the traditional notion of affordable housing. Hopefully, organizations, developers and public agencies can learn from CPDC's experience and even contact the organization for assistance in meeting their own housing development and management needs." About CPDC CPDC's mission is to create and preserve financially sound, socially responsible affordable housing for low and moderate income individuals and families through acquisition, development and ownership; and further, to develop community service programs, with the participation of the residents, which strengthen their communities and increase opportunities for growth. CPDC can be found on the Internet at: . For additional information, contact Knox McIlwain at the Community Preservation and Development Corporation, 4340 East-West Highway, Suite 201, Bethesda, MD 20814; Phone: (301) 961-1720. Email: kmcilwain@cpdc.org. About the Earth Pledge Foundation The Earth Pledge Foundation (EPF) promotes the principles and practices of sustainable development--the need to balance the desire for economic growth with the necessity of environmental protection. EPF is a non-profit foundation which recognizes appropriate intersections between business interests and environmental, social, and cultural concerns. The Foundation builds mutually beneficial partnerships between these often competing forces by encouraging economic growth through the development of sustainable practices. EPF projects span the fields of art, architecture, community development, agriculture, cuisine, tourism, education, and media. EPF can be found on the Internet at: http://www.earthpledge.org For additional information, contact JP Frenza at the Earth Pledge Foundation's Division for Sustainable Media, 485 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10022 Phone: (212) 759-9548 Email: jpfrenza@earthpledge.org.