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Projects</SPAN></B></STRONG></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It is not
too late!<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Submission
DEADLINE has been EXTENDED to <STRONG><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Monday, January 26, 5:00pm <SPAN
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face="Arial Narrow"><FONT face=Arial>Filo Castore, AIA, LEED
AP</FONT><BR></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></st1:PersonName><st1:PersonName
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tabIndex=0 w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Associate
Principal</SPAN></st1:PersonName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=2> <BR>Director of Architecture and
Sustainability<BR><BR></FONT></SPAN><FONT color=blue><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">A</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=blue size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">BEL
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">D</SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">ESIGN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">G</SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">ROUP,
LTD.<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">ONE GREENWAY PLAZA,
SUITE 450<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">HOUSTON, TEXAS
77046<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">O:
713.622.8899<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">D:
713.574.9565<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">M:
713.569.6249<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'">F:
713.622.5655</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal align=left><FONT size=1><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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face=Arial>please consider the environment </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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color=#000000><STRONG>Chair </STRONG>- Gulf Coast Green 2009 - </FONT><A
title=http://www.gulfcoastgreen.org/ href="http://www.gulfcoastgreen.org/"><FONT
title=http://www.gulfcoastgreen.org/ face=Arial
color=#000000>www.gulfcoastgreen.org</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000>April 16-19, 2009<BR>Reliant Center - Houston,
TX</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>