About Us

Martin A. Flannes – A.B. Economics with honors, including Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University, 1974. J.D., UCLA School of Law, 1977. State Bars of California, 1977 and Idaho, 1982. California and Idaho attorney with 28 years of experience, including more than 15 years working on significant development projects – both as a land use/transactional attorney and as a project manager.

· design review

· conditional use permits

· subdivisions

· master project agreements (e.g. development agreement, planned unit development (PUD) agreement, project design agreement & landscape maintenance)

· homeowner associations (structure & budget)

· water & sewer agreements

· environmental impact analysis (NEPA, CEQA, regional, county, city)

· economic impact analysis

· traffic study & reduction programs

· transfer of development rights (TDRs)

· redevelopment districts

· bond-financed open space & public facilities programs

· local improvement districts

· site selection

· wildlife assessment (incl. endangered species)

· open space & conservation easements

· deed-restricted affordable &/or employee housing

· preservation of job-site trees & vegetation

· wetlands protection & restoration

· historic artifact monitoring

· groundwater protection & monitoring

· contaminated site remediation

· coastline protection & restoration

· construction site debris reduction & reuse

· construction site best management practices (BMPs)

· recycled & recyclable materials

· acoustics

· indoor air quality (IAQ)

· green alternative construction materials

· rainwater collection systems

· organic landscaping maintenance

Developing Green, LLC

Professional Project Experience:

Developing Green, LLC was founded in 2003 by Martin A. Flannes and Morgan Brown—two devoted environmentalists who wanted to use their extensive professional experience to promote sustainable building and development.

Martin A. Flannes has significant experience on major development projects from, at various times, the project manager, investor, and attorney perspectives.  He has been personally involved in virtually every stage of such a development, including pre-development concepts, financing, acquisition, entitlements, contracts, construction, operation, and sale.  Martin has also been a committed environmentalist for more than 25 years, and has always sought to make the projects on which he worked “greener.”  One reason that he returned to the Wood River Valley was for the opportunity to develop green projects and to help others do the same.  He is Vice Chairman of the nonprofit Environmental Resource Center in Ketchum, Idaho(www.ercsv.org), Vice President of the nonprofit Sun Valley Wellness Institute (Sun Valley Wellness Festival) (www.sunvalleywellness.org) , and an active supporter of many environmental organizations.  Martin is a LEED® Accredited Professional with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design rating system (www.usgbc.org).  Through Developing Green, LLC, Mr. Flannes is a co-founder and sponsor of the Sun Valley Sustainability Conference (www.sunvalleysustainability.org ).

Developing Green, LLC

PO Box 1090

Hailey, ID 83333

Martin A. Flannes

208.788.1315

208.788.1316

martin@devgreen.com

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Morgan Brown left Developing Green at the end of 2006 to focus on two other green ventures that he is involved with:  Sun Valley Solar (www.svsolar.com) a renewable energy business and Whole Water Systems (www.wholewatersystems.com) a new company promoting natural biological treatment of water.