{"id":1186,"date":"2008-09-29T10:24:59","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T15:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2008-09-29T10:24:59","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T15:24:59","slug":"johnny-colt-goes-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/johnny-colt-goes-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Colt Goes Green"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Johnny Colt<\/a> is not your typical musician. Although he was once a member of The Black Crowes<\/em> and is now a member of both Train <\/em>and Rockstar Supernova<\/em><\/a>, Johnny is, among other business ventures, <\/span>the creator and principal partner in two real estate development companies <\/span>which own over 650K of commercial real estate. Currently, he is working on an adaptive reuse project \u2013 which means is that an existing building once used for another purpose will be converted into either homes or another business. For example, one of his projects is<\/span> a 50,000sf four-sided brick former furniture warehouse that was converted to commercial loft office warehouse\/flex space. It\u2019s the perfect green solution \u2013 use what\u2019s already there and not being used. The building will include green objectives as well. <\/span><\/p>\n I had the chance to ask Johnny a few questions about his endeavor:<\/span><\/p>\n Take me back to when this whole green thing started for you.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n Frankly, it has been a very slow evolution – my wife has been trying to drag me forward for a decade and I’m really just getting the hang – “Battleground Earth” put me in hyper-drive.<\/span><\/p>\n (Side note for those of you who don’t know: <\/em>Planet Green challenged Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and rock superstar Tommy Lee to battle as they travel cross country in 10 episodes to convince people to become more environmentally friendly in their lives. This battle culminated in a green carpet benefit concert at Los Angeles Greek Theater.)<\/em><\/p>\n The challenge on “Battleground Earth” was to explain to people that we’re not saying we are experts. We are here to learn and want you to learn with us – that concept took a minute. The new model rockstar is much improved – he knows he will live to see 60 and he puts a little away for a rainy day between all the blow and hookers. <\/span><\/p>\n