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Down to Zero Film Premiere

Hillcrest Village neighborhood townhomes

Screening Event Information

Date/Time

Sunday, June 29, 2025
3-5 PM Central

Hybrid Location: In-Person and Online

The Grand Event Center
316 Washington Street
Northfield, MN 55057

Zoom
Event will be streamed live on Zoom for registered participants.

Price

The cost to attend will be “pay what you can.”

 

About the Project

Down to Zero: Net Zero Transitional Housing at Hillcrest Village is a new documentary created by Northfield filmmaker Wendy Placko. Down to Zero shares the story of the team who imagined and built the neighborhood of townhomes, which offer a continuum of housing options to Northfield residents and were designed according to sustainable Passive House building standards. 

I invite you to read more about the process of creating this project through a series of articles.

Life Imitates Art
After deciding to revisit my 2021 documentary on Hillcrest Village, I changed careers to devote my professional life to storytelling about sustainable building and infrastructure projects.

 

Wendy Placko is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

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