Wendy Hughes-Jelen
Built Green® Certified Professional: Real Estate agent
24/7 Accessline: 206.686.HOME (4663)
Email: wendy@greenworksrealty.com
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - WOW - what a ride!!"
-- attributed to racecar driver Bill McKenna



Passions
Pacific Northwest Life and Living
Pocket parks and open spaces
Off Leash Areas and other pet places
Real estate and home graces
......and my MINI Cooper!!


Active Affiliations
Organizations & Boards

Built Green® Member
Washington Native Plant Society
Sustainable West Seattle
High Point Open Space Association
Meetup.com Group Founder and Organizer:
IGGY Ambassadors-Emerald City




Looking for help in sorting out today's "green" world? Wendy has been a designated Built Green® Professional Real Estate Broker since 2007 and in 2010 updated her green housing knowledge by obtaining both the Earth Avantage® Broker and EcoBroker Certified® designations.

Her experience in real estate and related industries heralds back to 1991. Her background includes residential real estate, multifamily, retail, and commercial property management, personal marketing and branding for real estate agents and mortgage brokers, and most recently she worked as a consultant assisting with right-of-way acquisition and negotiation for many Washington municipalities and government agencies. She also assisted homeowners and tenants impacted by jet noise and forced to relocate due to the opening of the third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Wendy says, "My personal passion and focus is green living - learning how I can "live with myself" and my activities on this planet from a sustainable Earth perspective - and then sharing what I have learned with others through teaching or online media like my blog." She also is a "take action" person and served on the board of directors of P-Patch Trust, trained and volunteered as a Native Plant Steward for the Washington Native Plant Society, was a Creek Site Steward of Longfellow Creek for Seattle Public Utilities, served as a Cedar River Naturalist during the salmon run, a House Hostess for Southwest Seattle Historical Society's "Homes with History Tour", and misses most her "Volunteer Crew" positions during the now defunct "FlightFest" formerly held at the Museum of Flight.

A resident of West Seattle since 1997, Wendy and her husband Stephen made a radical adjustment to their lifestyle in 2007 when they purchased a townhome in the newly redeveloped Built Green® Certified Community of High Point (still in West Seattle). Wendy and her rescued Italian greyhound, Sophia, organize The High Point K9 Club. Their current project is constructing an off-leash area in High Point for the enjoyment of their canine pals. They enjoy walks together in their beautiful neighborhood and other Pacific Northwest great green spaces! They live with three fun and amusing cats.

Wendy launched a green homes and lifestyle blog on Earth Day in 2007. Please check out Green Spaces Real Estate. On Facebook, check out Westside Green Living with Wendy for current green lifestyle updates, resources, and her original vides.

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