The community of Loma Portal is shoring up support for the Loma Portal Elementary school music program by featuring 10 homes during the fourth annual Loma Portal Home and Garden Tour on Saturday, May 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All the homes on the tour lie within the Loma Portal community. A $20 donation per person for the tour will directly benefit Loma Portal Elementary\u2019s music program and help pay for teacher salary and supplemental materials, said tour co-chair Candy Szalay. Szalay said she hopes to raise thousands for the school\u2019s music program. “If we don\u2019t make enough money, we don\u2019t get to have [a music program] and there\u2019s no glimmer on the horizon that funding will be increased,” Szalay said. “So it\u2019s an even more critical issue than in past years.” The tour features several remodeled homes, ranging from some built in the early 1900s to modern, environmentally-friendly renovations, Szalay said. Neighbor and parent Kate Lubsen said she\u2019s glad “to showcase a family home for four kids.” Lubsen recently expanded her “California Prarie-style” home. “It\u2019s exciting, I think,” said Lubsen. “But with a young family, it\u2019s hard to be on a tour because the house doesn\u2019t stay clean for five minutes.” Another home on the tour features an environmentally-friendly message. It\u2019s the home of Malia Pfister, which is insulated with denim, has a floor recycled from an old college gymnasium floor and runs primarily on solar energy \u2014 which saves the Pfisters money. Though installing the photovoltaic energy system cost about $16,000 after government rebates, the Pfisters\u2019 energy bill cost under $100 for all of last year. “We love that it\u2019s helping Loma Portal Elementary, but our goal is also to educate the public on simple things people can do to be smart and think of their environmental impact,” Pfister said. The entire tour of homes occurs within a few blocks of Loma Portal Elementary and shows off the interior and exteriors of homes within the tightly-knit community. Tickets for the tour are on sale at the school (3341 Browning St.), where tour supporters will receive a map and tickets to tour the homes and gardens of the neighborhood.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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