Logo I'm creating - critique?  

Could experiment with a...
Could experiment with a slight roof pitch, as in the Atomic Ranch Magazine logo, if you really wanted to convey the idea of a roof. Although a flat roof is cool too.

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yeah the smoke out of the chimney not so good, I thought it was a new housing development and had a touch the ground lightly idea, didn't mean to convey fire or smoke with the scrawl.

The logo is
really nice. It takes a sec for it to sink in. Nice !
It's really three colors, isn't it ? Can you "save ink" by making the roof a
tone of the black type ? Or isn't that an issue these days . . . ?
Here's the kind of smoke I like to draw:

Smoke out
Yeah, I agree about the smoke. It does make me think of pollution. And it is a bit cartoonish. Okay, here's a version without the smoke and with a thicker roofline and more prominent "chimney".

Lowered roof
Lowered the thicker roof a bit and let the d's stick up past the roof a hair. I have a feeling I could keep modifying forever. Unless there are any objections, I think I'll go with this one.

You're a good sport.
2nd to last gets my vote.

The point
In my experience of groups such as yours the more time spent messing with something like the logo the less time is spent on the actual purpose. Pick a logo and then spend the important time on saving those buildings and building appreciation for them.

I also vote on the second to ...
I also vote on the second to last. The last is too close to the type. Type needs room to breathe. I would stop here, unless (echoing anothers' sentiment) you would like to play with pitch... even a single slope?
And I disagree with stopping just so you don't 'waste time.' Looks like someone doesn't know the importance of branding.

I say
Put a bird on it.

LOL!!!!
Woodywood...
nicely played.

Roof
I really don't like the thicker roof, it is to heavy on the words in the logo, just my feedback.
I lived in Redlands for a couple of years and yes they do need help in the appreciation department.

Tynell and Tyler
I do agree about the roof. Here it is back to thin, with more headroom for the text. I think this shall be it.

One more for woody

Winner!
No contest.