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- Won the Charlotte Business Journal's 2008 Green Award for "Green Land Development."
- Won "Best in American Living" Silver Award for "Best One-of-a-Kind Spec Home" by Professional Builder magazine in 2007.
- Won the Mecklenburg County "Sustainable Development Award" in 2006.
- Won a "Merit Award" from Southeast Construction magazine in 2006.
- Named "Best Eco-Friendly Development" by Charlotte magazine.
- Named "Where We Want to Live to Raise a Family" by Forbes.com in 2006. Click here to read the full article.
- The John James Audubon Lodge was the first recreational building in North Carolina, and the first building in Charlotte, to earn LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council in 2006.
- Received the world's first Three Diamond Award from Audubon International in 2004.
- “The vast parcel they had to work with was a raw gem of natural beauty and historic significance. Hugged on three sides by water, the lush hardwood forest on a carpet of rolling hills had been a trading path for Indian tribes and early colonists. Not just one of the most exclusive home developments in the Southeast, but … one of the nation’s few developments nested in a wildlife sanctuary.” Click here to read the full article.
lore magazine
- “Crescent Resources is setting a national example with this project
that goes beyond just about any eco-conscious standard … The Sanctuary
features twenty miles of nature trails leading to meditation areas and
wilderness parks. A central camp features the John James Audubon Lodge … One
of the most unique aspects of this development is that owners are afforded
the opportunity to build at their own pace, opting to build a small guest
house in which they can live before moving into their main home. These
homes can later be used as guest houses, preserved for aging members of
the family, or maintained for work-at-home offices or art studios.”
Charlotte
Taste
- “Crescent Communities' new community on Lake Wylie, the Sanctuary,
became the first in the world to receive the Three Diamond designation
from Audubon International. Audubon International’s Three Diamond
designation is its highest level of certification within its Gold Signature
Program and indicates a superlative project based on protection of wildlife,
water quality and native flora and fauna, as well as green building practices
and site design.”
CNN.com
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