asheville eco communities: Asheville Green Going Mainstream
- 11/04/13 04:42 AM
Has Green REALLY Gone Mainstream? Good Question! I can tell you that here in Asheville, NC the answer is a definite YES.
Sustainable innovation: smaller footprints, daylighting , snug building shells, Energy Star ®appliances, no/low VOC paints and adhesives, rainwater harvesting…and the going green list goes on with features that are touted as good for your health and pocketbook…and even the future of your grandkids.
Is it just so much hype? Not according to home buyers in Asheville. Here, homes showcase a distinct quality of style and common sense stirring the imagination of REALTORS® and our clients alike.-Take, for … (2 comments)
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asheville eco communities: Hickory Nut Forest a Green Community-Asheville Special Find
- 06/27/12 08:26 AM
Hickory Nut Forest a Green Community Special Find
Laughing Waters VIDEO
____ POINTS OF INTEREST: This eco-friendly development named for the Hickory Nut Forest is a "special find" if you seek a True Green multigenerational community within a short driving distance of Asheville.
And , the personal story around how the couple who found and developed this acreage is exciting to learn. Over the years, we have watched how their story unfolds...
and so we were excited to discover that ...when it comes to Green Asheville Real Estate, Hickory Nut Forest, this amazing eco-community, has just announced some good news … (4 comments)
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asheville eco communities: 5 Ways to Recognize an Eco-Friendly Community
- 08/21/11 06:22 AM
5 Ways to Recognize an Eco-Friendly Development - Asheville Style
Looking for sustainable innovation in the eco-friendly developments? Here's information that fits no matter where you live, based on leading edge examples I call... Asheville Style!
Eco-friendly developments can be found just around the corner, or around the bend...some are urban and some are rural. You may be attracted to miles and miles of hiking trails that adjoin the National Forest. You may be attracted to the community amenities. But, whether you find your eco-savvy dream in a rural or an urban area,
you can be certain that an eco-friendly … (1 comments)
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asheville eco communities: Asheville NC- Mountain Homes and Land- For Sale- ECO Asheville Style
- 04/29/11 03:22 AM
Let's say you are an eco-minded person. Eco-innovation, energy efficiency, true-green-built homes, water conservation, and the creation of economic opportunities for the local communities excites you. You like the concept of thoughtful land planning, so the land surrounding the neighborhood in which you live could be (if it already hasn't been ) placed into a conservation trust.
Then you might like the idea of investing in a community (like one of which I am very fond near Asheville, NC) where ecological land use means carefully, and over a period of years carving out picnic spots and compelling trails for horse-friendly members … (0 comments)
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asheville eco communities: Conservation Stewardship and Farmland Preservation - Asheville and Beyond-
- 04/27/11 06:16 AM
The Importance of Conservation Stewardship and Farmland Preservation Asheville and Beyond-Real Estate News and Views: GOING GREEN
Conservation and stewardship of the Land are coming to the forefront of the popular consciousness across the nation. As land specialist in the mountains of North Carolina, my clients are expressing a particular interest in conservation practices including:
1.controlling wind erosion, 2.conserving energy, 3.growing high residue-producing crops, 4.managing areas for wildlife, 5.providing food and water resources on existing lands for wildlife, 6. applying fertilizer according to soil and tissue tests, 7.utilizing a grazing management system to maintain soil and water quality.
The Conservation … (0 comments)
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asheville eco communities: 8 Minute Aerial Dance IN the Trees - National Forest- Amazing Video
- 11/20/10 02:34 AM
We met this dancer when she was looking at eco-communities here in Asheville...Here is her Dance Project...and aerial dance IN the trees of the National Forest...music by Dave Matthews...
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Let me know if this video experience brings a smile to your face, as it did mine... =) ________________________________________________________________ … (10 comments)
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asheville eco communities: 6 Eco-Friendly Urban and Mountain Communities in the Asheville Area
- 08/29/10 10:52 AM
Asheville, North Carolina, Eco Community Review- Summer. 2010
Levels of attraction, commitment, and motivation when it comes to sustainable innovation are as unique as each of us is. Poll homebuyers and investors and you are sure to find certain green attributes have more appeal than others. There are about as many shades of green in eco-friendly design, development and building as you see in the early light on an Appalachian mountainside.
For example in the area of green-built homes, indoor air quality (IAQ) may be one person's primary focus, while whole house ventilation or NO-VOC paint may be another's concern. And … (4 comments)
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asheville eco communities: Where Second Homes and Lovin' the Green Meet
- 06/04/10 04:46 PM
I'll tarry no longer on the virtues of investing in a second and/or vacation home in Asheville. As I pointed out in the post on that subject, there are many opportunities for buyers in that special field. Possibly there is even a point at which sustainable development and second and vacation homes meet.
So, I shall sally forth from the opportunities for second home investing in the mountains, and into the realm of the virtues of green building within a sustainable community.. I am envisioning green building in eco-communities with renewable energy systems that have both creature comforts and quality of life … (5 comments)
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asheville eco communities: Getting to the Hub of Sustainable Innovation
- 05/21/10 03:01 PM
Asheville, NC, as you may know if you read my blog, is the hub of sustainable innovation when it comes to real estate. It is exciting. And promising.
A couple of LEED® Builders took a tour with me of The Villages at Crest Mountain to see what I am so excited about.
Here we found HealthyBuilt® Homes under construction. We talked with the developer about how the Villages at Crest Mountain would evolve. He was excited about the plans for
Community-wide rainwater catchment and solar energy systems Covered gathering areas Two acres of central green space Community gardens, greenhouse, orchards, vineyards and … (3 comments)
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asheville eco communities: A Rainbow of Asheville Real Estate Possibilities
- 05/16/10 04:09 AM
As NAR GREEN Brokers and Eco Certified® Real Estate Consultants we love the idea of hitting the bulls-eye when it comes to the eco-friendly, sustainable propertyyou desire here in the mountains and valleys surrounding Asheville, NC.
That's why we got together with some of clients (both land and green-built homes) and created this handcrafted survey-
Your dream property may be land for a small farm bordered by a stream, a large conservation acreage for a family legacy, ECO-oriented investment properties, 1031s, an equestrian property of small horse farm.
Or it may be a GREEN home in the Greater Asheville or Foothills of … (1 comments)
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asheville eco communities: Asheville Second & Vacation Home Gem : Drovers Road Preserve
- 03/30/10 02:45 AM
You have been invited on a tour of 7 Asheville Second-Vacation Home Locales you may consider when relocating to Asheville, NC.
On this crisp mountain morning, we head out to look at the eco-friendly development -Drovers Road Preserve , a sustainable residential community of 190 acres in Fairview, NC, the third stop on our tour.
Drovers Road is a thoughtfully laid out eco- development.
It is a special find for Second-Vacation home investors, not only be cause it is beautiful, and populated with a number of Certified Healthy Built ®Homes, but because it is within an easy half hour drive of … (7 comments)
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asheville eco communities: Second &Vacation Homes Black Mountain's Creston, An Eco-Friendly Community
- 03/29/10 03:07 AM
Continuing on our tour of 7 Asheville Second-Vacation Home Locales you will enjoy considering, we arrive at Creston Eco-Friendly Community.
Points to keep in mind as we head out on this sunny day to look at Creston within the context of suitability for Second and/or Vacation homes are, a) proximity to Asheville, b) the exterior and/or interior allure for a second or vacation home, and c) zoning/deed restrictions.
(photo shows new construction 2010 at CrestonEco-Community)
The foundation of a conservation-oriented community such as Creston Preserve rests on maintaining a healthy and diverse ecosystem- a place where people can choose to live among … (4 comments)
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asheville eco communities: Conservation Stewardship Program Asheville Acreage For Sale and Beyond
- 08/27/09 05:56 AM
Dateline Asheville, North Carolina, August, 2009Real Estate News and Views from Green Asheville's "Land Legacy" Eco-Steward
Conservation Stewardship Program Asheville and Beyond . I was so interested to read that Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan this month (August, 2009) has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin continuous sign-up for the new Conservation Stewardship Program.
Eligible Applicants: Individual landowners Legal entities Native American tribes
Congress capped the annual acreage enrollment at 12.769 million acres for each fiscal year nationwide.
This new Program encourages agricultural and forestry producers to maintain existing conservation activities and possibly even adopt additional ones on their … (1 comments)
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asheville eco communities: Land for Sale Asheville's Secret Conservation Gems a Photo Shoot
- 04/08/09 03:41 AM
Land for Sale Asheville's Secret Conservation Gems- Photo Shoot
As chance would have it, we happened on land for sale that our eco-community minded clients will thrill to while out on a photo shoot on this brilliant April Day.
There were the gentle slopes, the trails to easy then steep climbs, the Old Growth Grandfather Tree, the south-facing meadow, the cascading falls, the moss so old you were awestruck, and beside it, an Appalachian chimney ruin and ancient stone wall; places where continuity reigns and tranquility abides.
Here are a few moments we captured along the way. Let me know if, like us, YOU are a person … (5 comments)
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asheville eco communities: 5 Steps Buyers Can Take to Learn More about a Home's Solar Capabilities: Solar Energy Series (3)
- 02/07/09 07:12 AM
As real estate clients become more and more interested in energy and cost savings, before investing in a residential property or building on eco-friendly land, many buyers want to know more about solar capabilities. So I put together this list of 5 Steps Buyers Can Take to Learn More about a home's Solar Capabilities.
There's much to learn and consider, including, for example, the differences between passive and solar building features and the costs involved. (Unlike passive solar systems, active solar systems, use mechanical devices such as fans and pumps to distribute solar heat or cooling effect from a collector.)
(Photo … (4 comments)
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asheville eco communities: Asheville Relocation with a Nod to Nature
- 01/16/09 04:59 AM
Asheville, North Carolina! So many people want to be here. What for?
'll give ya' three quick reasons: 1) Asheville is a center for Cultural Creatives so there is an abundance of art and music to enjoy. . And 2) we have amazing organic produce readily available as per this and other tailgate markets so there is incredible food to delight in-even organic menus at local restaurants.
AND 3) the Greater Asheville areas just happens to be one of the most beautiful places on earth. (note the photo I took overlooking a neighborhood nestled in the hands of the mountains here)
A … (6 comments)
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asheville eco communities: GREEN Statistics- The "Proof in the Pudding"- Asheville Style
- 01/04/09 04:21 PM
UPDATE- September, 2011NC Healthy Built Certified : 539NC Healthy Built Certified in Progress: 244
UPDATE -June 2011
GREEN BUILT-HEALTHY BUILT TREND/STATS
39 in 2006230 in 2009511 in 2011
Resources GREEN HOMES
This information could well change how we look at where we stand and the direction in which will be moving in 2009 and beyond.,and maybe it will make a few people feel better knowing that this direction is not "simply intuitive"... but is based on a hard, objective look at the stats.
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Curious about sustainable Green real estate possibilities ? Simply pedal on over to Convivial Blogger Greenolina's "Green Wheels" … (38 comments)
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asheville eco communities: Asheville Second/Vacation Homes-Fairview Forest Eco-Friendly Community
- 10/28/07 05:02 AM
Asheville Area Neighborhoods: Fairview Forest and the Asheville NC -Fairview Community
Asheville NC's neighboring FairviewCommunity boasts a sumptuous mix of desirable homes and land. Take, for example, theprivate community of FAIRVIEW FOREST. It enjoys approximately 700-800 acres, almost a hundred homes, and nearly ten miles of roads. Such are the dreams of golfers, retired executives, and investors in second and vacation homes. Here a diverse group ranging from young families to retirees which includes writers, artists, consultants, service providers, and administrators enjoy a sustainable, eco-friendly community.
Ask me why I loveI love the Fairview NC area and Fairview Forest. I love it because … (24 comments)
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