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The Design Review Board also encourages sustainable building practices to further promote sustainability. Meanwhile, the developer has constructed several commercial buildings as well as its fractional homes (cabins and town homes). The 18,000 square foot Pavilion houses a recreation center, restaurant, front desk, some retail, a kid’s camp, plus a 2000 square foot workout facility with 800 square foot aerobic room and two pools. “The other commercial building is the Old Greenwood House, which houses our sales facility, golf shop and cart barn,” Butterworth said. “For those, we’re doing LEED for Existing Building, which we will accomplish in about three months, during a performance period.” Two other buildings, the Natural Management Resource Center, which is the golf maintenance facility and a sister building which contains offices for various other operations, are LEED certified. The Pavilion and the pro shop and all the fractional units are sided with reclaimed wood from the Great Salt Lake. It’s called, “Trestlewood,” and is made from railroad trestles that had fallen into the salt water in the late 1800s. Divers brought up the wood to be reclaimed for a variety of purposes. The timberwork in the restaurant and Pavilion is also made of the unique wood product. “You don’t stain it or seal it. It’s not only reclaimed, there’s no maintenance to it,” Butterworth said. “It’s a really neat product.” Similarly fifteen, wholly-owned villas, or town homes, have a mix of cedar siding or siding made from so-called “pickle wood,” which is reclaimed by the Heinz company. “They decommissioned pickle barrels and turned them into siding,” Butterworth said. “The same theory. It’s a neat deal.” creasing. A herd of eleven deer regularly roamed through the site prior to construction, but vanished. “Now they are back. It’s fantastic,” Butterworth said. “We also had a pair of great horn owls who are hunting on this land.” Trails and wildlife A natural trial system encourages members to walk and enjoy nature while significantly reducing the negative effects of vehicle traffic. It not only connects all parts of the property, but provides a link to the developer’s other project and the outside world. An eight-foot, Class 1, paved bike path is connected to six miles of paved trails through Gray’s Crossing, which is across the Interstate from Old Greenwood. That system is connected to another that trail to a commercial center near Truckee. “So you can actually ride from Old Greenwood to Gray’s Crossing to downtown today,” Butterworth said. Interpretive signs are posted to inform the hikers and cyclists about the land and its history, including the development’s namesake, Caleb Greenwood. Great care was taken to protect natural areas outside the developed areas during construction. Four, large preserves have been set aside, varying in size and composition from open sage meadows to intact Jeffrey Pine forest ecosystems. Buffers and corridors are located throughout the development to allow native animals’ free movement over the property. From the tracks found in the bunkers and on greens, that movement appears to be in- Down but not out Sales were going great guns at Old Greenwood, but it has been affected by the down market that has impacted California and the rest of the country. There are 104 single-family home sites at Old Greenwood, with 74 fractional cabins. The initially development launched 99 home sites in late 2003, eighty-two sold on the first day, the remainder sold by summer 2005 at an average price of $400,000. Meanwhile, Old Greenwood has been recognized as the top, fractional-sales project for the last 4 years running by ARDA (American Resort Developments Association). “They have been selling well this year, even though the market is down. We’re seeing it across the board. It’s going to be our slowest year ever,” Butterworth said. But the market will improve and the fundamentals of Old Greenwood are sound. “It is such a unique and interesting project and it has created a fantastic community,” he said. “It’s an open-to-thepublic resort community, which is not heard of very often.” SLDT About the author: Rob Kundert is senior editor of Sustainable Land Development Today. Water Systems Planning Road Design Watershed Analysis Environmental Assessments and more … Intermap’s affordable 3D maps are uniformly accurate and reliable. Call 1-877-837-7246 for details. www.Intermap.com SL1 Circle 110 • or www.SLDTonline.com/webcard www.SLDTonline.com 33 http://www.Intermap.com http://www.SLDTonline.com/webcard http://www.SLDTonline.com

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