Michael Collins’ July 23, 2008 Interview with Bundoran Farm Project Manager David Hamilton is provided in its entirety below.   
1. David, first, what are the specifics on Bundoran? How many acres, lots, how much wooded/pasture, etc.
First, it’s bigger than most people think.  Bundoran Farm comprises 2,300 acres, which for reference is about a third of the size of Charlottesville.  [...]

Bundoran Farm is 2300 acres of rolling piedmont farmland in the Hardware River watershed located just twenty minutes from Charlottesville and the University of Virginia and nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. In the first of a two-part story, we focus on the development itself–the design, the lots,the amenities, and legal structure. In the [...]

In August, Conserv will feature a story on the one of the earliest modern conservation subdivisions in the U.S.-Farmcolony, in Greene County, Virginia. In September, we will interview a new real estate agent in Idaho working on his American Conservation Broker certification.

Today, MSN ran a piece by Scott Burns, in which he runs back of the envelope calculations to determine that there is enough oil in the middle east to buy the U.S. This is a perfectly reasonable exercise and very relevant today. As a guide to the future, however, I don’t think it helps much.
He defines [...]

The July Success Story will feature an interview with David Hamilton, Principal, Community Design and Operations, for Qroe Farm Preservation Development, as he discusses Bundoran Far, a 2300 acre community of approxiately 100 homes in Albemarle County, Virginia, that also conserves productive agricultural and forestry uses on the site.