Congratulations to Mike Cooper, Marj Praml, and William “Chip” Steinmetz on completion of their American Conservation Broker (ACB) certification last week! Mike Cooper is an agent with Jobin Realty in Winchester and is VA and West Virginia licensed. Mike seeks clients that are concerned about the area’s natural beauty. Marj is a REALTOR in Winchester [...]
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.
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.
Click on the link below to see Part 2 video interview with Laura Winn Smith and Jim Duxsbury
Riverbluff Part 2
The new neighborhood of RiverBluff overlooks the Rivanna River just upstream from the Woolen Mills within the city limits of Charlottesville. As a conservation community, the 22-home development respects and responds to its dramatic natural setting. [...]
Click on the file below to view the Part 1 video with Laura Winn Smith.
Riverbluff Part 1
Conserv has selected Riverbluff, in Charlottesville Virginia, as the June, 2008 Success Story.
The developers of RiverBluff, PS2 Properties LLC, began with the goal to design a community that embraced environmental conservation and healthy living. Being so close to the [...]
Laura Winn Smith, American Conservation Broker (06), represents RiverBluff, a conservation development in Historic Woolen Mills in Charlottesville, Virginia. Riverbluff is a community of 22 homes designed by Frank Folsom Smith and Richard Price, with The Folsom Group, and features native plant landscaping, low impact development stormwater design, and green housing construction.
Conservation occurs through prototype real estate transaction in Virginia: Conserv Executive Director Michael Collins placed his 2-story Charlottesville Duplex on the market in the late summer of 2006 as a Conservation Property.
In the 1990s, John Hermsmeier build a home in the Mill Creek subdivision in Albemarle County, Virginia. He fought with his neighbors and the homeowners assn. for the right to create natural habitat. What happened when he sold his house and what is the status of the habitat now?