July 31, 2009
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Yesterday, we had a conference call with Blue Ion, of South Carolina, and they put together a Wordle of a brand tonality survey we had taken describing the Newbury development. Wordle is a great tool to see what the actual message you’re trying to portray. From Wordle’s site: Wordle is a toy for generating “word […]
July 23, 2009
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More action has been taking place at the 84 Lumber site at Newbury. As we discussed in our last blog post, huge tubes are being put in to manage water. In the picture below, you can really see the tiny holes in the tubes that will allow stormwater to pass through to the rocks below. […]
July 21, 2009
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There have been many inquiries about the homes that will be built at Newbury. Our homes will be of the highest performance and quality in the region, mandated by our own performance standards in which green principles are fundamental. We are currently in the process of finalizing our agreements with four builders: one custom builder, […]
July 13, 2009
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Construction has begun on 84 Lumber’s new site. To manage water, rocks are put down followed by 9 foot-tall silver drainage tubes to be inserted below the projected site. The drainage tubes have tiny holes in them for water to get through. Earlier last week, the silver tubes were delivered! Two photos of the driveway […]
July 6, 2009
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We at Newbury are currently in the process of finalizing our agreements with four builders: one custom builder, one zero-energy builder, one product builder and one specialty builder. We look forward to announcing our builders in the next few weeks. In addition, we’ll be starting model construction this fall and winter with a model open […]