Hidden Lake Receives Award from NAHB

Raleigh, N.C., May 12, 2008 … Hidden Lake, a community near Wake Forest, N.C., has received the prestigious “Green Project of the Year” Award from the National Association of Home Builders. Representatives from Crescent Communities, the developer of Hidden Lake, accepted the award at a ceremony in New Orleans on Sunday.

“We are excited about this honor,” said Mike Burnett, senior vice president for Crescent Communities. “We’ve worked incredibly hard from the beginning to make sure this community is developed around the land, not on top of it.”

Here are a few of the environmentally friendly features contributing to this recognition:

Where the roads cross wetlands, Crescent installed bridges, creating very little impact on these fragile ecosystems that support diverse plant and animal populations.
“Soft engineering” approaches were designed and used at Hidden Lake, such as building roads without curbs and gutters, which create less impervious surfaces.
Buffers along Hidden Lake were expanded from the standard 50 feet to 100 feet. Buffers trap sediment, excess nutrients and pollutants, as well as stabilize shorelines and provide wildlife corridors.
Hidden Lake has a water-quality monitoring program to ensure the community will have no adverse impact on the lake, wetlands and streams.

Centered around a 75-acre spring-fed private lake, Hidden Lake is a gated community featuring 124 homesites spread throughout 600 acres. More than 200 acres are devoted to green space, including a 100-acre Audubon Preserve.

Hidden Lake offers more than four miles of nature trails; canoe and kayak launches and a fishing pier; an outdoor pavilion for community and family events; and the Lake House, which serves as the community amenities center. For more information, visit www.hiddenlake-crescent.com.

Crescent Communities is a trademark of Crescent Resources, LLC, which is a land management and real estate development company with interests in 10 states in the southeastern and southwestern United States. Based in Charlotte, Crescent Resources is a joint venture between Duke Energy and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund. Established in 1969, Crescent creates mixed-use developments, award-winning country club communities, single-family neighborhoods, apartment and condominium communities, Class A office space, business and industrial parks and shopping centers. More information about Crescent Resources is available at Crescent-Resources.com.

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