50+ Housing Council member, Roy Wendt of Wendt Builders Inc., Snellville, Ga., won the Livable Community award for Olde Town Grayson , 100-unit gated 50+ community near Atlanta planned and built to be safe, comfortable and accessible. The wining cottage-style designed, low-maintenance home features a no-step entry, open floor plan, task lighting, kitchen drawers instead of cabinets and as much natural light as possible. The master bathroom was built with barrier-free showers and Jacuzzi tubs.

The awards, co-sponsored by AARP and NAHB, were created to shine a spotlight on builders, remodelers and developers who build homes and communities with features that improve everyday comfort, safety and personal independence for those who live in them.

Five winners ― builders in Tucson, Ariz. and Atlanta; a developer in Raleigh, N.C.; a developer in Atlanta and a land trust community in Madison, Wis. — were named the industry’s first recipients of the Livable Community Awards during ceremonies in Washington, D.C., last December. [Return to top]