50+ Housing e-Source - 04/30/2008 (Plain Text Version)

Joanne Theunissen
50+ Housing Council Chair

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In this issue:
50+ Consumers Are Buying Into Green Technology
Attend the 50+ Housing Council Networking Reception This Thursday!
50+ Symposium Highlights
The Economy Faces a Mild Recession
Mortgage Credit Crunch Stimies AD&C Lending
Wall St. Journal Features Products for 50+ Market.
Lifelong Learning: A New Trend in Senior Communities
Council Member Honored in Livable Communities Ceremony
The Big Hunt Sets Its Sights On National Membership Day
Resources: NAHB Technology Services Directory

Council Member Honored in Livable Communities Ceremony

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.