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Reports of Pending NLRB, Boeing Settlement Good News for North Charleston
“The legal cloud over Boeing’s North Charleston airplane plant is lifting. A landmark deal between the Boeing Co. and its biggest union clears the way for National Labor Relations board complaint targeting the local 787 Dreamliner-making operation to be withdrawn.”
The upside of living green
The great thing about Oak Terrace Preserve is that it’s green well beyond simply the construction of the homes. We’ve preserved hundreds of old growth trees. We’ve designated lots as parks and designed the neighborhood to be more about neighbors and less about cars. We’ve re-engineered the way rainwater flows through Oak Terrace Preserve – [...]
Creative Arts Elementary school to open by Oak Terrace
In addition to the School of the Arts located across from Oak Terrace Preserve, the North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary (NCCAE) is scheduled to open August 2011. The NCCAE will open its doors to three kindergarten and four first-grade classes, less than 150 students in all. Thanks to voters passing the 1 percent sales tax [...]
50+ events, dozens of locations, one incredible arts festival
This year’s North Charleston Arts Festival, appropriately called the 2011 North Charleston Arts Festival, is one of the most comprehensive arts festivals in the Lowcountry. What began as a one-day community event in 1982, has turned into a 50-event, nine-day extravaganza and named a Top 20 Event by the Southeast Tourism Society. Presented by the [...]
Grand Reopening of the GreenHouse Learning Center
On June 25th, The Sustainability Institute and partners will be hosting the Grand Reopening of the GreenHouse Learning Center at 1441 East Montague Avenue from 1 pm to 6 pm. The newly renovated and improved facility, touted as one of the greenest offices in the region, will serve both as the headquarters of The Sustainability [...]
OTP story in Post and Courier
Post and Courier reports on sales and home builder news in Oak Terrace Preserve. Go to the article here.
OTP Block Party set for May 22nd
It’s time to celebrate! On May 22nd we’re getting together with the folks from the Sustainability Institute to celebrate winning the Home Depot Foundation Award of Excellence for Sustainable Community Development. Come out to the FREE event for food, fun, games and more. Meet our green home builders and take a tour of OTP. All [...]
Pulte Homes builds LEED Platinum
Oak Terrace Preserve builder Pulte Homes was featured on The Green Room, a new show on The Discovery Channel. The show focuses on Pulte’s green home building and one of the company’s LEED Platinum neighborhoods in Las Vegas, Nevada. Click here to read the article and watch a video.
Navy Yard First LEED ND Certified Project in South Carolina
Awesome news! Congrats to The Noisette Company! The Navy Yard at Noisette (Navy Yard) recently received LEED Certification under the LEED for Neighborhood Development Pilot Program. LEED for Neighborhood Development is a certification program developed by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) in collaboration with the Congress for New Urbanism and the Natural Resources Defense [...]
OTP subject of Post & Courier article; resident and builder respond
In case you missed it, Oak Terrace Preserve was the topic of a lengthy article in the January 3 issue of the Charleston Post & Courier. OTP resident, Paul Wilczynski, and OTP builder, David Hill from The Verdi Company, subsequently had letters to editor published in the January 13 edition.
Oak Terrace Preserve is an earth-friendly community with great parks and schools, Park Circle’s dynamic nightlife, restaurants and shopping a bike-ride away. Embraced by beautiful trees, each home is built combining the latest technology in efficiency, sustainability and value – all the natural ingredients for the good life.
