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Treasure Lake Holds Music Festival, Heritage Wake Forest Records Big Sales

Treasure Lake, PA is set on 9,000 private acres.

Treasure Lake, PA is back with more top-rank summertime musical entertainment at the community’s Ski Lodge. Headlining on August 16 is the Provogue Records recording artist Walter Trout. Cited in The ToneQuest Report as a “great guitar player who works from the heart with a flawless and fiery edge,” Trout has just released his new album, “The Outsider.” It features 13 Trout-composed tunes with backing on drums, bass, piano and harmonica. Click here for more information about Treasure Lake!

Heritage Wake Forest, NC has announced impressive sales results for the first half of 2009. The community has recorded an average of 12 sales per month for the period. Buyers were enticed by a newly renovated clubhouse and sales center, as well as the addition of walking trails, a fishing pier, and new and unique home offerings. These include an exclusive custom-built ranch home neighborhood. Click here for more information about Heritage Wake Forest!

Horn Rapids, WA announces its newest neighborhood, Eaglewatch, designed especially for adults 55 and up. The homesites at Eaglewatch range in price from $190,000 to $300,000 and are smaller “ramblers” designed for low-maintenance living. The lots, which have golf course frontage available, will feature residences from 1,300 to 2,400 s.f.,  some with lofts. Six homes are already under construction. Click here for more information about Horn Rapids!

Spotlighted Communities Include Illinois, Washington and Carolinas Communities

Hawthorn Woods Country Club, IL

Hawthorn Woods Country Club is a private golf club community with numerous amenities developed by luxury builder Toll Brothers. This Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course community is located in prestigious Lake County. Click here for more information!

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Bowes Creek Country Club, IL

Bowes Creek Country Club is a new, master-planned golf community unfolding on 606 acres in quiet Kane Country, Illinois. A Rick Jacobson golf course will be the centerpiece of the community, and will run through a varied terrain of low bluffs, woodland and wetlands. Click here for more information!

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Horn Rapids, WA

Horn Rapids is an 800-acre, master-planned golf community set in a stunning natural location near the banks of the Yakima River. Just minutes from Richland, Horn Rapids combines amenities, affordability and a social atmosphere creating an exceptional quality of life. Click here for more information!

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Woodside Plantation, SC

Woodside Plantation is a private, gated golf course community covering 2,900+ acres of countryside in Aiken, SC. This welcoming community features world-class amenities, temperate climate and superbly crafted homes on wooded, lake and golf homesites. Click here for more information!

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Preserve at Wolf Laurel, NC

The Preserve at Wolf Laurel is a private, gated, 1,300-acre mountaintop community adjoining Wolf Laurel Resort in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains. With elevations over 4,800 feet, it provides soul-stirring views, fine weather and prime amenities. Click here for more information!

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Oldfield, SC

Almost equidistant from Hilton Head Island, Beaufort, and Savannah, GA, Oldfield is located on the Okatie River. Oldfield features the area's first Greg Norman championship golf course, waterfront activities and a relaxing Lowcountry lifestyle. Click here for more information!

Suncadia Opens New Glade Spring Spa Featuring 14 Indoor Treatment Suites

Suncadia, WA recently opened a new spa.

Suncadia, a new 6,400-acre mountain resort community just east of Seattle, recently opened their new Glade Spring Spa. This 9,900 square foot center has 14 indoor treatment suites offering facials, body treatments, wet and dry massages, manicures and pedicures, and more. Local products are used when possible, and natural lighting along with ingredients such as lavender, honey and wine are used to create a calming yet stimulating sensory experience. A sampling of treatments includes:

* Washington Wine Vinotherapy Massage
* Sweet Milk and Midnight Honey Masque
* Antioxidant Body Renewal with Organic Mud
* Organic Champagne, Caviar and Truffle Experience
* Glade Spring Botanical Therapy

 
The spa offers a myriad of treatments.

The spa also features vital energy rain showers, wet treatment rooms and a duo retreat suite. A glass enclosed walkway connects to outdoor salt water soaks, saunas, forest treatment decks and lounges with fire pits, and a private outdoor women’s garden with many additional luxuries. The new Glade Spring Spa also has separate men’s and women’s locker and steam rooms, women’s and co-ed lounges, a private patio for special occasions, and light food and beverage service. Click here for more information about Suncadia!

Spotlighted Communities: Running Y Ranch, Suncadia, Belmont Country Club & More

St. James Golf Club, FL

St James Golf Club reports major progress on a campaign of improvements and beautification to its championship golf course. The club’s renovated golf course is now accented with natural Florida grasses and decorative Cocina rock in several locations. The current project will also add multiple cart paths... Learn more!

The Enclave at Broadlands, CO

The Enclave at Broadlands has fewer than 10 homesites remaining from its original inventory of 76 single-family lots. The Enclave is currently showing decorated models of its Quick-Delivery Homes package. The Windham Chateau and the Cascade Provincial are available now. Learn more!

The Running Y Ranch, OR

Running Y Ranch is booking reservations for a special September Women’s Golf Package. At the very special inclusive price of $99 per night you receive one night's stay in a standard room at the Lodge and the opportunity to enjoy a variety of complimentary activities the entire month of September, including wine tastings, chair massages, golf instruction and more. Golf package includes cart and range balls. Learn more!

Suncadia, WA

Suncadia has set a date of Saturday, August 9 for celebration of the community’s inaugural food and wine festival. The event, Wine in the Pines, with feature over 30 premier Washington wineries. Various homes throughout Suncadia will open to the public for this unique tasting event. Learn more!

Belmont Country Club, VA

Belmont Country Club continues with its popular outdoor summer concert series. On Sunday, August 3, the Loudoun Summer Music Fest proudly welcomes KC and the Sunshine Band performing live with the Justin Trawick Band on the the Belmont Country Club lawn. Learn more!

Olde Stone Invests In Environment, Brunswick Opens Wellness Center, & More

The Club at Olde Stone, KY: Working on sustainability options

The Club at Olde Stone Club, KY recently invested in a recycling program to not only assist in sustainability efforts, but to help cut the cost of trash disposal. The chefs planted an herb garden that is used in daily food preparation for members’ enjoyment. The garden is located near the fire pit outside the Orangery dining room. In addition, the club’s culinary staff is researching ways of operating in complete compliance with current Green Restaurant practices. Click here for more information about The Club at Olde Stone!

Mariner Sands, FL recently welcomed its new director of tennis, Mario Cobo. Originally from Ecuador, Cobo is a six-time national tennis champion and a member of the Ecuador National Davis Cup Team. He is a former instructor at the Nick Bolletieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Fla. Mario served for three years as a teaching pro at the Indianapolis Racquet Club in Indiana. He holds an MBA from Union University in Jackson, Tenn. Click here for more information about Mariner Sands!

Hawthorn Woods, IL reports that its members are now volunteering as marshals and scorers for the prestigious Illinois Open, to be played at Hawthorn Woods on the community’s Arnold Palmer Signature golf course July 28-30. This is the 59th playing of the state’s open championship and it provides the winner with automatic entry into the PGA Championship. Click here for more information about Hawthorn Woods!

Black Bull, MT is opening its new, Tom Weiskopf-designed private golf course this month. The practice facility, the largest in the Rocky Mountains, features synthetic grass for early-season swing training. Weiskopf attended the opening for the 16-acre practice facility on Saturday, July 19. This Friday, the par-72, 7,200 yard course will open to members. Click here for more information about Black Bull!

Suncadia, WA is about to premier its all-season luxury destination spa. The 9,900-square-foot Glade Spring Spa, hidden amid a sanctuary of pine trees, is outfitted with 14 indoor spa treatment suites offering a variety of facials, body treatments and wet and dry massages.  The $8 million sanctuary offers a Vichy room, vital energy rain shower, wet treatment room and a duo retreat suite—with saunas, treatment decks, and outdoor lounges with fire pits. Click here for more information about Suncadia!

Brunswick Forest, NC announces the opening of its new, 18,000-square-foot Fitness & Wellness Center. This state-of-the-art amenity includes an indoor pool, outdoor pool with wade-in entry, expansive sun deck and snack bar; six hard surface tennis courts and pro shop; aerobics studio; cardiovascular equipment room; expansive men’s and women’s locker rooms with showers and saunas; meeting rooms; lounge and juice bar. Click here for more information about Brunswick Forest!