Community living

To be successful, a community needs to be balanced it should have homes of various sizes, so families, young people and older people are all attracted to live there. It also needs to include facilities such as shops and restaurants, offices and commercial space.

Dan Woodley Communities has specialized in developing mixed-use neighborhoods that include opportunities for residents to work, live, shop and relax. The company's communities are designed to be welcoming and are often located among historical surroundings and with abundant green spaces.

Dan Woodley, who has 25 years of building experience, was named Builder of the Year in 2002 and won the prestigious Gold Professionalism Award for Land Use Planning. As state director of the Home Builders Association, and as a Certified Professional Homebuilder, Woodley is committed to high building standards. His company uses only reputable builders, sub-contractors and craftsmen, as well as the latest technology, to ensure the standard of every building it produces.

Many of the neighborhoods planned and developed by the company are built by All Good Builders, a construction company Dan Woodley Communities has been working in conjunction with for a number of years.

One example of Dan Woodley Communities' work is Towne Park Place, which includes townhouses with several different floor plans, including three- and four-bedroom options all with front porches, spacious decks and rooftop terraces.

It also features studios, which are mainly two-bedroom and well-suited to empty nesters looking for smaller, low-maintenance properties. These are available in several different floor plans.

The other alternative, the lofts, offer a minimum of 800sq ft of floor space, although they can be increased in size with either horizontal or vertical additions. The lofts are designed for first home buyers, and can be configured to suit the individual needs and tastes of the owners.

The whole community has the benefit of state-of-the-art technology, with high-speed internet and structured wiring as part of the infrastructure of the neighborhood.

Equally important are the outdoor facilities, such as parks and tree-lined walking trails, flowered landscaping and community gazebos.

Village Place Brookhaven is another mixed-use neighborhood from Dan Woodley Communities. This village includes units that combine business space on the ground level with single and two-story studios above. There are also single and two-story residential homes, restaurants, shops, offices and institutional space, a customized single-family home and two three-story townhouses. The neighborhood also includes parkland for the exclusive use of the residents.

For more information, contact Dan Woodley Communities, 1441 Dresden Drive, Suite 250, Atlanta, GA 30319, phone (404) 504 9324. Email:dwoodley@woodleyaffiliates.com, or visit the website: www.villageplacebrookhaven.com.

Story by: Trendsideas