Glenwood Park - Green, New Urbanist New Home Community in Atlanta, Georgia

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Glenwood Park was designed as a new urbanist community. For those unfamiliar with the term, new urbanist communities are new developments that establish a place by incorporating the best elements of older urban neighborhoods (see http://www.newurbannews.com/AboutNewUrbanism.html).

Features making Glenwood Park a bastion of new urban design and a truly appealing place to call home for professional urbanites include:

• Sidewalks and connected streets to encourage pedestrian activity, reducing car traffic which, in turn, creates a safer environment with cleaner, healthier air;


• EarthCraft Homes (www.earthcrafthouse.com) with no detail overlooked, all built on smaller lots and featuring front porches to promote social interaction among neighbors;


• A variety of housing types (condos, townhomes, and a wide range of single-family sizes) to attract a diversity of residents relative to life stage (e.g., single, couple without children, young families, empty nesters) and income levels;


• A vibrant town center with a coffee shop, fitness center, restaurants, and other retail boutiques and services that serve as a gathering place for residents;


• Access to a variety of transportation types, including MARTA; and


• Thoughtful and attractive architectural vernacular that blends effortlessly with surrounding neighborhoods comprised of early 20th century bungalows and craftsman-style homes.

The community design and construction is perhaps the best early example of green development in Atlanta. According to developer Green Street Properties, the development’s eco-friendly features have the potential to save the enough energy to power 81 homes! (For more GP’s green features: http://glenwoodpark.com/core/item/page.aspx?s=49678.0.78.6078)

Condos start at $132,000, townhomes start at $430,000 and single-family homes start at $499,000. Limited deal opportunities on short sale and REO listings may exist due to some foreclosure activity at Glenwood Park.

Click on the following link for a visual tour of Glenwood Park: http://ericamchampion.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/glenwoodparkvisualtour

Glenwood Park successfully reinvents the best elements of urban living to create a gem of a green-built new community that you would never know is just minutes – two miles - from downtown Atlanta.

Situated on 28 acres directly off of Interstate 20 east of the Downtown Connector (Interstate 75 & 85) Glenwood Park is the redevelopment of an old concrete plant that will be home to nearly 350 condos, townhomes, and single-family homes at build-out. Since its inception in 2003, it has been the recipient of numerous awards for its environmentally-sensitive features and innovative community design – including a revered Development of the Year award from the Urban Land Institute’s Atlanta District. However, even most Atlantans are unaware of the many appealing qualities that Glenwood Park offers.