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Columbia’s Best New Home Community

Free Times, Columbia’s News and Arts Weekly has announced the 2010 results for the original Best of Columbia Awards.  From Best Local Restaurant to Best Neighborhood, readers were asked to cast their vote for the Best of everything Columbia has to offer. 

Free Times readers voted Saluda River Club as the
Best New Home Community (runner up) for 2010.
Thank you Free Times readers!  

Visit Saluda River Club today to see the fabulous new home opportunities we have available.  And be sure check out our Calendar of Events for upcoming activities.

 Free Times, Columbia’s News and Arts Weekly, has been the alternative voice of the community since 1987.  Free Times is available at more than 800 locations throughout the Columbia area.  Check out the rest of Columbia’s Best Of for 2010.

Exciting News for Saluda River Club and Two Terrific Builders

Earlier this summer, the Homebuilders Association of Greater Columbia presented the 2010 Tour of Homes, Columbia’s Largest Open House of New Homes.   Two of the homes built in Saluda River Club won Best Overall Home in their category.

“The Logan”  by Paradime Construction won Best Overall in the category of $301,000-$400,000.
“The Heathwood” by Vesta Builders won Best Overall in the category of $501,000 – $750,000. 

Saluda River Club congratulates these builders and are proud of their work within our community.

Saluda River Club Wins HBA Pinnacle Awards

The Home Builders Association of South Carolina held the annual Pinnacle Awards last week to recognize outstanding craftsmanship in the construction of quality homes and outstanding marketing of homes and communities throughout South Carolina. 

Saluda River Club was awarded “Overall Winner” in three categories and “Finalist” in two categories. 

The community was awarded the overall winner for Best Brochure/Direct Mail, Best Website for a Community and Best Community Entrance/ Presentation.

Saluda River Club was a finalist in two categories:  Best Color Ad Full Page and Best Product in the home category of $200,000 – $499,000 for “The Charleston” by Lady Street Builders.

“We’re very proud of our community, our sales success and the work of our marketing partner, B. Sheppard Consulting.”    Andy White, Lifestone Communities

To learn more about Saluda River Club visit www.SaludaRiverClub.com

Kind Words from the Lexington County Council!

Visits to the Lexington County Council are usually pretty serious affairs, with lots of talk about zoning, property lines and that kind of thing.  But there was definitely a lighter feeling in the air at a recent meeting when the Council honored Saluda River Club for winning the Best in American Living Award (BALA) for Community Design. 

Bill Theus, Walter Taylor, Andy White and other members of our team were on hand when the Council issued a resolution congratulating us on the BALA award.  The prestigious design competition is sponsored each year by Professional Builder magazine and by the National Association of Home Builders.  

The BALA award was presented earlier this year in Las Vegas at the NAHB International Builders’ Show (yes, we certainly did attend and had a fabulous time!).  Saluda River Club is only the second South Carolina community, and the first in Columbia, to receive it. 

We’ve framed the resolution and hung it with pride in our conference room.  Winning the award was so satisfying…and getting an official pat on the back from the Lexington County Council was pretty sweet, as well!

Thank You Members of the SC General Assembly!

Talk about a terrific honor!  Saluda River Club principals Walter Taylor and Bill Theus led a delegation of staff and associates to the South Carolina State House recently. 

They were presented with a Resolution commemorating the community on winning the Best in American Living Award (BALA) for Community Design. 

“It’s one thing to be recognized by an industry group, but for members of the General Assembly to take the time to honor our efforts in this way really meant a lot,” said Walter.

The BALA award is sponsored by Professional Builder magazine and by the National Association of Home Builders.   Saluda River Club is the second South Carolina community, and the first in Columbia, to receive it. 

The Resolution had all of the “be it resolved” formality that’s typical of these proclamations.  But the mood was as warm as you can imagine, with plenty of handshaking and friendly greetings from lawmakers from the Midlands and other regions of the state.

Thanks again to the General Assembly for honoring us in this way.  We’ll remember this day for many years to come!

Pictured in the photo taken at the top of the State House steps: (left to right) Andrew White, Brad Harper, Lee Blythe, Edmund Monteith, Bob Jones, Walter Talyor, Ryan Brandt, Rep.Chip Huggins, Tony Carnagio.

Saluda River Club Wins National and Local Award

Saluda River Club received the highly acclaimed Best in American Living Award for Community Design. 

Sponsored by Professional Builder magazine and the National Association of Home Builders, Saluda River Club is the first community in the Midlands of South Carolina to receive this prestigious award.  

The 2009 BALA winners were announced at the NAHB 2010 International Builders’ Show and officially presented to the developers at the Regal Awards in Columbia on Saturday, February 20th.  Click here to read the full story.

Also presented at the Home Builders Association of Greater Columbia annual awards ceremony, Saluda River Club won a Regal Award for Best Special Promotion  for Art On The River. 

Art on the River showcased the outstanding talents of the artists and the beauty of the venue.  The event included local and international artists, a wide variety of paintings, photographs and silverwork all displayed at the Chickawa Outdoor Center within Saluda River Club.  See photos of the event at SaludaRiverClub.com

2008 Regal Awards

Presented by the Sales & Marketing Council of Greater Columbia’s Homebuilders Association

Each year the Regal Awards are given for companies and individuals achieving excellence in the real estate industry.  At the award ceremony last night, Saluda River Club was awarded in nearly a dozen categories including the prestigious Community of the Year award for Master Planned Communities.

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Pinnacle Awards

The Home Builders Association of South Carolina announces the Seventh Annual Pinnacle Awards for outstanding craftsmanship in the construction of quality homes.

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