Villebois named Community of the Year by the National Association of Home Builders

Costa Pacific Communities announced that its latest community, Villebois located in Wilsonville, Ore., received the Gold Award for the highest honorary award, Community of the Year, at the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) NationalsSM Awards ceremony in Las Vegas on Jan. 19, 2010.

Villebois is a New Urbanist, pedestrian-friendly and transit-oriented community featuring a mix of housing types and a Village Center located adjacent to the Westside Express Service (WES) rail line in Wilsonville.

This is not the first "Community of the Year" award for the master planner and developer. In 1999, Costa Pacific received the prestigious award for Orenco Station in Hillsboro, Ore. Costa Pacific has been recognized both nationally and internationally for the communities it creates, and is proud to have become the most awarded builder/developer in the Northwest.

"It was thrilling to be selected from such prestigious company," said Rudy Kadlub, Costa Pacific Communities CEO. "I'm overjoyed that we won this top honor. Villebois is a unique community, unlike any other in the world and I'm proud it's already being recognized for its progressive vision."

Costa Pacific did not stop at the Gold Award for Community of the Year. It brought home three more Gold awards for Best Logo, Best Website for a Community and Best Product Design of an Attached Home Plan.

"The judges were so impressed by the story of Villebois…how thoughtfully the team crafted a “new” sense of place and community, said Peter Mayer, NAHB judging chairman. “From the product chosen to the way it was brought to market...They were spot on."

Villebois offers area homebuyers a broad assortment of home styles and amenities from which to choose. Based on the intimacy and character of traditional European villages, the Villebois Village Center features everything from condominiums and row homes to apartments and mixed use buildings with ground level retail, residential or office space above. The Piazza Villebois, a dedicated community space and plaza, will serve as the heart of the Villebois Village Center and will be the future site of community events and other activities.

For more information about Villebois, please visit: www.ChangeHowYouLive.com or contact Sales and Marketing Manager Andy Green at 503.855.4661 or andy@costapacific.com.

About Costa Pacific Communities

Since 1990, Costa Pacific Communities has been building communities throughout the West Coast that enrich the lives of residents. Costa Pacific has been recognized nationally for excellence in design, master planning and marketing. Most notably, Costa Pacific received the Gold Award for Community of the Year in 2010 from the National Association of Home Builders for Villebois in Wilsonville, Ore. along with a Gold Nugget Award for Best on the Boards Site Plan at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference in 2005. The master planner’s Orenco Station community in Hillsboro, Ore. received the prestigious Master Planned Community of the Year Award in 1999 from the National Association of Home Builders. Additionally, Costa Pacific has been named Developer of the Year by Oregon’s environmental watchdog group, 1000 Friends of Oregon, and twice been named Oregon’s Builder of the Year by the Oregon Building Industry Association. For more information about Costa Pacific Communities, please visit www.CostaPacific.com.