The Sustainable Community - High Point is National Model
High Point integrates ecological and social goals to create a new model for affordable, livable, and sustainable neighborhoods.
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October 21, 2008 - Seattle real estate rated No. 1
Survey of metropolitan areas reveals best investment value here - Among major metropolitan areas, Seattle's real estate is the best in the nation as a prospective investment, a national report released Tuesday says.
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October 7, 2008 - Ensuring affordable housing goes green
Congressional investigators have pointed to Washington as an example of how the federal government could better ensure new affordable-housing projects are green.
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2007 - West Seattle’s High Point Neighborhood Wins ULI Global Award for Excellence
Seattle’s High Point neighborhood was among five outstanding developments selected worldwide as winners of the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Global Awards for Excellence. This award has become widely recognized as the land use industry’s most prestigious recognition program.
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High Point is "Best Master Planned Community" at 2007 Gold Nugget Awards
The votes have been tallied, and the results are in... High Point in West Seattle wins top honors as "Best Master Planned Community of the Year" at the 2007 PCBC Gold Nugget Awards, May 31st 2007!
The Gold Nugget Awards were born in 1963 at American Builder, for many years a national magazine of the building industry. They were conceived expressly for PCBC, to recognize builder/developer excellence throughout the 14 Western states. Almost immediately, the Gold Nuggets became known as "Best In The West," an accurate description of their trend-setting qualities and geographic reach.
The High Point Neighborhood Wins "Show You're Green" Award
At the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2006 National Convention and Design Expo, the AIA Housing and Custom Residential Knowledge Community announced the winners of the "Show You're Green" awards. The eight projects from all across the United States were chosen as excellent examples of outstanding housing that is aesthetically appealing while meeting "green" sustainable design guidelines. This award aims to showcase the wide range of ways that architects have included green elements in aesthetically excellent, affordable designs.
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Being Green: High-Performance Development Across the Board
Western Seattle's High Point neighborhood once had more than 700 units of public housing—mostly run-down buildings isolated from surrounding neighborhoods. The Seattle Housing Authority teamed up with developers to replace the housing and reintegrate the site into the surrounding neighborhood—and into the ecological system.
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When it rains, High Point drains. Naturally.
SEATTLE — December 12, 2005 — If you drive through High Point, you might not notice the feature that is most unusual about this neighborhood. But if you walk through the redeveloped neighborhood – you’ll probably start wondering, why are the planting strips so wide? Why are there sections that look like ditches and why are they landscaped with so many plants? Why do sidewalks look different? And what about those gravel parking areas?
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High Point's Award-Winning Neighborhood Plan is Attracting National Media Attention
The High Point neighborhood is garnering some much-deserved national praise for its progressive approach to re-building an urban community. In early 2006, PBS will debut "Edens Lost & Found," a documentary profiling redevelopment activities in Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia.
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Neighborhood tries to honor Mother Nature's runoff rules
(Seattle Times)
The tract of raw dirt and pavement crisscrossed by bulldozers at the High Point housing project in West Seattle doesn't look much like a meadow. But when it rains, it's supposed to act like one.
The 120-acre site, slated to eventually hold 1,600 apartments and houses, is among the most ambitious attempts in the region to reshape what happens to raindrops after they hit the ground in cities and suburbs.
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High Point Land Plans Win Prestigious "Gold Nugget" Design Award
San Francisco, CA – Seattle Housing Authority urban redevelopment project, High Point in West Seattle was awarded a prestigious Gold Nugget Grand Award as "On The, Boards Project of the Year."
The land plan for High Point, designed by the Seattle architectural firm MITHUN, was cited for its environmental sensitivity and excellent adaptation of urban land use values.
Now in its 41st year, the Gold Nugget Awards are the premier event of the annual PCBC (formerly Pacific Coast Builders Conference), an annual trade show and conference held each summer in San Francisco that attracts 25,000 building industry representatives. Awards were announced on June 18, 2004. The Gold Nugget Awards honor creative achievements in architectural design and land use planning for residential, commercial and industrial projects. Entries come from 14 Western states and all countries bordering the Pacific Ocean.
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