Crown River wins top land plan award

Wedne sday,

December 13, 2000

Crown River

wins top land plan award

Crown River,

a 171-acre master-planned community in Henry County, recently received

2000 Professionalism Award from the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association

for Best Land Plan in the Metro Atlanta region.

The award is

the first ever for a community in Henry County, one of the nationís

fastest growing counties in recent years. This is the 20th year that the

GAHBA has presented the Professionalism Awards.

Developer Richard

Krebs accepted the award, saying it was proof that developers can do what's

best for the environment without sacrificing a profit.

Crown River

has consistently been ranked among the top five best selling communities

in Henry County since the community opened more than two years ago.

"We made

a decision early on that we would work diligently to preserve the natural

beauty of this land, and in particular, the communityís many trees,"

Krebs said. "We have been rewarded not only with professional accolades,

but also with tremendous sales."

Krebs is president

of Crown Properties, Ltd. and has been developing outstanding communities

throughout Metro Atlanta for the last 28 years. In planning Crown River,

one of Krebs' first steps was to hire Bill Bruce of Community Concepts

in Marietta to design the land plan.

Bruce created

a community with three independent neighborhoods in which no homeowner

has to travel outside their own neighborhood to leave the community. The

result is a community with exceptional feel and flow.

Working closely

with Krebs, Bruce added parks, walking trails, sidewalks and, in the communityís

most upscale neighborhood, a 20-acre nature preserve alongside Henry County's

historic Big Cotton Indian Creek.

Finally, Krebs

went a step further and committed to planting 700 maple trees along the

communityís streets.

"This

community just has so much going for it," said Dottie Wise, Senior

New Home Sales Specialist for the Builder/Developer Marketing Group of

Metro Brokers/Better Homes and Gardens, the company responsible for marketing

the community. "Many of my sales have come from satisfied homeowners

who have referred friends and family to us."

Another part

of Crown River's allure is the community amenity area, which features

a swimming pool, tennis courts, a pavilion and a children's playground.

Good schools

also top many buyer's lists. Crown River is located in the new East Lake

and Union Grove school district, featuring a three-school campus for grades

K5-12.

The three neighborhoods

of Crown River are: Parkview, with homes from $140s to the $190s; Woodridge,

with homes from $190s to the mid $200s; and Riverwalk, with custom homes

from the mid $200s to the $400s.

To visit Crown

River, take I-75 to Exit 228 (Stockbridge Road - Highway 138). Go east

on Highway 138, continue right at Wal-Mart on Highway/42 through Stockbridge.

Turn right on Miller's Mill Road. Turn left on Highway155 North and right

on Kelleytown Road. Turn right on Airline Road and Crown River is on the

left - only 20 minutes from I-75.

The Crown River

Sales Center is open daily 1 p.m. to dusk. For more information, call

Dottie Wise at 770.957.6093 or 404.843.2500.