Introducing Heritage Harbor Golf Course Community

Heritage Harbour is a new master planned golf course community in Bradenton, Florida bordering the Manatee River east of I-75. Heritage Harbour is situated on more than 2,500 acres of riverfront property including 200 acres of island in the Manatee River.

The Heritage Harbour community is made up of three distinct neighborhoods, River Strand, Stoneybrook and Lighthouse Cove, each with its own personality and amenities.

River Strand, an exclusive gated Golf and Country Club, is the northernmost neighborhood. Bordering the Manatee River, there are 27 holes of championship golf designed by Arthur Hill, and a Tuscan-inspired clubhouse will full amenities. Gracious homes ranging from single-family and coach homes to maintenance-free golf course condominiums are all situated on the River Strand golf course.

Stoneybrook, with its winding roads and beautiful lakes, reflects the perfect Florida lifestyle. Entering through the guard gate, the first views are of the sprawling golf course and beautiful clubhouse featuring casual and fine dining, banquet facilities, a grill room, pro-shop, aqua driving range, putting greens and locker facillities The single-family homes are spacious, of Spanish-Mediterranean architecture, and are nestled along beautifully landscaped streets.

Lighthouse Cove offers residents a home-town feeling at affordable prices. Located adjacent to the Central Park with 70-acre Beacon Lake, outdoor activities, family picnics and a neighborhood playground are just steps away from the residences. With features that first-time buyers won’t find anywhere else, Lighthouse Cove residences are town homes, condominiums and single-family homes with access to the Stoneybrook Clubhouse and golf course.

Residents of Heritage Harbour enjoy numerous amenities offered by this popular new community including golf, tennis, convenient shopping and the many outdoor activities. The community is comprised of manicured natural preserves, lush landscaping, beautiful boulevards and the grand Signature Lighthouse adjacent to Central Park. The centerpiece of Central Park is 70-acre Beacon Lake surrounded by a trail for walking, jogging, skating,and biking. In this wonderful park, you and your family can enjoy swimming, tennis, basketball and volleyball, as well as fishing, canoeing and just relaxing in a gazebo.

If you would like to know more about the Heritage Harbour golf course communities, contact Brian Ward, your Sarasota Bradenton home buyer agent. Brian would be delighted to show you around this wonderful new golf course community in Bradenton, Florida.

Go "Green" for the Holidays

With the economy faltering and the new awareness of the need to reduce our carbon footprints, we're all more focused on being "green" these days - with respect to both our wallets and the environment. The holiday season can be a challenge for both of these interests with gifts to buy and wrap, decorating to do and holiday parties to throw and on and on. It has been estimated that during every week between Thanksgiving and the New Year, an extra one million tons of waste will be generated in the U.S. It's been estimated that 38,000 miles of Christmas ribbon are tossed away each year - enough to tie a bow more than once around the Earth!

Rather than waiting for your New Year's resolution time to go green, try a few of these tips to help you and your family live, give and save green this holiday season.

Go with the Glow
The holidays just wouldn't be the same without the twinkly glow of strings of lights along rooftops, eaves and in trees and shrubs. But those holiday lights are a real drain on your energy bill. LED lights use less than 10% of the electricity consumed by traditional filament bulbs and can save you close to 95% on your electricity bill.

Stay Home for the Holidays
Save time, money and stress. Stay home for the holidays this year saving money for gas and reducing pollution. use-less-stuff.com reports that if every American family reduced holiday gas consumption by just one gallon, that would mean driving just about 20 miles less, we would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one million tons. So think about enjoying the holidays this year at home.

Get Creative with Wrapping
Mass-produced wrapping paper generally is not recyclable and ends up in landfills. Instead, get creative. Wrap presents in old maps, the comics section of a newspaper, or in your children's artwork. The Sierra Club estimatges that if every family wrapped just three gifts this way, it would save enough wrapping paper to cover 45,000 football fields. And, does that pre-formed bow actually make the present all that much more attractive? Think about leaving those off your presents this year.

Give the Gift of Giving
Upgrading your electronic toys and computers this year? Do you have electronics, toys, appliances or clothes that your family no longer needs or uses? Donate those items to a local charity or shelter. You'll get rid of clutter, and, you'll keep all that stuff you donate from ending up in a landfill. Are you a neat-nik with nothing extra lying around the house? Think about making modest cash donations to local charities or food items to a local food bank and telling the folks you'd normally give some silly (and probably unwanted) gift to, that you've made a donation instead. If you know your friends' favorite charities, your donations may be even more appreciated. You'll be helping to reduce waste and at the same time, you'll be making someone's holiday a little brighter than it might have been.

Save A Shoppng Bag and a Tree
Instead of coming home with 15 shopping bags, all of which will end up in the trash, bring your own eco-friendly bags to the store. If you're afraid of being stopped for shoplifting, Danny Seo, author of "Simply Green Giving," fastens receipts to the outside of his bags with a binder clip he brings with him, clearly indicating that what is indisde was ought and paid for.

For your Christmas tree, go "real." Fake trees are petroleum-based and they are not biodegradable." One answer, depending on where you live, is to buy a live tree and plant it in your yard next Spring. Or get a fresh-cut tree and, after the holidays, take it to a recycling facility, where it can be turned into mulch.

Give Green, Live Green and Save Green
Make this your holiday slogan. These simple steps make it easy to bring a little more "green" to the Earth and save a little "green" in your wallet this holiday season. Have ideas of your own ? Write us a comment with your suggestions.

Happy Holidays to You and Yours