FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA. 6.30.14 – Advance reservations are now underway for Grow Community 2, a sustainable, solar-powered community on Bainbridge Island. Grow Community’s latest phase will bring two new neighborhoods, the Grove and the Park, featuring a mix of townhomes, single-level homes and single-family residences. Homes in the Grove will be arrayed […]
June 24, 2014 By JOURNAL STAFF The first phase has 41 units and is nearly complete, with single-family houses, duplexes and apartments. All the houses have been purchased and all the rental units are leased. This would’ve been an amazing investment opportunity for a real estate investor to add to their portfolio. The potential profit […]
Grow Community’s first neighborhood, the Village, set a new standard for comfortable, sustainable urban living with its cluster of beautifully designed, energy-efficient single-family homes. Now come the Grove and the Park, two new neighborhoods of high-quality, sustainable homes surrounding lush public greens and a shared community center. The garden spaces, healthy transportation options and low-carbon […]
Friday, June 20th we had a visit from students within Auburn University’s School of Real Estate Development. The program primarily has working professionals in the building, development, and real estate industries in a 2 year masters program. For their Northwest trip they were focused on sustainable development, which gave us an opportunity to discuss different […]
Pauline, the Director of Trees for Global Benefits was visiting at Grow this last week. This program sells carbon offsets to provide funds supports farmers in Uganda, providing funds to help them plant trees and manage their land. Carbon offsets are sold to help fund the program which creates sustainable livelihoods for families in Uganda. […]
DOES WELLNESS MAKE BUSINESS SENSE AS A DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE? How have developers pursued this objective? What has the market response been? And how have developers measured their success? Grow Community is featured in this publication by Urban Land Institute as a case study on building for wellness. Building for Wellness provides answers directly from developers […]
Two members of the Grow team, Dylan Sievertson (PHC) and Greg Lotakis (Asani), recently joined other builders within NEEA’s (Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance) Phase 1 of the Next Step Homes Program to discuss the future of our residential built environment. For the past year NEEA has been monitoring 12 pre-selected homes (including the Everett at […]
On Thursday, March 20th our community came together under a sunny spring day to celebrate, remember, and share stories of some of those that came before us in the area that has become Grow Community Bainbridge. Community Organizers Karen Vargas and Kathryn Keve did a tremendous job working to bring people together to appropriately honor […]
March 26th, 2014 by Ethan Fowler Tom Vargas said giving a proper closure to a subdivision that served as government housing was one of the best things about participating last Thursday in the decommissioning of a Bainbridge street formerly known as Government Way from 1957 to 2007. Tom, and his wife Karen, lived on the […]
March 11, 2014: By Andrew Merecicky Residents of Bainbridge Island, Wash., led by Asani Development Initiatives, are re-imagining what a residential community could be. Even more impressive than its community gardens and car share program, the Grow Community is on track to be the largest planned solar-ready neighborhood in Washington State. The housing development is […]
Grow Community is an urban Net Zero neighborhood on Bainbridge Island, just a 35-minute ferry ride from downtown Seattle. With beautifully designed solar-powered homes, shared community gardens and clean transportation options, Grow allows all generations to enjoy a high-quality and healthy lifestyle.
