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Accolades
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The Point won the 2004 Environmental Improvement Grand Award from
the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) for outstanding
landscape maintenance. HighGrove Partners nominated The Point because
of its environmentally sensitive landscape design and Crescent's
commitment to creating and preserving the natural beauty of the community.
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Crescent Communities was named 2004 Developer of the Year by the
Sales & Marketing Council of the HomeBuilders Association
of Charlotte. The company was presented with a Major Achievements
in Marketing Excellence (MAME) award.
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The Point's 2003 Home for the Holidays showhouse raised more than
$33,000 for the March of Dimes and won the HomeBuilders
Association of Charlotte Gold Award for "Best Custom Home" in
the category for homes valued at $1 million and higher.
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The National
Arbor Day Foundation recognized The Point as a community that protects
trees during and after development by naming
it to the “Building with Trees” program. The Point included
a tree expert on its development team to ensure that trees were incorporated
in the community’s concept. Additionally, developers of
The Point signed a pledge to continue their commitment to tree
preservation.
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According to the local chapter of the March of Dimes, The Point
raised a record $24,868 for its Home for the Holidays showhouse in 2002.
That’s more than any showhouse in the Charlotte area has garnered
for the charity.
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The Point was
named a finalist
for the prestigious Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Awards
For Excellence in 2002 and 2003.
- The Point won two highly acclaimed Aurora Awards recognizing
outstanding building and design achievements in the southeastern United
States. The Point was named “Best Project” in the Southeast
and also named “Best in State” in the category of “Residential
Development Over 501 Acres.” Entrants were judged on the overall
master and site plans; streetscapes; common areas; recreational facilities;
housing; landscape architecture; and signage/lighting.
- “The Charlotte area’s real estate economy is getting
a major transfusion from robust home sales at the 1,200-acre Lake Norman
community, The Point.” – The Charlotte Observer
Praise for Our Greg Norman Golf Course
- “People who have considered taking up golf – but
haven’t – may be inspired by The Point Lake & Golf Club’s
new incentives. For 2003, anyone buying a golf course homesite gets a
full set of golf clubs for both heads of household.” – Lake
Norman Times
- “The Point is a great test of golf but extremely playable,
even though it has a high slope rating of 142 from the championship tees.
The features that give it the high slope rating come from the approach
to the greens, because the driving areas are rather generous. Once you’re
in the fairway, the challenge begins. Lake Norman comes into play on
the approach shot to nine holes and is in play on a total of 13 holes.
Each green is unique in its own way and contoured with gentle, subtle
breaks. And every green except No. 1 is closely guarded by Augusta-style
bunkers, Lake Norman or both.” – Luxury Living
- The Point was
named the Top Area Private Golf Course by The Business Journal.
- Dubbed “Pleasure
Point” by The
Charlotte Observer,
its critique of The Point’s golf course says: “The superstar
designer’s effort shows through in this course on the lake.
Greg Norman didn’t just sign a contract, pose for pictures
and put his famous shark logo on The Point. He worked on getting
what he wanted.
Norman made The Point as much fun to look at as to play. He mixed
a variety of grasses, using different textures in the fairways and
around the greens.
The par-4 finishing hole forces players to cross the lake twice as
they play to a green located below the Nantucket-styled village at
the middle
of the development. It’s an impressive finish to an impressive
place.”
- “(Greg) Norman has two traits that have proven essential
to the design of The Point – the imagination to mold the magnificent
piece of land and equally magnificent lake into a challenging and eminently
playable test of golf, and the restraint necessary to preserve the integrity
and natural design features of the land and lake themselves. What he
has created at The Point is a course with a natural rhythm from start
to finish and an intriguing variety of holes drawn from his experience
as an international player.” – Triad Golf Today
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