Wednesday, May 11, 2005

 

Villages set for active May

The Villages of LaFayette Park, the award-winning multi-use community located in downtown Fayetteville, is a busy place during the month of May with several special events taking place there.

The community’s swimming pool, clubhouse and playground are complete, and a Grand Opening for this amenities area was May 1.

The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce held a “Business After Hours” event at The Villages May 3.

The Villages’ second annual Tour of Homes will take place May 14-15 from 1-6 p.m. A number of the community’s business partners are participating in the Tour of Homes event with cars from Allen Vigil Ford available to test drive; Bruster’s Ice Cream, and participation from Mike And C’s. There will be a live remote broadcast by Radio Station J93.3, special activities for the kids, a hot air balloon from 84 Lumber, and the community’s builders will be cooking food. Gift certificates are being provided by Johnny’s Pizza, Right on Thyme, Cookies to You, Salon Bryant, Hotlanta Wings, The Village Cafe, Merlin Muffler & Brake, Uptown Girl, Dunkin Donuts, Sunkiss Studios, Becky Sue’s Home Cooking, Quiznos Subs, The Malt Shoppe, Rain Forest Car Wash, Wear Me - Printing & Embroidery, Images by Rainy Photography, SGO-Designer Glass, By Invitation Only, Turnipseed Nursery Farms, Speedi Pig Barbecue, Melear’s Barbecue, The City Cafe, Town Square Jewelers, International House of Pancakes, Mercer Jewelers, and Fayette Collectibles.

The Villages of LaFayette Park community is an approximately 110-acre development three blocks west of the Old Courthouse Square in Fayetteville and bordered by State Hwy. 54 on the south and the Fayette County High School complex on the north.

The picturesque development, which has sidewalks and streetlights, is offering single family detached homes featuring Turn of the Century styles with porches and having prices starting in the mid $200,000s. The builder team for these homes, which include Classic American Village and Cottage Homes, plus an area of Estate Homes to be built later, is composed of Ravin Homes, Ray Wright Homes, and Mike Harrell & Associates

The townhomes with prices beginning in the low $200,000s are being built by Chris Dixon & Associates.

The development plan calls for 203 homes in the community, including 151 Village and Cottage homes, 22 Estate homes, and 30 townhomes.

The residential sales and marketing team in The Villages of LaFayette Park is made up of Ann W. Roghelia and Jane Foster of Lee-Dixon Realty representing Mike Harrell & Associates and Chris Dixon & Associates, DeSales deGolian of Ravin Homes, and Ralph McCurdy and Sue Barnwell of Re/Max Results representing Ray Wright Homes. The sales center phone number is 770-461-7030.

The Villages of LaFayette Park, which will also have retail, office and commercial facilities, including a hotel currently under construction, is home to The Villages Amphitheater, a multi-use venue representing all aspects of the cultural arts and educational community, which is owned by the Downtown Development Authority and managed by Main Street Tourism Association.