Villebois Sunday Market, Wilsonville, Oregon

Here are FOUR things YOU can do in 20 MINUTES to support the Villebois Sunday Market, which is held every weekend in the Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Oregon:

Dreyer’s Ice Cream recently hosted its Slow Churned^® Neighborhood Salute ice cream party contest, and the Villebois community in Wilsonville, Ore. was selected as a Grand Prize winner out of neighborhoods across the nation. Earlier this Spring, Villebois residents submitted essays to Dreyer’s, nominating our community and explaining why Villebois should be selected to win FREE Dreyer’s Slow Churned^® Light ice cream and a Party in a Box with all the necessary supplies to host a summer block party for friends and neighbors.

Here are two of the essays that helped the Villebois community win the Slow Churned^® Neighborhood Salute ice cream party contest:

       
“Villebois is a new neighborhood in Wilsonville, Oregon. Just south of Oregon’s largest city, Wilsonville is a small town favored by many commuters. With Portland and its suburbs only 30 minutes north, and the state’s capital city of Salem just 30 minutes south, it’s a great place for couples to raise their children away from the big city but still close to all the activities it has to offer.
       
Villebois is a new, planned community. The layout of the neighborhood promotes get-togethers, social events, clubs, games and outdoor activities of all types. With wide sidewalks, multiple parks and green spaces, it attracts a lot of people who enjoy spending time outdoors. Another feature of Villebois is the many and varied types of people who live here. With large single-family homes, small condominiums and row homes, apartments and medium-sized homes, there are many diverse people of all ages and walks of life who live here. And the best is yet to come. Villebois is a neighborhood under development and a lot of new people move in each month. As a community we are always trying to meet the new neighbors, get to know their family and help introduce them to the fun that can be had in our neighborhood. An ice cream social is a great way to do that and we’d love to have one sponsored by Dreyer’s.
       
Villebois is also the site of the 2008 Fit House, a project sponsored by Cooking Light magazine. This house was designed with fitness in mind, and that’s a perfect match to the lower-calorie slow churned ice cream that Dryer’s is promoting. We are an active neighborhood with lots of kids, dogs, parks, and everyone and everything on wheels. With Oregon’s wet wintery weather we really take advantage of the warm summer months and spend as much time as possible outdoors. We hope you’ll help us do that by awarding us one of the ice cream socials. Thanks for your consideration!”

~ Allison Sherman, Villebois resident

“I believe the Villebois neighborhood in Wilsonville, Oregon, deserves to be one of the winning communities honored by Dreyer’s in its Slow Churned^® Neighborhood Salute ice cream block party contest.
              
I have never lived in a community quite like Villebois. No other neighborhood in Oregon…let alone the Pacific Northwest…let alone the country has as much heart and genuine community spirit as we do in Villebois.
              
As the largest non-resort master planned community in the state, the 500-acre Villebois neighborhood offers us as residents the opportunity to live, work, play and learn – without ever having to leave the neighborhood. I live and work in Villebois myself and everyday I thank my lucky stars I am able to raise my family in a quiet, safe community like Villebois. My wife and I love living far enough away from the hustle and bustle of the city of Portland, yet close enough if we ever want to drive into the city to take in a Blazers basketball game or a concert.
              
Villebois is family-friendly, and my kids can attest to that. Every week, we have a ritual of “park hopping” between the various play areas and green spaces that are tucked in pockets throughout the Villebois neighborhood. There are 160 acres of parks and open space in the Villebois community, and my family and I have scoured every last inch.
              
A mixed-use development, Villebois is also host to a Village Center, which will soon be filled with condominiums, a boutique hotel, shops, a specialty grocery store, cafés and restaurants. This will only complement our community’s current energy and European village flair.
              
Villebois residents love to get together as a community. From garage sales and potlucks to 4th of July parades, Easter egg hunts and other holiday events, the community is always gathering together for some activity. The weekly Villebois Sunday Market also brings the Villebois community together each week.
              
At Villebois, we believe that life’s better when you slow down. That’s why I believe that Villebois deserves to be one of Dreyer’s winning neighborhoods for the Slow Churned^® Neighborhood Salute.”
              
~ Andy Green, Villebois resident

For more details about the award-winning Villebois community, please call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com.

Costa Pacific Communities today announced the recent hire of Simon Acheson as the award-winning development company’s chief financial officer (CFO).

With 20 years of experience in real estate finance and development, Acheson most recently worked as the CFO with CXA Group, a start-up developer and operator of independent senior living facilities across the country. Acheson brings an extensive résumé and diverse portfolio of accomplishments and experience to Costa Pacific Communities. He originally began his career at Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh and New York, followed by a career as Vice President and head of Private Investment Analysis at a regional money management firm in Portland, Ore.

Additionally, Acheson was CFO of a real estate development and operating firm in Montana and Senior Vice President of Morley Capital Management, a national money management firm based in Oregon. He also has experience as Director of Capital Markets at Pacific Security Capital where he raised debt and equity funds for a wide variety of national real estate projects.

Acheson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Virginia where he was an Echols Scholar. He also received a Masters of Business Administration degree in Finance with distinction from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

“We are pleased to welcome Simon as our CFO at Costa Pacific Communities,” says Rudy Kadlub, CEO of Costa Pacific who has known Acheson for nearly 20 years. “With his unparalleled work ethic and expansive experience in development finance, he will be a valuable asset to our management team.”

Costa Pacific Communities is currently developing the Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Ore. A transit-oriented, master-planned community, Villebois will eventually host 2,600 single- and multi-family homes, more than 35,000 square feet of retail space and 160 acres of parks and communal green space.  

For more information about Costa Pacific Communities or the Villebois Village Center, please visit: www.ChangeHowYouLive.com; or contact Costa Pacific New Home Specialist Andy Green at 866.580.2836 or email info@CostaPacific.com.

Sofia Park in Villebois, Wilsonville, Oregon

Kick off the summer reading season now! The Villebois Events Committee (V.E.C.) and Villebois Ladies Book Club recently announced that on Monday, June 29^th between 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. they will partner together to host the First Annual Villebois Summer Book Exchange under the gazebo in Sofia Park.

Residents are encouraged to bring a book and exchange it for another book! If you are interested in donating your used to books to the Summer Book Exchange, you may drop off your books at the Sofia Park gazebo on Monday, June 29th before the exchange between 3 and 4 p.m.

For more information about the First Annual Summer Book Exchange in the Villebois community in Wilsonville, Oregon, please contact Anita Hickey at aplwhickey@me.com or 503.582.8359 OR Laurie Essig at LaurieEssig@Windermere.com or 503.816.1840.

When it comes to developing and building complete communities with all of the amenities and luxuries its residents need, nobody does it better than master planner Costa Pacific Communities.

Costa Pacific’s newest neighborhood in the Portland metropolitan area, the Villebois Village Center, in Wilsonville, Oregon, will offer residents access to shops and restaurants, cafes and spas. These extra perks of a master-planned community truly make it seem like a bustling European village.

The newest amenity area residents are abuzz about at Villebois is the Villebois Sunday Market. The new farmers market operates every Sunday from May through October and offers a variety of produce and other Northwest-grown goods for neighbors to sample and purchase.

For more information about the Villebois Sunday Market – including a list of vendors and driving directions to the farmers market – you can visit VilleboisSundayMarket.com.To learn more details about the amazing Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Oregon, visit

Last week, Costa Pacific Homes hired Todd Eckelman Photography to take photos of the first Carvalho Condominium model homes in the Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Oregon. Click here to view the complete photo gallery on Flickr of these unique homes.

To see more photos showcasing the unique Villebois neighborhood as well as the newest homes in Oregon’s largest non-resort master-planned community, Villebois, visit www.villebois.net/photo-gallery.php.

For more information about the Carvalho Condominiums as well as the other homes available in the Villebois community, please call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com.

On Saturday, June 13^th, residents living in the Villebois neighborhood in Wilsonville, Oregon, will hold a community-wide garage sale, open to the public between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.

In addition to private residences hosting sales, there will be a refreshment stand and additional garage sale items in Sofia Park at the heart of the Villebois community. All proceeds from the sales in Sofia Park will go to the Villebois Events Committee fund, which plans events and activities for residents living in the Villebois neighborhood.

Driving Directions: From I-5, take exit 283 toward Wilsonville. Head west on SW Wilsonville Road, then turn right at SW Brown Road. Follow that for about half a mile and enter Villebois.

Look for the homes with balloons in their yards when it comes to the residences participating in the community garage sale.

For more information about the upcoming Community Garage Sale, please call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com.

As a transit-oriented community, the Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Oregon is unlike any other neighborhood in the Pacific Northwest.

Developed by award-winning master planner and developer, Costa Pacific Communities, the Villebois Village Center was built on a foundation of connectivity - both inside and outside its neighborhood boundaries. Not only are Villebois residents closely connected with their neighbors, but they are also connected to the rest of the Portland metropolitan area by way of Trimet’s West Side Express Service commuter rail serving the local region.

Nicknamed “WES”, the train gives residents living in the neighborhood easy access to rest of the metropolitan area. The Villebois Village Center is just a short walk or ride from the local Wilsonville WES Station. Or Villebois residents can take advantage of the neighborhood shuttle service and be at the WES Station in minutes.

The station itself offers hundreds of Park & Ride spaces and bike locker spaces, saving residents time and gas. Not to mention, riding the WES commuter rail gives the environmentally conscious individual peace of mind that he or she is helping offset their carbon footprint.

From Wilsonville to Tigard to Tualatin to Beaverton, the commute is quick and easy for WES riders. Once aboard the MAX light rail in Beaverton, commuters are only a hop, skip and a latte from downtown Portland!

A community like the Villebois Village Center will change how you live.

Visit Villebois.com or call 866-580-2836 to learn more about the Villebois Village Center and the WES commuter rail.