Imagine…riding the WES commuter train home from work, on your short walk to your new home, you pass trails and sidewalks shaded by towering trees, there are families in the park, laughing playing together. You stop to pick up some fresh pastries in Piazza Villebois or fresh vegetables at the Villebois Sunday Market.

As you step out onto the cobblestone street, you exhale “Life is good.”

The award-winning Villebois community in Wilsonville, Oregon, has been designed to feel and live like a cozy and vibrant village, with timeless European-inspired architecture and 160 acres of parks and beautiful landscaping.

At the heart of Villebois resides Piazza Villebois, where friends from the entire community come to relax and mingle together on the streets; you will always see a friendly face in Piazza Villebois.

An exceptional, award-winning diverse design and sustainable, social community, Villebois is proud to live a green lifestyle with its innovative rainwater management plan. In Villebois, you are connected to the area’s natural features.

Change how YOU live.

Go to ChangeHowYouLive.com and visit the Villebois Living section, then come and visit in person just west of downtown Wilsonville. For directions visit ChangeHowYouLive.com or call 866.580.2836. You can also email Blog@CostaPacific.com for more details about this exceptional, new community.

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Award-winning developer Costa Pacific Communities is renowned for designing transit-oriented, master-planned neighborhoods on the cutting edge of New Urbanist Planning. The most current community Costa Pacific has developed under a New Urban Design is Villebois in Wilsonville, Oregon. However, prior to developing Villebois, Costa Pacific saw tremendous success in its award-winning mixed-use community Orenco Station located in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Sociology professor Bruce Podobnik of Lewis and Clark College in Portland, conducted a research study over the past five years about New Urban living, surveying residents living in Orenco Station in addition to three other Portland-area neighborhoods. Two of the well-established neighborhoods were urban – one poor and one middle-class. The third neighborhood studied was a suburban middle-class development of cul-de-sacs. Orenco Station was the fourth neighborhood.

The survey found that residents living in Orenco Station believed their community to be friendlier, that it offers more of a sense of community than other places they have lived, that they walk more often to stores, and that they use public transportation.

According to the study, the percentage of residents living in the other three neighborhoods studied “came nowhere close to saying they were as sociable and community-oriented as those in Orenco Station”.

This survey is evidence that Costa Pacific’s New Urbanist philosophy of high-density, multiple use, walkable neighborhoods can foster more socially connected, healthier lifestyles within urban environments. Click here to read the complete article.

Costa Pacific’s newest community, Villebois, was founded on the same basic New Urban fundamentals. Located near the Westside Express Service commuter rail and plans to feature a town center with retail space and high density housing products, Villebois will soon offer its residents all that Orenco Station has and more.

To learn more about Orenco Station or Villebois, call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com. You may also visit www.CostaPacific.com.

Villebois is unmatched in its commitment to community.

This commitment starts in the Villebois Village Center, the hub of the neighborhood, where a bustling mix of row homes, loft-style condominiums and retail space will embody the character of a European village.

At the heart of the neighborhood, sits Piazza Villebois – a lively plaza and dedicated community space for area residents to sit and enjoy their morning coffee, spend hours chatting with old friends or while away the afternoon on the bocce ball courts. Piazza Villebois will also be a location for popular events such as live musical entertainment, the Villebois Sunday Market and seasonal festivals.

Additionally, if you’re in the market to invest in commercial real estate in Wilsonville, Oregon, the Villebois Village Center is the prime location. Soon the neighborhood will have its own hot spots, along with commercial Villebois spaces such as offices, retail shops, restaurants, sidewalk cafés and other conveniences.

And while Villebois retail is being completed, you can find incredible places to eat in Portland, which was recently named one of the country’s best restaurant cities by The New York Times. Because Portland is such a short drive or ride away on the WES Commuter Rail, you’re always close to everything you want or need.

To learn more about the retail opportunities in the Villebois Village Center, click here to read a letter from Costa Pacific Communities CEO, Rudy Kadlub, developer of the Villebois neighborhood. Or call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com for additional information.

Check out Wilsonville, Oregon’s newest store located at 29702 SW Town Center Loop W next to West Coast Bank! Carol Rose Home Treasures, which sells home decor, gifts and accessories, will host its Grand Opening on April 8^th, offering food and prizes from Noon to 1 p.m. to residents throughout the Wilsonville community.

Named in memory of shop owner Lynne Miller’s mother, Carol Rose Home Treasures sells quality merchandise at discount prices in a friendly, inviting atmosphere. Lynne is also a resident of the Villebois community.

Enter to win prizes at the Grand Opening by bringing canned food, cash or checks, made payable to “Wilsonville Community Sharing”. The new store will donate a portion of the day’s sales to the local charity.

For more information about the Grand Opening of Carol Rose Home Treasures in Wilsonville, Oregon, email Blog@CostaPacific.com.