The 3rd Annual Villebois

Easter Egg Hunt

Friday, April 2

(rain or shine—dress appropriately!)

4pm @ Sofia Park

This event is open to EVERYONE – not just Villebois neighbors. But to make this egg hunt a success, we need your help!

If your child is planning to participate, please contribute at least one dozen plastic eggs filled with something (an M and M, a Skittle, a sticker, etc). We need A LOT of eggs so please contribute AS MANY EGGS AS YOU CAN.

We also need the plastic eggs that look like rocks or grass to make it more challenging for the big kids. These are typically available, pre-filled, at Costco or Target.

Please bring your eggs to 29507 SW Venezia on or before Friday, April 2nd at 11 a.m. or bring them to Sofia Park at 1 p.m. on April 2nd to help hide them.

Please consider contributing to the prize basket. These baskets will be filled with new, inexpensive, age-appropriate prizes for the kids who find the golden eggs. You can drop off prizes when you drop off your eggs, but it would help me plan if you tell me you’ll be donating prizes too.

Don’t have kids? Just want to watch or help? No problem! We could really use egg or prize donations, or help hiding the eggs. Or just come and join the fun!

Questions/Comments: Contact Allison Sherman at

allison@sherman.me or 503-709-2317.

OR

For more information about Villebois or the Bunny is Coming Event, please contact Costa Pacific Homes New Home Specialist Andy Green at 866.580.2836 or Blog@CostaPacific.com. The Costa Pacific Homes sales office in the Villebois Village Center is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and Sunday; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. You may also visit ChangeHowYouLive.com.

Costa Pacific Homes recently announced that its latest development, the Villebois neighborhood in Wilsonville, Oregon, is a finalist for the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) most prestigious builder award: the Community of the Year Award.

This nomination is nothing new for the award-winning master planner and developer. In 1999, Costa Pacific received the prestigious Community of the Year Award for another development it designed: Orenco Station in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Villebois offers area homebuyers a broad assortment of home styles and amenities from which to choose. Based on the intimacy and character of traditional European villages, the Villebois Village Center features everything from condominiums and row homes to apartments and buildings with ground level retail or office space. The Piazza Villebois, a dedicated community space and plaza, will serve as the heart of the Villebois Village Center and will be the future site of community events and other activities.

The NAHB will announce the winner of this year’s Community of the Year Award in January. Stay tuned.

For more information about the award-winning Villebois or Orenco Station communities, please call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com. You may also visit www.CostaPacific.com to learn more about Costa Pacific Homes’ latest projects.

The Villebois Events Committee (V.E.C.) in Wilsonville, Oregon’s Villebois neighborhood recently announced that it will host a Merry & Bright Party in heart of the award-winning Villebois community this Friday, December 4, 2009.

The event will include caroling, cocoa drinking, cookie eating and all around holiday cheer in the Sofia Park Pavilion in Villebois to mark the official start of the holidays. Villebois and area neighbors are invited to ring in the season together this Friday in the community in which the live, work, play and learn.

The V.E.C. will provide hot cocoa and hot cider. Guests are invited to bring a plate of holiday goodies to share as well as a flashlight. Caroling books will also be provided.

The Merry & Bright Party is just one of the many community activities that homeowners throughout the Villebois neighborhood regularly come together to take part in. The Villebois community is designed as a social environment where homeowners get to know their neighbors and develop lifelong friendships.

Click here for a complete list of Villebois neighborhood activities.

Change how you live. Envision yourself living in this social community.

For more information about Villebois or the Merry & Bright Event, please contact Costa Pacific Homes New Home Specialist Andy Green at 866.580.2836 or Blog@CostaPacific.com. The Costa Pacific Homes sales office in the Villebois Village Center is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and Sunday; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. You may also visit ChangeHowYouLive.com.

Monsters, fairies, witches and clowns: Join neighbors in Wilsonville, Oregon’s Villebois community for the best parade in town! On Halloween, all costumed Villebois residents and anyone else who cares to join – kids or adults – are invited to congregate at the Sofia Park Pavilion in the Villebois neighborhood to march, stroll, ride or roll on a short parade route to kick off the Halloween festivities. The parade starts at 6 p.m. and ends with refreshments and activities. The Villebois community hopes you can join in a ghoulishly good time!

Homeowners throughout the Villebois neighborhood regularly come together for a variety of fun and exciting community activities.

Here are just a few of the many events planned at Villebois:

-          Villebois Sunday Market – Wilsonville’s only farmers market runs every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May through October

-          Easter Egg Hunt – Bring the kids and search for treats in Sofia Park

-          Community Garage Sale – Feel good about getting rid of the items you no longer want

-          4^th of July Parade – Watch neighbors get creative with floats and decorations as you celebrate our nation’s independence  

-          Campout Movie Night in the Park – Join neighbors as you watch old favorites on a projection screen in Palermo Park

-          Oktoberfest – Enjoy German fare while celebrating the festival with friends

-          Potluck Concert in the Park – Bring your favorite side dish and dine al fresco with other Villebois homeowners while listening to local musicians

-          Christmas Caroling – Celebrate the holidays by caroling throughout the neighborhood

-          Bunco and Poker Nights – Try your hand at game night with one of the many groups in the community

-          Ladies Night Out – Meet new friends while you tour area restaurants and bars or meet at neighbors’ homes each month

-          Book Clubs – Join one of the community book clubs and catch up on the latest bestsellers

-          Weekly potluck block parties

Call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com today to learn more about life in Villebois. Or visit www.ChangeHowYouLive.com.  

This Sunday, August 30^th, the Children Cancer Association (CCA) will be in attendance at the Villebois Sunday Market in Wilsonville, Oregon’s Villebois neighborhood selling raffle tickets to individuals interested in winning a new 2009 Mini Cooper valued at $28,700 and equipped with premium packages. All proceeds from the raffle will benefit the CCA, so you know you’ll be making a difference in your community.

The winner of the new Mini Cooper will be announced at the CCA’s 13th Annual Celebration of Courage Family Festival on Sunday, September 13^th from Noon to 4 p.m. at One World Trade Center in downtown Portland. Come celebrate the heroism and bravery of the children and teens the CCA serves with a fun-filled afternoon of free arts & crafts, face-painting, balloon art, live music and much, much more.

The CCA will also unveil its Wall of Courage display, featuring the portraits of 25 local children and teens selected for their grace and courage in battling a serious illness. Many of these “Community Heroes” are on hand at the festival to greet guests, celebrate with their families, and enjoy their “Hero” status.

For more information about the Celebration of Courage Family Festival presented by Parker Johnstone’s Wilsonville Honda, email events@joyrx.org. Admission is free!

In the meantime, visit your future Mini Cooper in person at the Villebois Sunday Market this Sunday and purchase your $35 raffle tickets! Only 5,000 tickets will be sold. To purchase tickets online, click here or call CCA at 503-244-3141.

Don’t forget! The drawing for the new 2009 Mini Cooper will be held on September 13, 2009. Hurry! Tickets are going fast!

For more information about the Villebois Sunday Market or the Villebois community, please visit www.ChangeHowYouLive.com; call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com.

Beginning next Tuesday, August 18th and continuing through Saturday, August 23rd, the Clackamas County Fair is offering a shuttle service between Wilsonville and Canby, Oregon, inviting area residents to come and check out the Fair!

And while you’re out and about, check out the Villebois neighborhood located in Wilsonville. Take in the beautiful homes and ample green space or take a tour of the brand new homes for sale in the Villebois Village Center. You are also welcome to visit the Villebois Sunday Market, held every weekend at 11422 SW Barber Street, Wilsonville. Browse the fresh vegetables and other summer goodies or start your holiday shopping early!

To learn more about the assortment of events and recreational opportunities  available in Wilsonville, Oregon and the surrounding area – including the Clackamas County Fair and the Villebois Sunday Market – please visit: www.villebois.net/events.php or call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com.  

Dreyer’s Ice Cream recently hosted its Slow Churned^® Neighborhood Salute ice cream party contest, and the award-winning Villebois community in Wilsonville, Ore. was selected as a Grand Prize winner TWICE out of hundreds of thousands of neighborhoods from across the nation. The neighborhood-wide ice cream social will be held

Earlier this Spring, Villebois residents submitted essays to Dreyer’s, nominating their 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. Two Villebois residents, Andy Green and Allison Sherman, submitted well-written essays that were selected by Dreyer’s amongst this year’s winners.

Both Green and Sherman received disposable cameras, ice cream scoops and paper products supplied by Dreyer’s in their Party in a Box. The popular ice cream company has requested the cameras be used to chronicle the event with photos that can be posted by Dreyer’s on their website.

“While we residents knew it all along, we are excited that Dreyer’s recognized what a wonderful community Villebois is by awarding us with this party,” says Green. “I can’t think of a better way to bring neighbors and families together than over a bowl of ice cream.”

Located just south of Portland, Ore., the Villebois neighborhood is a transit-oriented, master-planned community that 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.  

The Villebois Events Committee (V.E.C.) will host the Villebois ice cream party at 7 p.m. on Aug. 15. For more information about the Villebois Village Center, please visit: www.ChangeHowYouLive.com or call 866.580.2836.

Take a beautiful 3.4 mile walking tour through the city of Wilsonville, Oregon’s (home to the Villebois neighborhood) oldest and largest park, Memorial Park.

The City of Wilsonville is working in partnership with METRO’s “Walk There” program by providing a guided walking tour that starts at Murase Plaza winds south past the historic barn and down to the sports fields and recreational areas.

The tour will continue to the east where a pedestrian footbridge allows a beautiful viewing point of Boeckman Creek.

Heading south, the trail loops around undeveloped park areas with open meadows and enters an old growth forested area with views of the Willamette River.

Don’t forget your camera or your binoculars so that you can capture the beauty and wildlife that you observe.

For more information about Wilsonville, Oregon, real estate in Oregon or Wilsonville condos, please call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com.

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

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.