Costa Pacific Communities Exemplifies Growing Trend of Sustainable Development in the Pacific Northwest

Wilsonville, Oregon January 7, 2009 — Award-winning master planner and developer Costa Pacific Communities is leading the growing trend of sustainable development throughout the Pacific Northwest. Costa Pacific's Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Ore., was built upon a foundation of sustainability. From the building materials and the natural amenities on-site to the community designs and transportation options, Costa Pacific creates unique places like Villebois in which people love to live.

In developing the Villebois community, Costa Pacific launched a rainwater management plan funded in part by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that filters and redistributes rainwater back into the ground, reducing the amount of pollutants released into the area's streams and rivers. This system incorporates permeable paving stones, permeable asphalt, retention ponds, rooftop gardens and state-of-the-art bio-retention cells in the community planter beds.

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Posted January 2009