Posted by Joe Barnes on April 26th, 2008

During my boys recent springbreak, we made the American family pilgramage to Walt Disney World. During our visit, we made a side trip to Celebration, FL, the town I was priveleged to work on with my current partners from Celebration Associates — Charles Adams and Don Killoren.

Building a new town from scratch is not an easy endevor. It requires the talents, passion and hardwork of many people. Of all the items we had to assist with the creation of Celebration, the most important item of all was the fact that everyone involved had a extremely clear vision of what we hoped the town would look like and feel like.

It was great to that Celebration not only looked great, it felt great.

During my drive back to Charlottesville, I reflected on the vast differences between Celebration and Bundoran Farm. Perhaps the biggest difference is that with Celebration, we had to image what things would look like when the initial development activites were finished. At Bundoran Farm, you don’t have to image to hard to see what things will look like in 5, 10 or 50 years since the look and feel of this legacy landscape can be experienced by touring the property today. And thanks to all the steps we have taken to preserve the character and use of the land in perpuity and to respect the traditions of the Charlottesville/Albemarle County region, the before and the after will be nearly identical.

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