| Where to Retire
Magazine
The Parke at Ocean Pines Named Best
Community for Second Time!
BURKE, VA. – September 19,
2005. Slenker Communities’s Central Parke
55+ Active Adult division, has another award to add to their growing
portfolio. Their 55+ Resort Community near Ocean City, Maryland, The
Parke at Ocean Pines, was named one of the “100
Best Master-Planned Communities” by Where to Retire magazine
in their July/August issue. This is the second time The
Parke received this recognition; the first time The Parke
won this award was in 2003.
Where to Retire magazine began their biennial recognition of
communities in 1999 and have witnessed a rapidly increasing growth in
developments marketed to the empty nesters and retirees. Among the trends
noticed are retirement communities reaching beyond the Sunbelt, an increase
of developments in suburban and semirural areas and communities that
preserve the natural habitat creating trails and parks.
According to Mr. Slenker, “More and more retirees are making the
decision to live close to family and friends, rather than leave the
area where they have roots. One trend is multigenerational communities
where an Active Adult neighborhood is developed within a larger master-planned
community with multiple generations like we created with The
Parke and Central Parke at Lowes Island
in Northern Virginia’s Cascades neighborhood. Many Active Adults
are choosing to continue working or work part-time so they need to find
a community close to where they have been living and working rather
than “retiring” to the Sunbelt. We recognized this and have
created 55+ communities that would meet this growing trend.”
Central Parke communities have a history of
award recognition. The Parke was named The
Environmental Community of The Year and received the prestigious, nationally
recognized Finest for Family Living Award for being the Best Resort
Community in the Mid-Atlantic region. Central Parke at Victoria
Falls in Laurel, Maryland was awarded the Platinum Award
for Best Community in the early development stages for Large Active
Adult Community.
Central Parke Communities are known for their
extraordinary lifestyle, highly desirable locations where residents
can live close to family and friends, and extensive collection of homes
built by some of the nation’s most respected builders. Parent
company Slenker Communities, has also been named “Environmental
Developer of the Year" and received Awards of Excellence for their
planning and development. ###
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