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High in the Pacific Northwest is a rural oasis for active adults that boasts breathtaking mountain views and beautiful sunsets while also being close to extensive recreational activities, shopping, medical and community centers and free public bus transportation.
The award-winning Meadow Ranch, developed and built by ActiveWest Builder in picturesque Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, incorporates smart growth principles, urbanism and green building. The 80-home community is sited on a 12-acre urban infill lot formerly zoned for light commercial.
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Harkening Back to a Simpler Way of Life
With its refurbished red barn, originally built in the 1950s, and an 80-year-old windmill near the entrance, Meadow Ranch was created as a friendly, easily accessible, diverse neighborhood that projecting a strong sense of place that underscores the area's rural roots.
Meadow Ranch harkens back to a simpler way of life. There’s a community library, meandering hiking and biking trails, organic community gardens, a greenhouse, a small apple orchard and a seasonal farmers market. Community gatherings and pot-lucks are held in a common area adjacent to the barn and orchard.
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Moving Forward With Award-Winning Sustainability
Winner of the Idaho Smart Growth & Green Building Award and a finalist in the Green category of NAHB’s 2012 Best of 50+ Housing awards, Meadow Ranch green features include Energy Star-certified homes with HERS scores as low as 46; community connectivity to medical facilities, schools, bike routes, open space and more; low-flow plumbing fixtures to conserve water; and low-maintenance landscaping that features drought-tolerant plants, drip irrigation and no turf — so residents don’t have to worry about mowing their lawns.
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All building materials are local and non-toxic, and all the paints, adhesives and sealants are low-VOC. The homes are built using pre-cut advanced framing. Wood floors and doors are manufactured locally from wood reclaimed from Idaho barns, and 95% of construction waste is recycled and diverted from landfills.
In addition, 100% of the stormwater is captured onsite.
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Universal Design
The community's cottage-style homes incorporate such aging-in-place and universal design features as zero-step entrances, wider hallways, adaptable bathrooms and kitchens, roll-in showers and radiant floor heating.
The homes range in size from 800 to 2,200 square fee.t with master suites on the ground floor, and all have front porches to encourage neighborly conversation.
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To ease residents’ worries and allow for more leisure time, low monthly home owners association fees cover front landscaping maintenance and watering, the community gardens and apple orchard and snow removal — which helps make Meadow Ranch a winter paradise as well.
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