The term 'agri-hood' was developed as a combination of neighborhood and agriculture. Residents of an agri-hood have access to enormous farms and gardens with fresh vegetables and food, with little and often volunteer gardening responsibilities. For these communities, developers build new construction homes around large farms and often include community space for dining and cooking as well. Drees Home Builders' recent blog on these farm to table communities states that one of the many benefits of an 'agri-hood' is that it offers "homebuyers both practical and emotional benefits, building on themes such as health, wellness and local food production". Agri-hoods have increased in popularity for developers all over the country. Ed McMahon, a senior fellow for sustainable development at the Urban Land Institute talks about new construction developers in a 2014 NYTimes articlestating, “They’ve figured out that unlike a golf course, which costs millions to build and millions to maintain, they can provide green space that actually earns a profit.”
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In Northern Virginia's town of Ashburn, the Willowsford Farm community is a 4,000-acre development opened in 2011. Within Willowsford, 300-acres are focused purely on farm land and it's fully functional farm is the core of the community.
"Willowsford Farm manages over 300 acres of agricultural land, growing more than 100 varieties of vegetables, herbs, fruit, and flowers, and raising several breeds of livestock." - Willowsford.com
Residents can also enjoy two beautiful community centers, the Sycamore House and The Lodge at Willow Lake. Each community area contains pools, meeting areas, community kitchens and more! At least 2,000 families will be able to enjoy living in the Willowsford community as new construction homes are available for purchase since 2011.
If you work with Glass House Real Estate to buy a home in Willowsford, you will a receive 2% rebate on the selling price! Learn more by contacting us today.