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2009 Dream Home Awards Honor Reynolds Plantation And Linger Longer Homes

Greensboro, Ga. (June 11, 2009) – Reynolds Plantation has been named the Community of the Year by the Dream Home Awards.  Linger Longer Homes has also been recognized with a Silver Award for the Points North Magazine Signature Home at Achasta in Dahlonega, Ga.  The Dream Home Awards, an independent award program for the nation’s building industry, are designed to reward excellence in the building industry for architecture, building, design and innovation.

Linger Longer Homes was presented with a Silver Award for the Custom Contemporary Home of the Year.  The Points North Magazine Signature Home project included custom builder Linger Longer Homes, St. John Starcher Interior Designs, Inc. and Terry Allen, of Bogart, Ga., as the photographer.

“The Points North Magazine Signature Home represented a fresh new look in style, materials and finish designed to complement a breathtaking community,” said Tom Allhoff, vice president of Linger Longer Homes.  “The ability to design and build a new home to fit into such a spectacular setting was very rewarding for all of our design and build team members.”

Dream Home Awards are presented to those companies and individuals who assist in creating America’s Dream Homes and set new standards of excellence in the nation’s building industry.  The competition is open to interior designers, architects, builders, remodelers, communities and trade contractors.  Firms from across the country are invited to compete in categories such as custom home products, interior design, commercial and mixed-use projects, as well as the prestigious Community of the Year award.

The selection of exceptional judges is critical to the Dream Home Awards.  All of the judges are builders, developers, architects, interior designers and/or marketing professionals. Judges are selected to produce the most well-rounded, highly qualified and geographically diverse judging group possible.

About Reynolds Plantation

Named the “Best of the Best” Golf Community by Robb Report and the community with the “Best Golf” in America by the editors of GOLF Magazine, Reynolds Plantation, located between Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia, is a gated community with more than 80 miles of shoreline on Lake Oconee.  Reynolds Plantation features 99 holes of championship golf from designers Bob Cupp, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Rees Jones and Jim Engh; Pete Dye has begun work on the community’s 6^th golf course.  Reynolds Plantation is also home to The Reynolds Golf Academy, as well as the exclusive TaylorMade Kingdom.  The community offers members a variety of dining options, swimming pools, pedestrian trails, three full-service marinas and The Lake Club Wellness Campus with its award-winning Tennis Center, under the direction of Peter Burwash International.  GOLF Magazine, Golf Digest and TRAVEL + LEISURE Golf all debuted their first-ever “ultimate golf homes” at Reynolds Plantation, with LINKS Magazine joining the “sweep” with the opening of its first-ever “GreenHouse” on Earth Day 2009.  Reynolds Plantation is also home to the AAA Five Diamond Award-winning Ritz-Carlton Lodge, a 251-room lakefront resort and spa ranked No. 5 in the “Top 100 Golf Resorts” worldwide by Condé Nast Traveler Magazine.  For more information, call 800-800-5250 or visit www.reynoldsplantation.com.