Tradition Developers Donate Funds to School Band

11/5/2007

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(From left) Hardeeville City Council member Earl Cooler, Tradition Hilton Head President David Page, Tradition Hilton Head Executive Vice President Matt Amman, Hardeeville Mayor pro tem Brooks Willis, Hardeeville Junior/High School Principal Carletha Youmans, Hardeeville Mayor Rodney Cannon and Tradition Hilton Head Director of Marketing Martin Sauls

Tradition Developers Donate Funds to School Band
HARDEEVILLE, S.C. - The developers of Tradition Hilton Head donated $10,000 to the new Hardeeville Junior and High School Hurricanes band last week.

Tradition Hilton Head President David Page said the gift symbolizes the new community's commitment to the quality of Jasper County's public schools system.

"In all of our developments, we work hard to partner with area schools, from elementary through high school and from community colleges and technical schools to universities," Page said. "We are grateful to have this opportunity to help."

The donation will go toward buying band instruments and uniforms.

Tradition Hilton Head is being developed by Core Communities, a Florida-based leading builder of sustainable and green master-planned communities.

Page said he hopes that other developers in the Hardeeville area will be providing financial support to the new school as well. Exponential growth in home building in the region is driving the need for additional schools.

"Quality education at the public school level is one of the most important cornerstones of a strong community," said Page. "We want Jasper County schools to become as strong as any in this region."

Tradition's gift presentation coincided with the opening of Hardeeville's new pre-kindergarten through 12th grade schools campus on Hurricane Alley, just off U.S. Highway 278 at Interstate 95's Exit 8. Dozens of Hardeeville Junior and High School band members also attended the gift presentation.

Hardeeville Principal Carletha Youmans said Tradition's donation to the band doubled the excitement of opening day at the campus. "We are so happy to add to our campus opening today this wonderful gift from Tradition," she said.

Also on hand for the event were Jasper schools Superintendent Delacy Sanford, Mayor Rodney Cannon, city council members Earl Cooler, Bea Jones and Brooks Willis, and school board members James Gardner and Mike Hubbard.

School officials said long-range plans include developing, in addition to the marching band, a concert band, an orchestra and a jazz ensemble at the Hardeeville schools.

Tradition Hilton Head is being developed by Florida-based Core Communities, a subsidiary of Levitt Corp.

The community will feature a Tom Fazio-designed golf course, a Village Square with stores, shops, restaurants and parks, a fitness center and spa, lakes, parks and gardens.

Phase one, which is under way, will include 1,200 residences on the 200-acre golf course, 100,000 square feet of retail and commercial space and eight acres set aside for new police and fire stations.

Tradition Hilton Head officials say they are focusing on the "active adult" market, baby boomers and second-home buyers.

At build-out, the 5,300-acre development will include more than 9,500 residences, making it one of the Lowcountry's largest communities.

Core Communities is a leading developer of master-planned communities and mixed-use developments that it says are intended to be environmentally sensitive, economically viable, community-oriented and sustainable. The company is developing Tradition, Fla., home to more than 600 families, in western Port St. Lucie. That community is unique among master-planned communities in Florida, featuring single-family residences, townhomes and condominiums, all with an emphasis on family-friendly environments that bridge old-fashioned values with the latest technological advancements. As well, its corporate park can accommodate everything from flex-office and distribution facilities to corporate offices and research centers.

The site of Tradition Hilton Head is the former "West Argent Tract," once timberland owned by paper mills. It is at Independence Boulevard (U.S. 278) and Interstate 95's Exit 8, within the city limits of Hardeeville.

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