Clayton Residential Community Wins Prestigious STARS Award

Raleigh, NC -- (SBWire) -- 10/07/2010 -- Norwood Thompson, partner of Walthom Group (http://www.walthomgroup.com), has announced that Portofino, a residential community located in Clayton (http://www.portofinonc.com), has been named the 2010 Master Planned Community of the Year by the North Carolina Home Builders Association at its annual STARS Awards event on Sept. 15. The Community of the Year is one of the event’s top honors and is judged on implementation and creativity of marketing plan, effectiveness and continuity of all marketing phases, overall quality of presentation and overall sales success.

QUOTES:
“It is an incredible honor to be named 2010 Community of the Year for the state of North Carolina,” said Thompson. “Our team has worked incredibly hard to make Portofino a unique community and this award is a testament to that effort.”

DETAILS:
- Portofino received a total of four STARS Awards. In addition to Master Planned Community of the Year, Portofino was named Best Website for a Community, Best Sales Office/Information Pavilion for a Master Planned Community and Special Project – Commercial for the Ali 2 Equestrian Center.

ABOUT PORTOFINO:
Located about four miles north of Highway 70 on 42 East in Clayton, N.C., Portofino is an upscale community that provides abundant recreation on spacious acres, as well as convenient access to I-95, I-40, Research Triangle Park, RDU Airport and the major universities in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. The community will be home to a state-of-the-art equestrian center that houses boarding, training, and riding facilities, and includes fenced pastures as well as indoor and outdoor riding arenas. Buyers can bring their own plans and use one of the community’s premium builders for their lot in Portofino. Amenities include a pool, clubhouse, miles of trails, a pond and access to the Neuse River. The community is equipped with roads, infrastructure, and high speed fiber optic communications. Portofino offers several collections associated with different home price ranges, including Churchill from the $260s to $375,000, Belmont from $375,000 to $500,000, Saratoga from $500,000 to $1.5 million, and future plans call for an independent living collection for homebuyers of age 55-plus. For more information, visit http://www.portofinonc.com.

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