WHAT EXCITING NEWS!    HGTV, the well-known cable tv network has teamed up with TRADITION, HILTON HEAD, to build the area's first green home in one of the newest communities in our area.  The GREEN HOME GIVEAWAY 2008 contest will take place between March 21 through May 9, 2008 and one lucky winner will win the home and package that is valued at approximately $850,000.  Not bad, right??? Visit The Tradition, Hilton Head for information about this exciting new community. The contest home will feature around 2000 square feet and will be a traditional Lowcountry styled home plus it will be fully furnished.  Add to that all of the energy efficient features and we'll all be wishing we could be the lucky recipient.  Visit :  www.hgtv.com  for complete contest rules.  03/06/2008

 Levitt and Son, developers of The Tradition in Hardeeville, filed Chapter 11 on  Friday of last week."Abraham Levitt started Levitt and Sons as a luxury home builder in 1929. But the builder is best known for creating Levittown, which was developed for returning soldiers from World War II. The first Levittown home was sold in 1949 in New York's Long Island. Another Levittown opened five years later in Pennsylvania." (From Builder Online.)The Tradition development began early in 2007. It was to be the first master-planned community of its kind in the regionm, encmpoassing 5,300 acres, and plans include more than 9,500 residences, a golf course, retail and commercial space. Land construction, including golf course development, is currently underway; home construction by early 2007.Levitt... 11/13/2007