The New York Times highlighted Albemarle County’s Bundoran Farm this week.
For those of you not quite familiar with Bundoran, it’s a 2300-acre Preservation Development located in southern Albemarle County. Bundoran encompasses everything that is good about preserving the land and using it’s resources wisely.
From the Bundoran site:
Preservation Development uses limited residential development to preserve the character and use of rural landscapes in perpetuity. Preservation Development has been described as a “three legged stool.” Each leg of the stool represents a different activity and constituency which bear an equal amount of weight.1. Farming – agricultural work and land management activities.
2. Environmental – guided by the work of Audubon International.
3. Development – home ownership and residency on a working farm.
These three interdependent legs of the stool support a development that is endearing, enduring and replicable. Over the few years, some one hundred families will make their home here. Attracted to living in harmony with productive land and creating a community committed to the active application of environmentally responsible principles, these families will not be merely homeowners, but stewards of the land.
Check out the article online here or download it here
If you haven’t driven through Bundoran or hiked the beautiful trails, make it a priority this summer or fall.