CHALLENGES AND BEST PRACTICES
Heather McGowan, manager of Association Archives for the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), said being very intentional about master planning for sustainability and resiliency paid off for Babcock, while surrounding communities built to conventional subdivision standards suffered huge losses.
Babcock also proves that resilient design can be attainable for many people.
The median listing price for a
resilient Babcock Ranch home is $415,000, while a conventional built home in
nearby Fort Myers is listing for a median of $380,000.
“There was little evidence that
Babcock had just spent eight hours under a hurricane.
Some newer trees had fallen over, some
signs were damaged, and a few roof tiles had been dislodged, but the town was
not flooded, native vegetation remained intact, and the electricity and water
never went out,” McGown’s NAR report stated.
She encouraged communities to
incorporate green building standards and to search for ways of funding part of
that cost.
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