The Village of Blume Designated as an ISC Chartered Member

Harrisburg, NC, February 27, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The International Sustainability Council (ISC) announced today that the Village of Blume, a newly planned neighborhood located in Harrisburg, North Carolina has been designated as an ISC Chartered Member.

The ISC is a not-for-profit coalition of leaders, dedicated to advancing the understanding between ecological, social and economic systems for the mutual benefit of people and the environment.

The developer of the project, Taylor Properties Group LLC, sought assistance from Audubon Lifestyles, Inc. a non-profit organization believing that the most natural way to foster sustainability is by working to balance the triple bottom line of people, profit, and planet. Operating with the main purpose of benefiting society, Audubon Lifestyles delivers sustainable programming, services and certifications that are cost effective and reduce risk. With their guidance and support the Village of Blume is proud to have successfully developed an approved Sustainability Charter that complements the development’s sustainability efforts.

“Creating and implementing a Sustainability Charter is the key first step in becoming truly engaged in sustainability. A Sustainability Charter lays the framework upon which all sustainable endeavors should begin.” said R. Eric Dodson, Audubon Lifestyles President, and an ISC Council Member. “We are pleased that Taylor Properties Group has chosen to take these steps, and we are proud to add their name next to an increasing list of ISC Chartered Members from around the world”.

The ISC Principles of Sustainability serves as a basis for preparing and adopting a place-based Sustainability Charter for governmental agencies, universities, businesses and not-for-profit organizations, and becomes a public declaration of how the ISC Chartered Member intends to manage itself over time, and in accordance with the Principles of Sustainability.

“We believe that the Sustainability Charter developed for The Village of Blume captures all the elements that we are attempting to implement in our project.” stated Bob Taylor of Taylor Properties Group. He continued by stating, “We are in total agreement with what we have sent to the ISC Council, and feel it represents our commitment to advancing the Principles of Sustainability at the Village of Blume”.

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