“You can sit here with everything turned off and just listen to the wind in the trees.”
—Forest Reserve Owner
“Where else do you get a gated community and forest land still fairly close to the city?”
—Jim Hodgeboom, Property Owner
“WREDCO is conducting an experiment in "in-forest" living, the only one of its kind in the United States.”
—KOMO 4 News, November 19, 2004
“There’s nobody else really selling this forestry concept… it’s neat to keep alive the forestry legacy that Weyerhaeuser pioneered over a hundred years ago.”
—The (Aberdeen) Daily World, July 13, 2007
“Weyerhaeuser, considered the Pioneer, upgrades the roads, puts in power and telephone lines, builds trails with names like Blue Suede Shoes, gives buyers a forest management plan tailored to their property and even provides an electronic gate.”
—The New York Times, September 24, 2005
“Weyerhaeuser, considered the Pioneer, upgrades the roads, puts in power and telephone lines, builds trails with names like Blue Suede Shoes, gives buyers a forest management plan tailored to their property and even provides an electronic gate.”
—The New York Times, September 24, 2005
“People are looking for an investment. They're looking for a lifestyle.”
—The Oregonian, December 26, 2006
“…The "Forest Reserve" communities, as they are sometimes called, let buyers build their dream homes on the land and then manage the property in the surrounding woods as a small tree farm.”
—The Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2004
“It's like a little paradise on earth. I can see myself growing old, looking out the window at that gorgeous mountain.”
—Tom & Gracie Pauly, Property Owners
“...The "Forest Reserve" communities, as they are sometimes called, let buyers build their dream homes on the land and then manage the property in the surrounding woods as a small tree farm.”
—Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2004
“There are financial incentives for buyers. Annual property taxes are… (low)… because of its forestland designation.”
—Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2004
“It's kind of like going to summer camp but living on it.”
—Wayne Arnold, Property Owner
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