Atlanta golf community,  Heron Bay Golf and Country Club was featured on Atlanta’s Best New Homes on Fox on Sunday, February 28 at 10 a.m., but if you missed it you can still catch the video on YouTube and see everything this master-planned community is known for.

Heron Bay is a golf and lake community located in Locust Grove, south of Atlanta and has some of the most amazing amenities in the Southern Crescent.

One of the most woderful amenities is the lakefront park which allows one to look out over the 1,100 acre Cole Resevoir and enjoy the warm weather heading our way. (more…)

The Heron Bay community and residents of Henry and Spalding counties recently celebrated the approval of Heron Bay Academy’s charter from the State of Georgia Charter Commission.

The celebratory meeting was held on Wednesday, March 3rd at 7:00 p.m. at the Heron Bay Lodge. Residents from both Henry and Spalding counties met to celebrate the new charter and to identify opportunities for volunteering and leadership. Discussion was held regarding the next steps Henry County will take. Some of the steps included the  need for volunteer assistance, anticipated timeliness and being able to answer questions.

35 groups applied to the commission for new charters and Heron Bay Academy was one of only seven approved charters this past year. (more…)

The Heron Bay Community Liaison Committee is hosting a Blood Drive on Saturday, February 27 . The American Red Cross will be parking the Blood Mobile at the Sales and Information Center from 10AM to 3PM. All residents at the Atlanta lake community are encouraged bring friends and family members to donate blood.

Any participants donating blood or platelets between January 1 and March 31, 2010 are entered into a drawing for a $1000 gift card.  Join the effort to help those in need of lifesaving blood.

Appointments can be made by visiting www.redcrossblood.org. The sponsor code is “heronbay”. (more…)

D.R. Horton Homes has introduced 8 new floor plans this year in Heron Bay Golf & Country Club, a master-planned community in Henry County.

In addition, D.R. Horton is offering incredible home buyer incentives.  The Summit at Heron Bay has 5 new floor plans; 3 of which start under $200k and the other 2 are also affordable priced at beginning in the $200s.

The Brookwood is gorgeous with a two-story foyer and great room opening into the spacious kitchen and breakfast area. A formal dining room and study are also found on the first floor. Upstairs you’ll find three of the four bedrooms offered in this home. In addition, there is a loft perfect for a media room or fifth bedroom if needed.

Future homeowners that have a lit more “budge” to their budget should consider the Westerly, starting around $220,000. (more…)

Kicking off the new year,  The Henry Players will be performing The Women Thursday, February 18 through Sunday, February 21. The Women by Clare Boothe Luce is a satirical performance situated in 1936 to 1938 and focuses on high society wives in New York City.

The cast is made up of all women, but like most of the conversations we have with our girlfriends  men are the the focal point of the conversation throughout the play.  These  upper-class women experience marriage, divorce, vanity and gossip: all of which play heavily in their daily struggle to move themselves up in society.

Damon and Kay Bohan, residents of the Atlanta golf community, Heron Bay Golf and Country Club, volunteer their time with the Henry Players.

In addition to volunteering, the busy couple also runs a local salon, Damon’s Design Team in McDonough. They have both performed in several plays as well as done the hair and makeup for a few of the productions.

Damon directed Sweeney Todd during the 2009 season and Kay was the Assistant Director for Deathtrap. She will also be appearing in The Women. (more…)

D.R. Horton homes is offering “Sweetheart Deals” on 7 of their ready-to-move in homes located in the Atlanta golf community of Heron Bay Golf and Country Club.

Home buyers can now get sweet prices on several models including a 3 bedroom ranch home at $185,600 and a 2 story home on a basement at $238,695.

These homes include a side-by-side refrigerator, microwave, washer and dryer and blinds on every window in the house and 6% closing cost paid by seller.

Four available homes in The Villas at Heron Bay are well priced under $200,000. One home has gorgeous view of the 9th hole on the Canongate Golf Course. The model home is also available and has a finished bonus room above the garage.  The Villas includes a monthly lawn maintenance program for carefree living. (more…)

Mature-market (55+) home buyers in a recent survey conducted by the National Association of Home Builders and the MetLife Mature Market Institute showed a split in preferences from one age group to the next. The younger group, age 55-64 years old, was found to have greater interest in a home that was tech heavy in its design, whereas the older group, 65+, preferred the home to be a one- story with universal design features.

Some surprising information that came out of this survey was that the younger group preferred service oriented homes and communities versus one that had greater amenities and social activities. One thing they both had in common was the desire for home maintenance and repair to be included, as well as other services like housekeeping, on-site health care (more…)

When purchasing a new home we are often inundated with a myriad of acronyms: FDIC, HOA, ARM, TILA. All the different abbreviations and terms can get jumbled up and while most of them have to do with the buying and lending process, there is one that is important to you as both a home buyer and a homeowner: HOA.

What is an HOA?

Also known as a Homeowner’s Association, HOAs are often created by the developer to maintain the quality of the neighborhood. Once a certain number of homes have been sold, the developer often turns the HOA over to the community to run. Depending on the community, HOAs function in different capacities. In the Atlanta golf community of Heron Bay Golf & Country Club, the Homeowner’s Association is run by the developer, Minerva Properties. (more…)

The Heron Bay Community Liaison Committee, made up of residents in the Henry county community, is already busy planning their give-back events to benefit several organizations throughout the upcoming year.  The Liaison Committee is dedicated to reaching out to both Heron Bay residents and those in need throughout the world.

The January project “SAVE Your Greeting Cards” encourages residents to donate their old Christmas and greeting cards to benefit the St. Jude’s Ranch for Children.

St. Jude’s recycles the cards and sells them on their website. The children at the ranch play a big part in re-creating the “new” cards by removing the front of the cards and attaching a new back. The children benefit from the program by receiving payment for their work and they also learn the importance of “going green”. (more…)

A women cries as workers dig through the rubble in search of her nephew, whose cries could be heard in a collapsed building in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Thursday, January 14, 2010. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Residents of Atlanta golf community, Heron Bay Golf & Country Club are known for giving back to their community throughout the year.

Now when those outside the Henry county area are in need, residents of the master-planned community are committed to making sure that everyone knows how they can donate to the Haiti.

One of the easiest forms of donation is through text messages. By texting “HAITI” to 90999 on your cell phone and $10 will be donated to the Red Cross for the relief efforts.  The charge will show up on your next cell phone bill. (more…)