River Rock, Book Two

Book 2

LOOK ahead Peer into the planning notes and placemaking, traditions and memories, places and experiences that bring to life the ideals on which River Rock was founded, and the promise of what the future holds for its fortunate families.

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In Book Two, Legasus presents the philosophy, differentiators, hopes, and plans for an Appalachian community whose time has come.

Referred to as “New Pattern Living,” the philosophy that guides River Rock is based on holistic sustainability and grounded in the embracing ambition of “long-term wellbeing for all.” Holistic sustainability seeks to protect and preserve culture, community, and the collective memory, the corporeal as well as the spiritual, the people as well as the earth. New Pattern Living contends that health and wealth are mutually inclusive, and that it is only in the pooling of knowledge and resources from both sightlines – the past and the future – that ‘New Pattern Living’ becomes synonymous with ‘New Pattern Luxury.’

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A Charmed Location Geographically, River Rock is situated just over an hour west of Asheville and less than a three-hour drive from Knoxville, Charlotte, and Atlanta, where Hartsfield-Jackson, “the world’s busiest passenger airport,” provides a major connecting hub to destinations worldwide.

The contemplative quiet of River Rock’s enfolding setting is just an easy, scenic drive away from the rich, small-town yet urban, energy of Asheville. The thriving art-deco downtown of this storied city finds streets lined with crowded shops, cafés, and restaurants by day. By night, Asheville’s brightly lit marquees and live music scene, unrivaled in the Southeast, explain the deep-seated pride of its inhabitants.

Just within the western border of Asheville, visitors are welcome to experience a taste of Gilded Age grandeur and the legacy that most inspired the River Rock story, within the grounds and winery of Vanderbilt’s Biltmore Estate.

The two tiny towns that gave the Plateau its name and charm are among River Rock’s closest neighbors. In Cashiers,

voted one of America’s “Top Dream Towns” by Outdoor Magazine, residents will find a village atmosphere suspended in time, yet very much in touch with the here and now.

High-end outdoor equipment shops share the tree-lined roads with turnof-the-century boarding houses, many protected as historic landmarks. Over in slightly larger Highlands, the traditional Main Street receives the bulk of Plateau tourists come for the fishing, mountains, and spirit. Fine restaurants, a top-ranked spa, and Old World warmth make Highlands a favorite River Rock neighbor.

When the town of Cashiers was first being settled in the mid-1800s, Plateau terrain was so wild and dense, it could take up to one week to travel thirty-five miles.

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River Rock’s five topographically unique neighborhood parcels are arranged in a cluster between the Tuckasegee River and Lake Glenville. At the center is sophisticated Tuckasegee, north is rugged Webster Creek, to the east is busy Trout Creek, to the west, quiet Bear Pen, and to the south, sitting square on Lake Glenville, is the charming Summer Sail.

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The General Store, cafés, terraces, and conveniences of Skillet Gap create a welcome pocket of civility within River Rock’s natural wilderness.

A World of Belonging Though each of River Rock’s five neighborhood parcels creates a wonderful place in its own right, the

crux of the River Rock story is what pulls these five pieces together to make them, in spirit and appearance, one community. In a space of nearly

3,500 acres, where do you start? What will be your anchor? Out of the vastness, it is perhaps simplest to begin with something personal, that which is closest to your heart: Family.

It’s logical, then, to start with the River Rock Family Legacy Center. It’s the large wall in the center of the Day Lodge at Skillet Gap that will transfix

you. Thirty feet long, a dozen feet high, and every inch covered with photos, stories about families: a tale about a hundred years ago, a story about the fishing trip last week, where we came from, where we’re going. This tapestry of ideas, souvenirs, reminiscences, and longing is the very fabric of the community. I’ll read your story, you’ll read mine. And realize we have more in common than in uncommon. Really, that’s what River Rock is about. Five fingers of property. One hand that joins them. Five different places that are really one place, a single community. Your house is at Bear Pen, mine is at Trout Creek, but River Rock is our home.

{ Appalachian Appetites } From Skillet Gap’s Scottish bakery to SouthernAppalachian fusion at the Grand Tuck Lodge and everywhere in between, one fact all guests know proudly is that every River Rock dish contains a minimum of two ingredients grown or caught within ten miles of their plates.

River Rock is a genuine food-lovers’ paradise. The community’s six dining experiences imaginatively redefine traditional mountain cuisine through international flavors and a polished, gourmet touch.

Here are the dining establishments where residents will get a taste of it all:

Eyrie (‘eagle’s nest’), the Mountain Fusion Restaurant with adjoining culinary school at Grand Tuckasegee Lodge serves up modern mountain specialties like Wild Ambrosia Turkey, Mountain Beet Borscht, and Heirloom Tomato Bisque. Lula

Bar, the bistro adjoining Orion, River Rock’s Spa at

Tuckasegee, features a holistic, slow, and strictly organic seasonal menu of community-grown and community-caught produce, as well as homeopathic cures for common ailments (and a few secrets to eternal youth) in the form of shakes, tonics, and elixirs.

At Trout Creek, in charming Skillet Gap, Copper John (named after a beloved Appalachian trout fly) offers a family-focused menu on weekends, with specialties like Grilled Mountain Trout, Gusto Wings, and Wild Turkey Burgers.

Over at Sassafras, kids line up for homemade root beer, ice cream, and sodas from the old-fashioned fountain.

The River Rock Clubhouse at Webster Creek is home to the Bear & Bridle, where a fine selection of brews on tap accompanies gentrified English pub fare with plates like ‘Bangers and Mash,’ featuring handmade sausages and organic potatoes, and ‘Fish ‘n Chips’ made with lightly battered, locally caught bass.

King’s House, the small diner at King’s Grant, offers quick and delicious grilled sandwiches and traditional Appalachian salads over at the Short Course.

Down by the lake at the Summer Sail Clubhouse, Azalea’s

serves Southern gourmet delicacies. Of course, as with

most things at River Rock, there is always more to a word than its most obvious meaning, and so by ‘Southern,’ Azalea means anything south of the Highlands. You’re as likely to find Caribbean jerk spices marinating your trout and African Rooibos tea on the menu as you are to see Jumbo Shrimp with Stone Ground Grits, simmered in Organic Vegetable Broth and served with Sicilian Parmesan.

By spring, our pioneer forefathers, who lacked good means of storing foods over the winter, craved the vitamins in fresh greens. One of the first spring greens available, dandelions were picked, cooked, and eaten with delight. When coffee ran short, they dug dandelion roots, parched them in the oven, and ground them for a ‘dandy coffee’ substitute. Dandelions are in the chicory family, and chicory is often used as an additive to coffee, even today.

A Harvard psychiatrist once wrote of having witnessed a mountain woman place her baby on the ground in a gesture to extend the Like spotting your first planet at Bear Pen’s Stargazer Pavilion, everywhere at River Rock, first experiences are waiting to be shared.

child’s feeling of trust from its mother’s body to the body of the earth. Such rituals illustrate a profundity seldom seen in our time.

A Campus Connection Intellectual pursuits are nurtured and encouraged at River Rock, testament to which are the multiple points of access to literature and knowledge.

The library at Skillet Gap covers all things outdoorsy, from forest survival guides to atlases. The Art Barn at Summer Sail is home to books on the fine arts. The Clubhouse at Webster Creek keeps literature on gaming, golf, and the sports world, while at Tuckasegee, Appalachian literature, world news, fiction, and biographies line the shelves. A catalogue of the entire collection is carefully updated online, where residents can browse and recommend.

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At Bear Pen, learning comes from above at the Stargazer Pavilion, where the night sky is projected onto the ceiling, the compass below helps situate our place in the universe, and telescopes bring the cosmos and its secrets closer to home. Art,

enlightenment, and culture are pursued further through community initiatives like the Artist in Residency Program at Summer Sail.

that surrounds them. At Eyrie, the culinary school adjoining the Grand Tuckasegee Lodge Fusion Restaurant, resident foodies, gourmets, and aspiring chefs learn to concoct tasty new ways of imbibing the natural abundance of this land.

Classes offered seasonally by visiting artists and artisans give River Rock residents of all ages the opportunity to awaken their creative side and find an outlet for the endless inspiration

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Pioneering Mountain Golf

“Mother Nature provides the canvas. It’s our job as golf course designers to creatively manipulate the character of the landscape, producing a golf course that appears as though it has existed for generations, while at the same time respecting the history, traditions, and strategies of the game.”

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What does it take to create a Top 100 course on some of the earth’s wildest terrain?

It takes the combined vision, creativity, and genius of PGA tour professional and designer Phil Mickelson,

legendary coach and designer Rick Smith, and award-winning golf course architects and land planners Todd Schoeder and Jeff Zimmermann of Design Workshop.

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River Rock membership has its privileges, not the least of which is a hearty meal at the Bear & Bridle after a challenging day on the greens, and access to the most luxurious locker rooms in Clubhouse history.

“Every project we work on is unique because we use the landscape as our guide and take the time to ensure that the golf courses we create are in harmony with the canvas over which they preside – as all truly great golf courses are.”

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Known to have made a par-three playing off a tree, Phil Mickelson’s unconventional and gutsy shortcourse style and creative shot-making demonstrate the kind of mind needed to understand and appreciate the lay of Webster Creek’s rugged and varied terrain. Legendary coach Rick Smith brings his playable design style to Webster Creek’s less aggressive terrain, along with a world-class training facility. Rocky outcroppings,

unexpected ravines, teeming trout streams, and lush wetlands are all part of the native features

both River Rock course designs must embrace.

The golf experience at River Rock is analogous to a best-selling novel. Each hole at both The River Rock Golf Club and King’s Grant Short Course plays like a chapter of its own, every stroke moving the plot forward. Twists and turns happen unexpectedly, and suspense and intrigue call on every club in your bag, in a journey marked by trial and triumph. As with any outstanding work of art, subsequent encounters yield fresh perspectives, new detail, and renewed appreciation for the sport, and the canvas it is played on.

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At Summer Sail, River Rock’s fleet of antique, wooden Chris Craft boats reserves a singular experience for residents, on a lake ranked among the Top 10 cleanest in America.

Lake Traditions What could be better than the feeling of a warm, windy summer day at Summer Sail, at the wheel of a work of art – one of River Rock’s beautifully restored, wooden Chris Crafts? You reserve the boat online or with a River Rock concierge, and the vessel is exemplary, a head-turner.

But all that matters in the moment is the weightless wonder of skimming over the water, the rippled lake reflecting the cloudless sky above, the wind snatching your laughter and tossing it into the wake.

Every summer, there’s one special day that even extended families come

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out to Summer Sail for: the Solstice Celebration. You look forward to it as though you were a child again yourself, spending entire days in your bathing suit, your second skin, plunging into the coolness of the lake and drying in the warmth of the sun. During the Solstice Celebration the lake comes alive. You watch wake boarders whiz by, marveling at their balance, dying to give it a try. Kayak experts woo beginners with Eskimoroll demonstrations and white river tales. But the best part is when night falls and all the water babies change into dry clothes to gather on the lawn for barbecues and fireworks that light up the lake like a Technicolor film.

At 3,500 feet, Lake Glenville is the highest lake east of the Mississippi, as well as one of the cleanest in America.

However, a more curious and lesser-known fact is that the original town of Glenville sleeps at the lake’s bottom.

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Balance and Light Where there is a creek or a stream, there is a bridge, which might take the form of a staircase, a boardwalk, a suspended pier, or even an entire building. With

Within all River Rock neighborhoods, topography and vegetation determine the character of every residence. Homes must be designed to step lively with the terrain, stoop under their forest canopies, and resist the urge to shout from the highest ridges.

Only natural materials and traditional building techniques sourced from Southern Appalachian architecture are invited to participate. In extended guest bedrooms and outbuildings, historic cabins, cottages, and barns find new incarnations, while their most charming features are preserved to enchant modern designs.

the illusion of being perched among the trees, closer inspection finds every River Rock construction grounded in solid stone, foundations expertly negotiating the natural inclinations of the undulating terrain.

Generous use of glass allows the spectacular setting in which we live to be a constant canvas, contributing to the inner beauty of every building.

Anyone who has ever lived in the mountains knows that the sun sets earlier in the forest, and that the darkness of a moonless night is absolute. Sensitive to this given, River Rock will be known as a place where the home fires are kept burning, from “can see to can’t see,” through buildings, outposts, and dramatic sculptures lit from within, providing beacons of comfort and light to every River Rock night.

Inspired at once by the humility of the land’s forefathers, and the dramatic pride of the land itself, River Rock architecture succeeds in being at once harmonious, humbling, and grand, applying mountainous scale to this shifting terrain by using visually elusive materials that blend and belong here.

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No two homes are alike at River Rock, which makes wandering its neighborhoods a virtual spectator sport.

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Appalachian constructions have typically prided themselves on their ability to disappear into the mountainside, regarding the sky and forest lines perfect as they are.

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{ 5 Places, Personalities & Future Memories } As unique as the fingers of your hand, River Rock’s five distinct neighborhood parcels were chosen for their individual attributes and collective potential.

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purely on what your heart yearns to see when gazing from the many windows of your mountain home.

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Will it be into the thick, embracing greenery of a forest of moss-covered maples, hemlock and pine, bordered by rhododendrons and showy ferns?

Will it be onto the sparkling rush of a great river or the creeping flow of a small creek? Or will it be from the top of the world before a panorama of misty, blue mountains rolling endlessly toward the horizon?

Where the sun sets and rises, whether the snow falls on your roof first, or which native plant species grow most abundantly in your backyard – these are the only considerations to be made when selecting the River Rock address for your family legacy. The rest, as you’ve seen, is already yours.

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Tuckasegee At Tuckasegee, water in all its sonatas is the soundtrack. The perfume is moss.

Mature. Refined. Relaxed. Three words that set the stage for a place where the lodge lounge is always buzzing after five, corks of select reserves retrieved from the expansive wine cellar pop over the din, robust cigars follow roaring conversations, and champagne and sunsets are often intertwined.

Like all River Rock neighborhoods, Tuckasegee is full of surprises.

Arriving at Tuck Lodge, you would never guess at the exploding panoramas that await in the courtyard from the cloistered, tree-lined road on which you rode in. Such are the sudden ocular operettas that launch themselves off the crest of a ridge, from the head of a trail or just beyond a bend in the river. In contrast with the

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Tuckasegee is named after the famous river that hugs two miles of its eastern border. A popular destination among the nation’s most avid fly-fishermen especially, it is renowned for the wealth of its waters. Riverfront Park is the trailhead for hikes along the Tuck, leading to the fabulous views from the Overlook and culminating in the dramatic ascension of Rock-Chute Climb, where steps ascend alongside a magnificent waterfall to views of the river, valley, and mountains beyond.

breathless exuberance of the Tuckasegee landscape is the quiet serenity of Orion, River Rock’s signature spa. Named for the constellation known as The Hunter, Orion specializes in both reposeful treatments and rejuvenation for the active body, soothing

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very Friday, my buddy Matt and I get up at the crack of dawn and meet

at Riverfront Park. About six months ago, we decided to try our hand at fly-fishing. After one lesson, we were both hooked. What used to

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be a fairly relaxing outing once every month or so has become one of

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I’ve ever known. To me, fly-fishing is more art than sport, one that deeper level with the river and your

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surroundings. The rhythm and motion, the swishing of the line overhead, landing your fly right where you want it and then waiting for a tug, while the river rushes around your waders – it surely qualifies as a form of meditation.

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Trout Creek At Trout Creek, laughter, song, and crackling campfires compose the soundtrack.

The perfume is sweet meadow infusion.

With Skillet Gap as its heart, the sun may set at Tuckasegee, but it certainly rises at Trout Creek. A place with much to do in a day, things get going early. By 6 am, the scent of fresh-brewed coffee mingles with the dissipating morning mist, and the warm glow of Stirling Café burrows through the haze like a lighthouse.

Inside the Scottish-bakery-cumInternet-café, named after a small city in Scotland whose people introduced their family colors into the threads of Appalachia’s rich cultural tapestry, newspaper pages whisper and laptops hum as early birds settle in to catch up on news and email. Warm scones, shortbreads, poundcakes, and breads fill the glass counter, a hearty good match for the expenditure of energy demanded from a typical Trout Creek agenda.

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Delivery trucks arrive and unload boxes of fresh supplies at the General

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Store, and the ice cream machine at Sassafras starts its daily churning. On the activities lawn, counselors haul out earth balls, flags, pinnies, and whistles from the cabanas, all the props needed for the adventures and games planned for the troupe of energetic day campers expected. Across the grounds, firewood is being chopped, kindle boxes stocked, and fire pits swept for another night of bonfires, storytelling, and song. As the first electric SUVs trundle their way over to the amphitheater, morning sun drizzles through the hemlocks, dappling the forest floor and driving the chill back up the mountainside.

Children spill out of their cars and call to best friends. Parents blow kisses and chat with each other, then happily depart to enjoy their own plans for the day. When night falls, they will all return to the glow of the campfire to collect these small tuckered souls, drunk on fresh air and marshmallows.

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ur first River Rock dinner was marvelous!

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friend Doug actually caught that morning and excellent reserves from

the cellar. The rest of the weekend we spent deciding on a Trout Creek

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address. The community life, tennis facilities, and Scottish Internet Café did it for me. Sam is happy too.

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The commute to his private school in Asheville is actually shorter than the

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time we used to spend in LA traffic, and he’s suddenly morphed into this

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outdoorsy kid we never knew before.

Where once I had to restrict his computer gaming, now I have to make him promise to be home by dinner. And when he does come home, his pockets are full of dirt samples and bug jars. Meanwhile, Matt feels like he’s died and gone

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to heaven, fishing every Friday with Doug.

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The soundtrack is beating hearts.

The perfume is invigorating mountain air.

With two golf courses, state-of-the-art tennis and equestrian facilities, and some of the best trail riding in the country, let alone the county, Webster Creek is a capital sporting ground for River Rock.

At the River Rock Tennis Center, lessons are given and community round-robin tournaments are fairly regular events, but it’s the double round-robin in summertime that draws the biggest crowds to the stands.

No matter how many times it’s played, River Rock’s 18-hole course by Phil Mickelson Design always seems to have a surprise in store. The golf course alone is

Tucked in a quieter corner of Webster Creek, Cullowhee Stables is set in a picturesque clearing on the edge of the Nantahala National Forest. English Riding classes are given weekly, and a stable of six gentle trail horses can be saddled up to take you through the myriad national forest and property trails.

responsible for many a family guests extending their stay, while attendance at community tournaments has grown steadily with each passing year. The warm atmosphere at the River Rock Clubhouse and delectable comfort food of its Bear & Bridle Pub makes Webster Creek a popular destination, even among less athletic residents.

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t was golf that led me to River Rock. I started following Phil Mickelson’s career after

I saw him win his first PGA in San Diego. That was over a decade ago, and I still remember being awed by

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his intensity, composure, and guts.

Since that day, he has become something of a golf role model for me – his game, his attitude, his work ethic, even how he treats his fans –

Rugged, unpredictable terrain, marked by dramatic outcroppings The 18-hole River Rock Golf Course by Phil Mickelson Design

all of it just really resonated and drew me more and more toward the sport. I even took Janet to Scottsdale to try out Whisper Rock, his first course design, and see how we liked

The River Rock Clubhouse and Bear & Bridle Pub King’s Grant, the Rick Smithdesigned Short Course, The indoor-outdoor Tennis facility

the area. The golfing was fantastic, but neither one of us felt that Arizona was where we wanted our second home to be. Then one day I was on the website and saw an announcement for Phil’s next course design – a mountain course

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in a place called River Rock in North Carolina.

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Webster Traditions It’s everywhere at River Rock, this marriage of satisfaction and sophistication, a feeling of balance between the material and the elemental. You feel it, in a point-saving instant, on the slide-free surface of the tennis courts. The setting and quality of the Tennis Center got you to pick up your racket again, and the private lessons have made your backhand a force to be reckoned with. Your daughter feels it,

instinctively, at Cullowhee Stables, the equestrian center that is her second home. The facility is beautiful, with state-of-the art turnout stalls and equipment, but the true reward is riding with her instructor in among the tall, deep pines of the neighboring national forest, the forest floor soft underfoot, the horses quiet and focused in the sacred silence. Silence.

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Cricket arpeggios harmonize with native birdsong.

The perfume is spicy pine.

Bear Pen is the most tranquil and reclusive of the five River Rock parcels.

Hidden away by its thick forest perimeter, this parcel must be sought out to be found. However, once you’ve entered this peaceful lair of forest interrupted by the occasional meadow, no sweeter sanctuary could be wished for. Some of the highest elevations at River Rock present the best incentives for hiking the parcel’s trail network, and

the undisturbed nature of Bear Pen allows local forest dwellers like deer, fox, and rabbit to share this space in peace, giving residents the privilege of observing them at their most carefree.

the highest point of the Ridge Top neighborhood, the River Rock Stargazer Pavilion, with its cantilevered deck circling its planetarium-style core, calls to dreamers of all ages. Every night, the heavens are projected onto the ceiling of the Pavilion, above a compass that gives us our bearings in the universe.

Bear Pen’s daytime star is Highbush House – the bird-watching treehouse perched on a bluff amid the trees, overlooking a quiet meadow where deer, fox, and a multitude of birds come to feast on wildflowers and sweet grass.

The star attraction at Bear Pen is literally that – the stars. Set in a clearing at

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n mornings when I sit in my spot in Highbush House at the crack of

dawn, waiting for my favorite pair of mourning doves, New York’s smells and sounds couldn’t be

further from my senses. And when

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I come home to Dan poring over his latest manuscript on the kitchen porch, his morning coffee in the very same cup that used to jockey

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for space on our tiny dining room table in Manhattan, I can sense that the City couldn’t be further from his, too. Contrary to popular New Yorker beliefs, mountains, trees, and birdsong can be as inspiring as buildings, marquees, and traffic.

Of course, Dan will always say it was the community libraries that sold him.

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Summer Sail The soundtrack is classical.

The perfume is summer.

With its manicured meadows, giant poplars, and grand Victorian Clubhouse with shining views of one of the ten most pristine lakes in America, Summer Sail is the envy of all. As the mercury rises, so does this neighborhood’s popularity.

Swimmers flock to its docks and beaches to cool off in the perfect waters. The concierge for the only boathouse on the lake distributes canoes, kayaks, sailboats, and safety tips to waiting families and couples.

At sundown, a guest violinist framed by the Clubhouse Gazebo strikes a soulful chord that ricochets across the lake, serenading opposite shores, sending goose bumps up the arms of her audience gathered on the lawn before her.

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The Clubhouse at Summer Sail is a gorgeous gathering place, where residents enjoy drinks on the outdoor terrace, croquet matches on the lawn, and sumptuous, Southern-style gourmet meals at Azalea’s. Seersucker suits and linen dresses often make appearances at Summer Sail, where seasonal events include Saturday socials, dances, and Fourth of July festivals. Summer Sail’s down to-earth side is felt most at the River Rock Art Barn, where artistsin-residence practice their craft, show their work, and offer classes.

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e’ve had our River Rock home for three summers now.

The weather is so surprisingly mild, George can golf practically all year, and I can boat from early April straight through to the end of October. Plus it’s such an easy drive to Atlanta, our grandkids now spend their summers here at the Trout Creek camps, where I swear they learn more than they do at school. As for us, our calendar is always marked up with fun things to do. I’ve joined the art club and book club, George is a member of the chess club and wine tasting club, not to mention the socials, festivals, and

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fairs that pop up every season. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought we could gain so much from

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the purchase of one single property.

We absolutely love it here.

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This artistically singular, signature community emblem is a most enjoyably accurate metaphor for the theory of life at River Rock; a world where the old reminds the new, tradition finds sophistication, and refinement learns to relax.

Welcome Home.

You have arrived at the end of the River Rock story, and what may very well be the beginning of your own chapter in Plateau history.

To mark the beginning of each new River Rock family legacy, a handcrafted gift has been thoughtfully designed to welcome you to your new neighborhood, and provide you with a comfortable place in which to sit back, relax, and appreciate the many gifts this earthly life reserves for you and yours.

one of these remakes of a treasured classic. Every River Rock home with a porch comes with two, and every River Rock home comes with a porch. Locally crafted, traditional in function and material yet contemporary in design, the chairs come stained in neighborhood colors, and the backs feature a rendition of the community logo.

On neighborhood wanders, residents are likely to see the inhabitants of River Rock’s novel yet nostalgic mountain dwellings contentedly whiling away time on their front porch in signature River Rockers.™ One can’t help but smile at the sight, for every resident is familiar with the comforting satisfaction derived from whiling away time in

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Our culture must be our response to our place, our culture and our place are images of each other and inseparable from each other.

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Development concepts, amenities and features for RiverRock continue to evolve and are subject to change without notice. Some proposed amenities may be fee based and have additional membership requirements. These materials shall not constitute a solicitation or valid offer in any state where prior registration is required.

Obtain the property report required by Federal law and read it before signing anything. No Federal agency has judged the value or merits, if any, of this property.

Void where prohibited by law. “This brochure is not intended to be, and does not constitute, an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any real or personal property of any kind or nature in any state or other jurisdiction to any person. All references in this brochure to amenities and experiences to be provided at River Rock are subject to change as the development process proceeds.�