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The City of Sunrise, located in western Broward County, is home to approximately 92,000 residents and host to several million national and international visitors each year. Situated in the heart of the tri-county region (Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach), we are proud to be the gateway to a vast number of residential, business, entertainment and cultural opportunities - and the stage for spectacular, color-washed sunsets. Sunrise is the 26th largest of Florida's 400+ incorporated municipalities, as well as one of its most progressive. Yet it remains a friendly place where natural beauty is valued and lush landscaping is used to enhance neighborhoods, thoroughfares and public places. Sunrise also maintains its long-standing commitment to developing and maintaining itself as a sustainable community that preserves the past while planning for the future. Sunrise is home to popular destinations such as the FLA Live Arena – home to the Panthers Hockey Team a popular venue for shows and concerts, a large corporate park and boasts one of the most visited destinations in Florida – the Sawgrass Mills Mall. Sunrise is a family-friendly community with great schools, parks and recreational facilities. When you visit, check out our Emerald Award winning parks: Oak Hammock Park and Cypress Preserve (2016), Sunrise Sportsplex (2020), and Sawgrass Sanctuary (2021) which showcase a mix of native wildlife habitats and recreation space. In 2023, the Sunrise Senior Center received an Emerald Award.
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Community description coming soon! In the meantime please visit http://www.westtownpa.org/
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Hyde Park's picturesque landscapes, Hudson River views, historical gardens, and 28-mile trail system all celebrate its natural habitat. This is where the crew of Henry Hudson's Half Moon filled casks of fresh water from Crum Elbow Creek. Revolutionary War British warships fired cannonballs at the first settler's home in October 1777, but June 1939 found the King and Queen of England eating hot dogs with FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt. Mansions built by the Mills and Vanderbilts remain in their full glory to explore. History is celebrated daily at the first presidential library and museum and remarkable dining awaits at the Culinary Institute of America. The Town of Hyde Park registered on Earth Day 2016 and chose the team name "Hyde Park Garden Habitat" to focus on pollinator and native plant choices, to conserve our wildlife, and to work with our community organizations involved with beautification, community gardening, landscape archaeology, and horticultural education. For more information please visit Hyde Park's facebook page.
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Community description coming soon! In the meantime, please visit http://www.easthamptonct.gov/Pages/index
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Community description coming soon! In the meantime, please visit our HOA website at http://www.highdesertliving.net/highdesertliving/page.html
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Poolesville is located in the northwestern portion of Montgomery County, Maryland, approximately 5 miles from the Potomac River. It is surrounded by the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve, an area of 93,000 acres created to preserve farm land and rural space. The town was settled in 1760 when brothers John and Joseph Poole, Sr. purchased 160 acres in the area that is now the town of Poolesville. The town was incorporated in 1867. The only operating car ferry on the Potomac River, the General Jubal A. Early, is located at Whites Ferry, a short distance from Poolesville, where it has been transporting vehicles and passengers across the river since the late 1860s. The Community Wildlife Habitat Certification project is part of the town’s continuing efforts at sustainability, and is managed by volunteers with the Sustainable Poolesville Committee. The mission of the Sustainable Poolesville Committee is to create awareness of stewardship and sustainability issues, identify opportunities for the Town to cost effectively reduce its environmental impact, and facilitate initiatives to capture these opportunities. Poolesville became a certified sustainable community in 2014.
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The Greater Longfellow Community is a vibrant urban neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With 23,000 residents, it is the most populous and geographically largest neighborhood association in the city. It is a diverse community of many ethnic, religious, and economic backgrounds. Its western boundary has trains, highway, and grain silos. The residential heart of the neighborhood consists of small homes and yards with tree lined boulevards that people drive, walk, or bike to local restaurants, coffee shops, movie theaters, antique shops, and numerous other urban amenities. To the east, and also separating Minneapolis from St Paul, is the Mississippi river, which played a significant role in the formation and settlement of the Twin Cities. This part of the Mississippi is now a portion of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, and Longfellow’s section boasts small remnants of the original local ecosystems: Oak Savanna, Oak Forest, Maple Basswood Forest, Floodplain Forest, and Prairie. Longfellow has long enjoyed its natural wonders, which also includes the famous Minnehaha Falls. After a little over a hundred years of intensive development, local residents have been working more recently to preserve and restore the native plants, wildlife, and natural wonders that abound here. From buckthorn busts and cleanups along the river, to installing raingardens and Monarch Way Stations, the Longfellow Community has a deep commitment to a healthy balanced environment that can be shared by residents and wildlife alike.
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Evansville has a long and rich history, with evidence of people living at sites in and around Evansville for over a thousand years! The city has a rich German heritage brought by immigrants in the 1800s, and continues to celebrate Germania Maennerchor Volksfest each August. Evansville was named one of 100 Best Communities for Young People in 2005, is home to the oldest operating library in Indiana which opened in 1885, and has several natural areas such as Eagle Slough and Harmonie State Park. In August 2016, Mayor Lloyd Winnecke took the Mayors' Monarch Pledge. One month later we took the Community Wildlife Habitat Pledge for Vanderburgh County, sponsored by the Southwest Chapter of the Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society. We have many partners in our habitat pledge work: the Master Gardeners, Wesselman Nature Society, the Vanderburgh County Soil and Water District, the Natural Resources Conservation Services, the local Creation Care organization, and of course the Indiana Wildlife Federation. We also have support from the local media, some local plant retailers, and both the University of Evansville and the University of Southern Indiana. Last year, we collaborated with our partners and the Clean Water Indiana Grant to assist in planting nearly 50 acres of pollinator seeds, which include native milkweed and nectar plants for Monarch butterflies.
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The City of Knoxville is a medium sized urban city nestled along the Tennessee River. Founded in 1791 by James White, Knoxville has a rich cultural history and numerous historic landmarks. The city boasts 2,329 acres in parks and green spaces, 97 parks, and well 129 miles of greenway trails and paths. This includes Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness, which consists of more than 1,500 acres for people to hike, bike, climb, paddle, or explore - and it's only 3 miles from downtown. More than 60 miles of trails and greenways connect you to Ijams Nature Center, pristine lakes and quarries, historic sites, adventure playgroups, parks, and a 600-acre wildlife area. The City of Knoxville is committed to advanced environmental and sustainability goals that will continue to improve sustainability for not only municipal operations, but the greater Knoxville community.
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The Valley Ranch HOA is a 501(c)4 organization that completed its certification as a NWF Community Wildlife Habitat in 2024. Valley Ranch is a 30+ year old urban community of 30,000 residents, 4,198 single-family homes, and 21 apartment communities located over 2,400 acres in Irving, Texas. Valley Ranch is very fortunate to be adjacent to the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, and within nationally important flyways for both migratory birds and the monarch butterfly, which greatly enhances our community’s access (and importance) to nature and wildlife.
