May 2, 2012 by Sean Johnsrud

YOU ARE INVITED TO THE EMERALD POINTE LAUNCH PARTY

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The Great Room in the City Collection Residence 3

Sunday, May 6th Noon to 6PM
Come see something brand new!
Oakpointe Communities is unveiling Homes InSync—a collection of new home designs and new home automation technology that brings you a whole new level of convenience and comfort. Imagine all this in homes from the $160s to $260! The debut of Emerald Pointe brings 600 new homes to the Sunrise master-planned community. Explore acres of parks, playgrounds and miles of safe sidewalks with the close-by entertainment, shopping and dining options of Puyallup’s popular South Hill.
FREE FOOD & FUN
• Grab a burger and drinks
• Ride the rides
• Tour the furnished models
• See Lutron home automation in progress
WIN GREAT PRIZES
• His & Hers mountain bikes
• 46” Smart TV with PS3 Game Console
• Complete camping gear package

Presentation Center located one mile East of Meridian on Sunrise Blvd.

For more information, phone (253)282-8624

Open Daily 11 to 6

April 9, 2012 by Sean Johnsrud

Look Forward to Bringing the Outdoors In

Posted in Home Designs By Sean Johnsrud

What would you do with an outdoor living room?

Recently I was sitting outside on a covered deck listening to the birds, sipping a latte and enjoying a chat with my significant other. It was then I realized just how much time those of us who live in the Northwest can enjoy the outdoors (as long as it’s covered)! With a hoodie or warm jacket, it’s easy to extend living in the fresh air most months of the year. With a portable fireplace, it just gets better!

It’s obvious the visionaries at Oakpointe Communities have had the same experience. Their architectural team has found exciting ways to bring the outdoors into the home. This happens through clever interruption of normal indoor spaces with access to a covered outdoor living room. Imagine an outdoor covered living space, sheltered from wind that you can access from the kitchen or great room. Picture entertaining with your guests, flowing between the dining room and the covered patio. The Japanese have lived this way for years, with a concept they call the “tsubo niwa,” a small garden space that is often tucked into a home’s living space to be enjoyed year ‘round.

If you’ve been longing for more time outdoors in the comfort of your new home, let me suggest you head outdoors as soon as Emerald Pointe is open and their outdoor living rooms are ready for a test sit. What would you do with an outdoor living room.

March 13, 2012 by Sean Johnsrud

NEW PHOTO POSTED ON FACEBOOK

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I want to share some of the latest pictures at Emerald Pointe, visit our Facebook page at Oakpointe Communities. So many exciting things are happening! Landscaping is getting installed along the frontage of our community. The boulevard and our central park are really taking shape. The sport court has been finished, along with the walking trail around the park and play structure. Now we’re making fast progress on the covered picnic area. You can check out these and other new pictures under the album entitled ‘March 9, 2012’ on our Facebook Page.

Watch our progress. Looks like we'll be ready for company by mid-Spring

Our models will be finishing up by the middle of April. This will be the Greater Seattle Market’s first chance to view Insync, Oakpointe’s exclusive home automation system.

We’re looking forward to this opening and sharing this fantastic new community and terrific new homes with everyone and look forward to seeing you there!

PS: It’s time to “LIKE” our Facebook Page! We invite you to visit the link above and click like. We also invite you to share our page with any of your friends who are looking for homes, love new homes or are active in the new home industry.

February 20, 2012 by Sean Johnsrud

Looking for a great place to get outdoors for the weekend?

Posted in Puyallup By Sean Johnsrud

Enjoy the Cascades for hiking, skiing, snow sports, fishing or hunting

Of course you are! Northwest folks are drawn to the outdoors, and they look for every opportunity to explore it. Whether you’re an avid sports person or just enjoy the fresh air, you’ll find that our new Emerald Pointe neighborhood abounds with recreation opportunities of all sorts. Some are right in the neighborhood, and others are nearby.

Right outside the front doors at Emerald Pointe are miles of sidewalks and trails located throughout the Sunrise master planned community. Walk, run or push a stroller. Enjoy wide sidewalks and quiet streets.

At least eight parks in Puyallup offer everything from trails to wading pools, off-leash dog parks, ball fields, picnic areas, playgrounds, tennis courts, parking and restrooms.

For our golfers, the area offers courses for beginning players to experts. Choices include Sumner Meadows, Lipoma Firs, The Classic, JBLM Golf Course, Chambers Bay, Lake Spanaway & Fort Steilacoom, among others.

If skiing and snow sports are more your thing, check out what Crystal Mountain, White Pass or Alpental have to offer. The conditions this year have been terrific!

If we didn’t have these beautiful new homes to finish by Spring, I’d be out there myself right now enjoying my Emerald Pointe surroundings.

I’ve got lots more to tell you about Emerald Pointe, so please stay tuned as Oakpointe Communities unveils our exciting new plans.

And, if you currently live in the Puyallup area, let us know your favorite recreation spots!

February 11, 2012 by Sean Johnsrud

Just How Many Jobs Are There in Puyallup?

Posted in Homes Insync By Sean Johnsrud

It’s Cool, again, to Own a New Home in South Hill Have you heard recently: the South Hill of Puyallup is alive, well and bustling with new activity. We thought sharing a few interesting facts of the area around Emerald Pointe might be fun. Since employment is vital to the strength of our area, maybe that’s a good starting place. Think Puyallup’s short on employment? Here’s a list to start with of employers located right here:
1. MultiCare Health System
2. Franciscan Health System
3. Fred Meyer Stores
4. Puyallup Tribe
5. Milgard Manufacturing
6. The Boeing Company
7. State Farm Insurance
8. Costco
9. Port of Tacoma
Source: http://www.puyallupchamber.com/demographics.php

In addition; the area’s top 30 employers include the following:
1 Joint Base Lewis/McChord 55,603
2 Local Public School Districts (K-12) 13,735
3 MultiCare Health System 6,756
4 Washington State Employees 6,662
5 Franciscan Health System 5,507
6 Pierce County Government 2,947
7 Washington State Higher Education 2,720
8 City of Tacoma 2,316
9 Emerald Queen Casino 2,230
10 Boeing (Fredrickson Site) 1,450
11 Wal-Mart 1,447
12 Tacoma Public Utilities 1,354
13 Fred Meyer Stores 1,301
14 US Postal Service 1,174
14 Safeway Stores, Inc. 1,123
16 Costco 1,115
17 Washington State National Guard 1,100
18 State Farm Insurance Company 1,071
19 Pierce Transit 981
20 Puyallup Tribe 951
21 Davita 930
22 Comcast Cable 923
23 Longshore Labor Union 901
24 Intel Corporation 900
25 Albertson’s, Inc. 857
26 Milgard Manufacturing 809
27 KeyBank 753
28 Metropolitan Park District 748
29 MacDonald’s Restaurants 729
30 Catholic Community Services 702
Source: http://wwwb.thenewstribune.com/databases/top_employers/index.php#storylink=cpy
Stay posted. Next week we’ll have more on recreation, entertainment, shopping and health care, all within minutes of Emerald Pointe.

January 30, 2012 by Sean Johnsrud

What Do YOU Think “Insync” Means?

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We’ve begun the conversation about being ‘insync’ at Oakpointe Communities and want to share another insync idea: being insync with technology.

Oakpointe Communities is harnessing integrated technology for a more comfortable, more livable and much more fun home to live in. Wireless total home control is a standard feature in every Oakpointe home.

The benefits are extraordinary:

· energy savings that lessen your footprint on the environment

· added convenience to your daily living. Lighting, shades and temperatures are adjustable, in a particular room or throughout your home–at the touch of a button

· create your own personal mood and ambiance, complementing and adding to your home’s décor

· add cutting edge technology to your home. Your home will be able to tell you its temperature allowing you to set it from work, your hotel room, the ski slopes or anywhere with internet access via a tablet, smart phone or computer.

This technological edge is another added benefit Oakpointe Communities offers over other big box builders. And you don’t have to spend extra to get it.

Share with us your ideas about what “Insync” features to help you control your new home’s systems would be most useful to you.

December 21, 2011 by Sean Johnsrud

Life Is Better When It’s Insync

Posted in Oakpointe Communities at Emerald Ridge By Sean Johnsrud

Let’s talk a little more about what we mean by ‘insync’ at Oakpointe Communities. We knew the company, our products and our approach needed to be uniquely different. Buyers are tired of the same old craftsman style boxes that all the production builders throw up. We were determined to think outside the proverbial box. What were the other guys not providing that we could? That’s when insync was born. It’s not difficult to know what people really want in a new home, it’s just that other builders haven’t cared enough to innovate new designs they really crave. Did you know there are 184 days on average where it’s 60° degrees or more in our area? Problem: over 150 days per year on average it rains. Insync solution: Oakpointe Communities created covered outdoor living areas where people can enjoy the pleasant temperatures all year, even when it rains! Stay tuned for more to come on being insync.

December 13, 2011 by Sean Johnsrud

Our New Homes

Posted in Home Designs By Sean Johnsrud

At Oakpointe Communities we’ve created new homes that are truly new. The term ‘insync’ concerns the environment, technology, life safety, and all things that make living a bit easier. In short, insync is:

insync with nature: sustainable building practices, bringing outdoor spaces in
insync with technology: harnessing integrated technology for a more comfortable, more livable and much more fun home to live in
insync with safety: trustworthy construction, a gated community
insync with life: sound design, energy efficiency, balanced form and function

The ‘insync’ notion guides how Oakpointe Communities views our environment, the approach we take when designing a new home and the communities we build them in. It’s a focus and commitment to being different in ways that matter.

It ultimately starts with the home, of course. At Emerald Pointe Oakpointe Communities has come up with plans that are open and flowing, suggesting, rather than dictating, how to live. New features in our homes will bring value that is transparent and attractive.

We hope you’ll get insync with us as we unveil further details about these exciting new homes at Emerald Pointe by Oakpointe Communities.