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Below is our first in a series of lifestyle videos featuring just how natural life in Evergreen can be.

The kids come home from a long day of learning and hang their backpacks in the spacious and organized mud room. A quick change into play clothes and they’re ready to wind-down with a board game.

They head to the basement lounge to set-up while you prepare a snack. 

You join them and claim your spot on the couch to do some reading or turn on the news.

After school is a breeze in Evergreen. Stay tuned for more videos showcasing life in Red Deer’s most natural community!

A Homeowners Association is a non-profit society that manages a community’s features and assets for the benefit of all residents.

In Evergreen, gorgeous natural scenery is accented by its thoughtful amenities and trail system, making it one of Red Deer’s most outstanding neighbourhoods.

HOAs ensure that a higher standard is met in terms of amenities offered, up-keep of those amenities, and overall beauty and longevity of a community.

By purchasing a home in a neighbourhood with an HOA, you automatically become a member and are required to make annual payments.

Melcor builds communities that are more than just a collection of beautiful homes. They are places where families grow and neighbours connect.

They are master-planned and amenity rich. Melcor builds communities to a higher standard than most, which means including amenities that the City will not agree to maintain. 

Certain amenities within a community can only be provided if they can be maintained, via an HOA, such as:

• Entrance plazas and features including electricity
• Bridges, waterfalls and water features
• Feature landscaping and planting
• Community gateway and roundabout feature

The Evergreen Homeowners Association is a non-profit society.

Membership in a community HOA is mandatory for all homeowners. This includes those living in both single and multi-family dwellings.

An encumbrance, registered on title in favour of the HOA, allows funds to be collected to cover the costs of maintaining and operating the HOA. A board of directors administers the HOA in accordance with the Articles of Association. Residents of Evergreen can hold director positions on the board.

Each homeowner is required to pay an annual fee to the HOA. Fees are collected once per year, with a maximum allowable fee set in the encumbrance on title.

These amenities in phase one will be maintained by the Evergreen HOA.

The first showhomes in our showhome parade are beginning to open. Meanwhile, the first families are moving into Evergreen. If you’re looking for your opportunity to live in Red Deer’s most natural community, don’t wait! Lots in phase 1 are selling quickly.

We’ve updated our initial map of phase 1, showing which home builders have lots in Evergreen and where. It’s a great tool for you to use to choose your home based on location and builder. 

Spring is just around the corner & we are looking forward to our entire parade opening. In the meantime, visit our builders in their current showhomes in Evergreen and Laredo or contact them by phone or email to learn more about Evergreen and to purchase your lot. 

Click the button below to choose your desired lot. Then, use the table to the left to visit or contact that builders’ current showhome in Evergreen or Laredo.

Please note: If the lot you would like is listed as “For Sale by Melcor”, please contact the approved builder of your choice to inquire.

It’s easy to look forward – to the next holiday party, next week, or even next year. We’re ready to take on 2019, but the holiday season is a reminder to slow down and use this time to reflect.

2018 was the year that saw Evergreen begin to evolve into its natural beauty. In 2019, we will do exciting things like:

• Open our Streetscape showhomes in the spring
• Watch the 2019 Kinsmen Dream Home take shape in Evergreen, opening in the fall and built by Larkaun Homes
• Move-in the first Evergreen families and watch the community grow

But in order to get where we’re going we have to know where we’ve been.

Here’s what we did in 2018:

• We planted 611 trees, 766 shrubs, 2,396 perennials and 635 grasses
• The entrance feature and plaza were completed
• Began creating the bridge and waterfall feature in the central park

• 33 acres were developed into:
  • 118 single-family lots
  • 47 street townhome lots
  • A 2 acre multi-family site
  • 6.4 acres of open park space
• 9 of 12 streetscape showhomes are under construction
• 12 homes have been presold and are either under construction or preparing for construction

• All roadways and paved rear lanes were completed
• Decorative streetlights have been installed
• The trail system has been laid out and paving has begun
• 650 metres of asphalt trails were laid, looping around the constructed wetland

For more beautiful progress photos and updates in the New Year, follow us on Instagram & Facebook.

From everyone here at Melcor, working to bring the Evergreen vision to life, we wish you and your family a joyous holiday season.

Evergreen will be Red Deer’s newest community with old school charm. It will feature the modern amenities that fit today’s lifestyle wrapped around a collection of architecturally interesting homes.

For the first time, we will add new housing options to the Red Deer market, like Streetscape Homes.

Being the first to allow a variety of home styles in the same community will create more choice for home buyers while diversifying the streetscape of the community.

Streetscape Homes include a front-attached garage but shift the eye’s focus to the overall design of the home. Things like the front door, veranda or porch become the focal point of the exterior, instead of a protruding garage. 

This is accomplished by shortening the distance between the sidewalk and your front door.

Watch the video

Watch the video below to see how the main features of the home become flush with the garage, blending it in with the architectural detail and adding curb appeal.

Evergreen is proud to be the first community in Red Deer to offer new home styles, more choice, and ultimately the charm that you used to only find in mature neighbourhoods.

Streetscape Homes are now available to purchase in Evergreen. Visit one of our approved builders for more information.

Evergreen offers so many choices, naturally.

If you’ve been following along on our Instagram account, you’ve seen sneak peek clips of our conceptual video for Red Deer’s most natural community.

Now, view the video in its entirety and get a feel for the natural beauty and design that will bring Evergreen to life.

It also showcases some of Evergreen’s premiere amenities – like Clearview Market Square, Riverbend Golf & Recreation Area, St. Joseph High School, and our walking trails with connectivity to Red Deer’s trail system.

Every community begins with a vision. We are in the early stages of growing Evergreen, and it’s an exciting time to follow our journey or make it your own by building your home here.

We have a lot to share on the creation of the neighbourhood – you’ll be able to see how we will transform areas of Evergreen into beautiful tree-lined streets, natural storm ponds, landscaped trails and entrance features, and the community overall.

We know you’ll be impressed by the detail that goes into building a master-planned community that’s more than just a collection of beautiful homes.

Join the journey and you can win a 10 round pass to Riverbend Golf Course! Sign-up to receive our email newsletter and be the first to know about new blog posts, announcements, showhome openings, events and more.

All you have to do is sign-up for our email list by filling out the form below, and be on the list when we draw a winner on September 15, 2018. You may unsubscribe at any time.

You can also keep up with Evergreen on Instagram and Facebook @liveinevergreen.

All of Evergreen’s builders have a proven track record of fine craftsmanship in the Red Deer region. On May 31^st our builders selected their initial lots, which will be ready for construction this summer! Now, you can use the lot map and builder legend to choose your home based on location and builder.

Our builders are ready to help you build your home in Evergreen – just contact them at the phone number below, or by stopping by their showhome in Laredo. Please note: Only our exclusive builder group can purchase a lot that is held by Melcor. Contact your builder of choice to inquire about any of the Melcor held lots.