Justin Timberlake Tee’s Off With An Eco-Friendly Golf Course
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If You Are In Memphis, Why Not Enjoy The Benefits Of Green Living By Teeing-Off At An Eco-Friendly Golf Course.
Miramichi Lakes is the project of singer Justin Timberlake, and it takes his love of golf and eco-values to a new level of green living.
Timberlake purchased the golf course, original named Woodstock Hills, in 2007 and decided to refurbish it using green standards in order to make it a ”green course”. Renovations have been completed on the re-done 16 million dollar Golf Course which is scheduled to open July 25, 2009, in suburban Memphis, and is said to be one of the few LEED-certified golf courses in the United States.
LEED is an internationally recognized certification rating and accepted benchmark that measurers the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED provides building owners and operators with the tools they need for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions.
Sources say that all of the buildings on the 303-acre Miramichi Lakes project will be built to the highest LEED-certified green building standards available. Clearly a considerable investment. In addition, the location will have “a renewable energy field and a walking trail with educational placards and seating for the public to learn about responsible energy and natural resource usage.”
We give Justine Timberlake the thumbs up for putting his money where his green values are and for creating one more perk for green living.
2 Comments
July 26th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
There are no LEED certified golf courses. Only the buildings are LEED certified. A very commendable accomplishment having all the buildings achieves LEED Platinum. But once again a case of stretching the facts for media hype.
July 26th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Hi Brian,
If we misrepresented something, it was in error. We would never intentionally mislead to satisfy hype of any type. We do commend any spotlight brought to the green movement and it’s great when such a high profile person helps further the cause. We’ll review our article for overstatements but I assure you they were done without an agenda.
Thanks for stopping by and bringing it to our attention,
Angela