Chesterton, IN

Dear Friend,

When I was a kid growing up, my buddies and I all lived within a few blocks of each other. In the summer we always somehow showed up at the park every morning at the same time, bikes converging from every direction. We'd play ball, breaking for lunch, paper routes and dinner, but return and play until dark - sometimes taking the game under the streetlights. We didn't have watches. If one of us got hurt, we'd go to the nearest boy's house and his mom would patch us up. We'd leave our bikes in our backyards; we never heard of a wheel lock. We had trees we climbed. The girls chalked out hopscotch patterns on the sidewalk. If someone's parents got a new Chevy, we'd all be there, sniffing in the new car smell and marveling at the design.

It was a simpler time. Some people believe it was a better time. Of course, it was in many ways, and here's what made it different. We lived in a neighborhood, not a subdivision. And that meant we had neighbors - people who knew us and whom we knew. We could walk to the store. We sat on a front porch with the folks from next door and talked. Nobody minded if we played "kick the can" in the street. The back door to most people's homes was left unlocked.

The Village in Burns Harbor was created to recapture that essence, that feeling, that time. Of course, the great advantage we have is being able to take what was unique and worthwhile about yesterday and meld it with what is great from today: modern, superbly constructed homes, designed with a practicality that maximizes efficiency of space, built with the finest materials and most contemporary technology. And we're building them in a neighborhood that we hope will inspire the same conviviality, the same neighborliness, that made my youth so wonderful.

Welcome to The Village in Burns Harbor. We hope you will consider this place "Your New Hometown."

T. Clifford Fleming

MISSION STATEMENT: To undertake Real Estate Development projects that enhance the image of Northwest Indiana, provide meaningful job opportunities for its residents, create a higher quality of life, and aid in the preservation of the family unit.