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Costa Pacific Homes recently announced that is has reduced the prices on its homes for sale in the Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Oregon.

The new Carvalho Condominiums now range in price between $269,900 and $394,900. These new Portland condos are available in both one-level flat and two-story townhome-style designs with four distinct two bedroom/two bathroom floor plans.

Ranging in size from 1,291 to 2,102 square feet and steps from Piazza Villebois and the Villebois Sunday Market, these new Wilsonville homes are ideally suited for a broad range of home buyers - from young professionals to empty nesters.

The Carvalho Condominiums in Villebois feature spacious kitchens with GE Home Essential appliance packages, gas fireplaces and Kohler fixtures as well as one and one-and-a-half car garages and covered porches. Not to mention, the Carvalho Condominiums offer buyers the only single-level homes within the entire Villebois community.

Also located in the Villebois Village Center are the Seville Rows, which are now between the low price of $367,900 and $437,900, and range in size from 2,005 square feet to 2,500 square feet. The Seville Rows feature open, inviting great rooms with dining nooks and gas fireplaces. The gourmet kitchens boast tile countertops and backsplashes, stainless steel appliances and hardwood floors. The homes also integrate multiple levels of covered decks, outdoor living spaces and generous two-car garages. They too are within walking distance of all of the activity and events that grace Piazza Villebois.

Visit Homes.Villebois.com today to search all the homes for sale in the Villebois neighborhood.

Call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com today to learn more about Villebois or the homes listed in the Village Center.

Allied Waste of Wilsonville is starting a new recycling program in the Villebois community in Wilsonville, Oregon. Allied Waste will be delivering 32-gallon roll carts the week of November 16, 2009, dropping-off the carts at the end of your driveway. Collection of recycling materials will start the following week.

What should I do with the two bins I use now for recycling? You will need to keep one bin to recycle glass. Allied Waste will pick-up the other bin on the day recycling material is collected, or you can keep the bin to store items you may use once in a while. If you want Allied Wasteto pick-up the bin, please set it at the curb, empty of waste, next to the new roll cart.

Instructions for what can and cannot go into the new roll cart will be attached to your new roll cart. Our community now keeps between 55-60 percent of its waste out of the landfill. The new roll carts will enable you to keep even more waste out of the landfill.

If you want a larger, 60-gallon roll cart, call Allied Waste in December at 503.682.0336. The company will exchange your cart at no charge.

For more information about the new recycling program introduced in Wilsonville or the Villebois community's commitment to sustainability, please call 866.580.2836 or email Blog@CostaPacific.com. You may also visit ChangeHowYouLive.com.

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The weather has turned cold and now’s the time to think about winter energy usage. All of the items listed below are worked overtime this time of year due to lower temperatures, less daylight and holiday entertaining.

PGE recently published some solutions that may help keep energy usage down. Good for the environment and good for you wallet! Here’s a list of common triggers and ways to combat them.

Heating

Set thermostat to 68°, lowering it to 60° at bedtime or when you’re away

Check furnace filters monthly and clean or replace as needed

Hot water

Set your water heater to 120°

Wash laundry in cold water when possible

Install a high-performance showerhead

Lighting

Switch from incandescent bulbs to compact fluorescent bulbs

Replace traditional holiday lights with LED strands

Holiday cooking

Use the microwave when possible

Don’t preheat the over unless precision is critical

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Now that the hot clear days of Summer are behind us the skies are starting to fill with (Clouds) and we would love it if everyone carried their cameras everywhere they go so they can capture some great (Cloud) photographs and post them to the group .......... CLOUDS AT ACTIVERAIN (clouds attached)

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