Florida Resident Wins First HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2008(SM)
June 08 2008 - 11:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
BRADENTON, Fla., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- "Forever, it will change my
life forever ... in a good way," said a jubilant Marsha Coulthard
when learned she was the winner of the first ever HGTV Green Home
located in the new development of Tradition Hilton Head, South
Carolina. Coulthard, a 43-year old medical billing clerk and green
enthusiast from Bradenton, Florida, was at home with her son and
parents when HGTV's Chi-Lan Lieu knocked on the door to let her
know that she won the HGTV Green Home grand-prize package valued at
approximately $850,000. Her excitement at receiving the news was
televised on the HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2008 special on Sunday,
June 8, 2008 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080608/CLSU001 ) "I'm so
excited. I can't tell you," said Coulthard. "I entered almost every
day trying to win the home." Coulthard, an avid HGTV viewer whose
name was drawn from more than 21 million entries, previously lived
in nearby Bluffton, S.C., and is excited for a chance to return to
the area. Her excitement about the home is not only the location,
but also the fact that it is green as she makes an effort to
recycle, reduce and reuse. Her grand-prize package includes the
new, eco-friendly and fully furnished low-country style cottage
with just over 2,000 square feet along with a 2008 GMC Yukon
Hybrid. "We were thrilled with the response to the first annual
HGTV Green Home," said Jim Samples, president of HGTV. "The number
of entries far exceeded our expectations and demonstrated that our
viewers have an interest in pursuing a greener lifestyle. It is
incredibly gratifying to HGTV to see that consumers turn to both
the network and to HGTV.com as resources for accessible and
eco-friendly approaches to living." Located in Tradition Hilton
Head of South Carolina, a 5,300-acre master-planned community near
the popular beach resort of Hilton Head, the HGTV Green Home
includes three bedrooms and two and a half baths and features both
construction and design elements that are known to contribute to an
energy efficient, cleaner and even healthier living environment.
"Tradition Hilton Head was the perfect community for our first-ever
HGTV Green Home," said Samples. We wanted to select a community
that demonstrated that you can live responsibly in a desirable
location with modern amenities and the response to the giveaway
indicated that we were successful." About the HGTV Green Home The
HGTV Green Home received a significant Gold LEED (Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design) certification. LEED for Homes, a
voluntary rating system, is a project of the U.S. Green Building
Council, and Gold LEED certification means that the HGTV Green Home
meets stringent standards for sustainable site development, water
savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, indoor
environmental quality and innovative design. Online at
HGTV.com/greenhome, viewers can still learn about the materials and
processes that make the home green, and take a 360 degree virtual
tour of the home. Whether constructing a new home or remodeling a
current one, they can pick up green-building advice plus tips for
earth-friendly decorating. HGTV's sponsor partners included: Shaw
Industries, Inc., Sears, General Motors, SCJ, Kohler, Caesarstone
and Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation. About HGTV HGTV,
America's leader in home and lifestyle programming, is distributed
to more than 95 million U.S. households and is one of cable's
top-rated networks. HGTV's website, HGTV.com, is the nation's
leading online home-and-garden destination that attracts an average
of 5.0 million unique visitors per month. HGTV owns 33 percent of
HGTV Canada and provides much of the Canadian network's daily
programming. The network's branded programming also can be seen in
125 territories across all seven continents and its selected
programming is available to service men and women on board Navy
ships and through American Forces Radio & Television Service
(AFRTS) which services more than 1,000 outlets in over 175
countries. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., with offices in
Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Nashville and New
York, HGTV is wholly owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP),
which also operates Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living TV
Network, and Great American Country.
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Yarborough, HGTV, +1-865-560-4643 or mobile +1-865-803-3681, Web
site: http://www.hgtv.com/ http://hgtv.com/greenhome
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