The Central Oregon Association of REALTORS (COAR) presented the 38th Annual Building a Better Central Oregon (BBCO) Awards last week at the Seventh Mountain Resort. BBCO’s main purpose is to recognize worthy residents who have enhanced their community with outstanding new or renovated residential, commercial or industrial buildings. Projects are judged on economic impact, neighborhood improvement, unique design or use of materials.
The 2014 award winners are:
CREATIVE RENOVATION OF AN AGING MOTOR LODGE
Wall Street Suites, Bend • Pat & Wendy Kelley and Vern & Gretchen Palmer
Each room is unique with six different species of hardwood trim, matching locally made cabinetry, and numerous exotic stone tiles and granite slab combinations. The bedrooms in the suites are separated from the living space with large “barn doors” on exposed hardware. All beds are king sized gel mattress beds and living rooms feature a pull out couch with a gel mattress. Custom made night stands and coffee tables in each room were created by local artisans.
Wall Street Suites is a dog friendly business and features a small “dog park” behind the hotel. Large landscape planters create privacy and an outdoor seating area in front of each room. There are outdoor community gathering areas with umbrellas, tables and chairs, and a fire pit. They offer custom made bicycles for the use of the lodging guests. The Wall Street Suites conference room is available for community or guest use.
BEST COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN AN URBAN RENOVATION
Barney Prines Steakhouse & Saloon, Prineville • Joe Litzinger
The Barney Prines Steakhouse & Saloon was once an abandoned laundromat that was a community eyesore. Local artistry can be seen throughout the building. The owners focused on using reclaimed materials throughout the process from the table tops to the fire pit outside. The bar top was milled from an old fir tree on a Prineville Property.
CLIMBING HIGHER AWARD
Bend Rock Gym, Bend • James Stone
The new building expands a 7,000-square-foot facility into a 20,000-square-foot, two building gym, roughly 50 feet high. Construction was done by Empire Construction and Development (Kevin Spencer/Bruce Page) and Jason Stollenwerk at Entre Prises – Built Climbing Walls. The Bend Rock Gym works with College Excel, Bend Endurance Academy, Boys and Girls Club, Big Brother Big Sister and Oregon Adaptive Sports to provide fun activities for these community groups.
BEST RENOVATION OF A HISTORIC REDMOND LANDMARK
Dawg House II, Redmond • Steve Boothroyd
In remodeling the building and setting up the new restaurant, the owners of the Dawg House II reused furniture, fixtures, equipment and anything else they could re-purpose, some from previous tenant improvements for other projects. Old fixtures were replaced with energy efficient fixtures, equipment, appliances, bulbs etc. to keep utility costs down. As the demolition took place, materials were recycled as much as possible to keep debris out of landfill.
BEST URBAN COMMERCIAL RE-PURPOSING
Wild Ride Brew, Redmond, OR • Brian Mitchell and Paul Bergman
Extensive construction occurred to turn the facility from a lumber storage facility into a production brewery and tap house. Many thanks to Ascent Architecture & Interiors, SunWest Builders, Redmond Economic Development and the City of Redmond for their help in allowing the project to come together. Wild Ride brews on a 20BBL brewing system, with 40BBL fermentation tanks. Customers in the tap room can enjoy up to 15 of beers on tap, and order from the four food carts located just off of our year-round patio.
MOST INNOVATIVE USE OF MATERIALS IN A RESIDENTIAL HOME
19545 Buck Canyon Rd., Bend • Pacific Home Builders, LLC – TJ Toney
The Buck Canyon home finishes included extensive use of reclaimed wood on both the interior and exterior. The wood was reclaimed from a large potato barn in Madras. (example 2×8 barnwood was milled into 1×8 material to use as wainscoting on walls). Triple pane glass garage door, from Central Oregon Garage Doors, was installed in the family room instead of french doors or a slider.
BEST OVERALL
Energy Efficiency, Low Income Housing, Improvement of an Area
Little Deschutes Lodge II, LaPine • John Gilbert & Rob Roy – Pacific Crest Group
The Lodge consists of 26 low income senior living apartments that serves a population at 30-50 percent of the average income in LaPine. Rents range from $355-$645 (all inclusive) for one-two bedroom units. The entire building is an environmentally sustainable and healthy building.
OUTSTANDING URBAN INNOVATION
The Lot, Bend • David Staley and Michelle Staley
BCA Architects, Blaise Cacciola and Shawn Kelly provided valuable feedback and support, not to mention minding all the important details necessary to get the project through the permitting process. CS construction provided extremely competent, professional and efficient service. The construction phase went faster and more smoothly than could have been imagined. The site currently has five food carts: Rico’s Tacos, Brown Owl, Mauna Kea, Thailandia and Real Food.
CENTRAL OREGON INDUSTRY PIONEER
Maragas Winery, Jefferson County • Doug and Gina Maragas
The winery was first incorporated in Bend, and in 2005 the land in Terrebonne was purchased for organic crop and wine production. In 2012, the vineyard expansion started with water preservation and organic pest control methods implemented. Traditional European and modern cultivation methods were combined for efficiently.
BEST USE OF LOCAL OUTSOURCING
Tetherow Lodges, Bend • William Willemstein, Joe Weston, Chris and Erin van der Velde
Tetherow Lodges are the first 50 overnight lodging units for Tetherow Resort: more lodging units are in the planning phase. This project was started when the economy was still very weak and Tetherow made a commitment to hiring locally to help keep jobs in the area. Local architect, Darren Thomas, interior designer-Kirsti Wolfe Design and SunWest Builders were used. They were able to use many local products in the construction of the buildings themselves – from hard surfaces to the tea and coffee in each guest room.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Bill Smith • William Smith Properties
While working with Brooks Resources Corporation and Brooks-Scanlon Inc., William Smith Properties was involved with the development of Black Butte Ranch, Awbrey Butte, Shevlin Business Center and Mt. Bachelor Village Resort; In Sisters: Crossroads, Tollgate, Heavenly Acres; In La Pine: Ponderosa Pines, Wagon Trail Ranch, Ponderosa Pines East.; and many other projects. In 1983 Smith started William Smith Properties and Old Mill Development Company and acquired the sites of three former log mills on both sides of the Deschutes River just South of Downtown Bend, Oregon.
BBCO is sponsored by the Central Oregon Association of REALTORS, Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty, Director’s Mortgage, Evergreen Home Loans, Mortgage Express and The Real Estate Book. For questions about the Building a Better Central Oregon Awards or the Central Oregon Association of REALTORS.
