Bluff Creek at Fox Run. Partnering with Nature for People

Land and Environment

For over 30 years, the developer of Fox Run has been guided by a philosophy he calls listening to the land. Lots and roads are laid out to follow the land's natural contours, to minimize disturbance to plant and wild life, and to preserve and enhance the native beauty. Where the land is unique or offers an opportunity for quality of life enhancement, it is preserved. This approach, coupled with restrictions designed to sustain preservation, guarantee enjoyment of the land's native assets now and for many generations to come.

In developing Bluff Creek, the developer took these and other environmentally-and land-sensitive measures:


• 44+ acres of the land through which Freudenberg Creek runs were preserved as a forever wild natural park.

• Trees were inventoried prior to construction to build around unique specimens where they existed.

• Trees, stumps and brush were ground, rather than burned, to reduce carbon emissions. Burning, although legal and less expensive, releases more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

• Mulch, derived from chopped stumps & trees, was used during construction as coffer dams to further insure no ground water run-off or seepage into any stream. This is a unique approach to recycling during the construction phase.

• Silt fences were installed in excess of code requirements to guarantee the least possible impact on streams.

• Cul-de-sacs, rather than connecting streets, were used to reduce excessive traffic, thereby decreasing carbon emissions and noise pollution. Cul-de-sac design included two streets of less than 1,000 feet, thus allowing for a narrower road. This disrupted less land and used less petroleum based product, while meeting all applicable Hamilton County Codes.