News
Away from the City, Alex Newman, National Post
It's not just the dream of escaping the rat race that entices -- this new escapee wants larger lots and larger homes, but to be close to an existing community, especially one with natural beauty and cultural amenities. More ...
New Amherst News, 1st Edition
New Amherst is pleased to share the first edition of the New Amherst News. This publication outlines all the resort town of Cobourg and the village centered community of New Amherst has to offer. More ...
Lakeside living closer to the ground, Suzanne Wintrob, National Post
Over in Cobourg, New Amherst Ltd. is building an 1,100-home community that managing partner Max LeMarchant says is “designed as a village rather than a subdivision,” The 170-acre site, with its small-town feel, includes condos, two-level lofts, bungalows, two-storeys and townhomes and will take 10 years to be fully developed, though sales are on now for a new phase, which has late 2010 occupancy. The current phase is a few streets away from the lake though future construction will get closer to it. More ...
Open House at New Amherst
New Amherst is hosting an Open House on Sunday April 18, 2010 More ...
Another Information Porthole
Source of more information about New Amherst More ...
New Amherst Opens to Rave Reviews
Last Saturday, over 500 visitors enjoyed the grand opening of New Amherst's beautiful new model homes and the turnout confirmed the famous line from Field of Dreams, "Build it and they will come." More ...
Toronto Star - Urban style in small-town development
"Substantial Georgian-style homes that look like long-standing elements of the landscape aren't the usual stuff of suburbs. But the models in the new Castlehead Homes project in Cobourg are just that." More ...
Toronto Star - Neutral tones true to tradition
"Most model homes take at least some design cues from the potential buyer, but the model at New Amherst in Cobourg takes this human context to a new level." More ...
Toronto Star - Ahead of its time no more
"Seeds of New Amherst were planted almost 20 years ago, when new urbanism was called neo-traditional planning." More ...
Globe & Mail - New Urbanism takes root at the fringe
"On the fringe of the Greater Toronto Area's heated housing market, the area between Port Hope and Cobourg is the new frontier." More ...
