The Cliffs Opens New Wellness Center at Walnut Cove

June 25, 2009

TRAVELERS REST, SC – June 25, 3009 –  The Cliffs recently opened a state-of-the-art 18,000-square-foot Wellness Center at its Walnut Cove community in Arden, N.C., the latest in a long line of first-class amenities that stretch across its eight luxury developments based in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Western Carolinas.

The Center offers a four-lane outdoor pool and a two-lane heated indoor lap pool that are junior Olympic lengths. There also are spacious aerobics and fitness rooms filled with the best training equipment and a spa treatment center adjacent to the full locker room facilities for men and women. A huge meeting room is also available.

It’s the latest amenity at Walnut Cove that also features a Jack Nicklaus Signature Design golf course that opened in 2005.

“We offer a full schedule of personal conditioning programs, classes and activities for our Members,” said Vance Ferrigno, director of wellness programming. “Our goal is to help our Members improve their lives outside the gym, whether that means having a better golf game or do whatever it is in life that brings them fulfillment. Our goal is to make The Cliffs the healthiest place to live, work and play in America.”

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The Cliffs offers a comprehensive wellness program focuses on mind, body and spirit that is supported by preventative medical programs, customized individual programs, wellness coaches and nutritional programs. More than 3,000 programs are offered each year throughout all the Cliffs communities.

These programs are sustained through formal affiliations with leaders in the field of preventative healthcare, including, for example, the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

The Cliffs Communities recently received national recognition for its innovative employee wellness program, earning a gold distinction from the Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA).

About The Cliffs Communities

Founded in 1989 by Jim Anthony, The Cliffs Communities is devoted to the sensible development of residential communities and other properties within the United States and around the world. The Cliffs’ domestic properties include eight premier, private master-planned residential communities located in the heart of the Carolina Preserve near Asheville, N.C., and Greenville, S.C., collectively bordered by hundreds of thousands of acres of national forest and state parks in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Cliffs’ membership gives our Members the keys to all eight communities: being a Member of one community makes you a Member of all, including The Cliffs’ international vacation properties in British Columbia, Canada; Patagonia, Chile; and The Abacos, Bahamas. The Cliffs offers homesites from $200,000 to more than $3 million and custom homes from $700,000 to $5 million. To discover panoramic living at The Cliffs, call (877) 254-3371 or visit www.cliffscommunities.com .