"Suburban farming" featured in Florida Weekly
October 5 2011
Suburban Farming - Living off your land, often at your own risk
Mark Anderson, Benchmark General Contractors, is quoted on this cover-story for Florida Weekly.
Gulfshore Business Daily "Benchmark Begins Site Redevelopment on Sanibel Church
August 23 2011
Benchmark General Contractors, Inc. and Sanibel Community Church held a groundbreaking ceremony on August 23, 2011
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August 13 2011
Community property: Shared sustainability key feature of Sea Glass on Sanibel Island
Read full story (PDF)Florida Weekly Article "Buyers Prefer Green"
August 10 2011
Read Florida Weekly, August 10-16, 2011 results of survey, buyers prefer green.
Read full story (PDF)Wink News Reports
August 8 2011
Read Wink News article on Sanibel's first sustainable community -Sea Glass
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Naples Daily News
August 6 2011
Naples Daily News 8-6-2011 reports results of survey for Sea Glass of Sanibel.
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NY Times Permaculture
July 28 2011
Read the NY Times article "The Permaculture Movement Grows From Underground", dated 7-28-2011
Read full story (PDF)Benchmark awarded 2011 FL Weekly's Best
May 10 2011
Benchmark General Contractors was featured in Florida Weekly's May 4-10, 2011 issue for "Best New Invention".
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Island Reporter - Solar-powered, electric vehicles
May 12 2011
Solar-powered, electric vehicles presented at SARR Meeting. Click here to read the full article at The Island/Reporter.
Living with the Land-An eco-friendly community planned for Sanibel will help residents get back to nature
May 6 2011
Times of the Islands - May/June 2011 issue
Sanibel Island has long been known as a steward of the environment. So it’s not surprising that it was chosen as the site of a new community that will be as green as the vegetation surrounding it.
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Light-bulb moments
February 9 2011
Fort Myers Florida Weekly — Local inventors tinker and turn profits
We present four Southwest Floridians who stand together with past and present inventors and visionaries, and alone with ideas that haven’t been found anywhere else.
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Business newsmakers: Sea Glass of Sanibel design gets 2010 Honor Award
September 19 2010
NEWS-PRESS.COM — The design of Sea Glass of Sanibel, a planned 12-acre sustainable residential community, was recognized by the American Institute of Architects Florida with a 2010 Honor Award.
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Gulf Coast Business Review – Hot Pockets
September 17 2010
Homebuilding Industry: Builders report pockets of home sales on the Gulf Coast
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Real estate briefs: Captiva home receives award
September 12 2010
NEWS-PRESS.COM — A new custom home on Captiva Island received top honors in the Aurora Awards, a design competition of the Southeast Building Conference.
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New article from Luxury Home Quarterly Magazine
April 2 2010
Benchmark General Contractors Making Energy Efficiency A Priority in Southwest Florida's Residental Market.
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Fort Myers firm's future looks green—Benchmark's goal cutting energy usage
April 2 2010
NEWS-PRESS.COM – Founder and President Mark Anderson observes the silver anniversary of his Benchmark General Contractors this year, but green is the concept that best describes the 25-year-old Fort Myers company these days. With a focus on environmentally friendly construction, Benchmark has survived the recent challenging economic times - and Anderson and Vice President Jeff Good are optimistic about the years ahead.
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Builders and bank create LEED certified commercial building in Fort Myers
November 22 2009
FORT MYERS, FL – When it comes to banks, usually the term “green” applies to money, but in the case of First Community Bank (www.fcb-yourbank.com) at the Forum Shops in Fort Myers, “green” is defined as environmentally responsible, sustainable building, inside and out. Completed last November 2008 by Fort Myers builders Benchmark General Contractors, Inc. (www.BenchmarkGenContractor.com), First Community is one of the first commercial buildings in the Fort Myers area to pursue LEED NC (New Construction) certification through the US Green Building Council.
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Collaborative process inspires plans for Sanibel Island’s eco-friendly community
September 23 2009
SANIBEL ISLAND, FL — The vision of partners Mark Anderson and Ron Rosen began to take shape as a team of 20 experts shared ideas about the builders’ 12-acre sustainable residential community, Sea Glass.
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Benchmark General Contractors proceeds with design for sustainable residential development Eco-friendly community planned for Sanibel
May 29 2009
SANIBEL ISLAND, FL — A collaborative agreement between Fort Myers-based Benchmark General Contractors, the Florida Community Design Center (FLCDC) and the University of Florida School of Architecture is the first step in the planning of a sustainable residential cluster of approximately 12 single-family homes on a 12-acre property along Periwinkle Way on Sanibel Island. The property was previously the site of the Old Schoolhouse Theater and the home of the Sanibel Landscape Company, the first landscape nursery on the island. Design plans are underway.
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