What to do around Heritage Shores

Heritage Shores is located just over an hour drive from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. You can visit Philadelphia in a short 2 hour drive or New Jersey via a ferry ride across the Delaware Bay.

Here you can enjoy tax-free shopping at the Dover mall, local antique shops and designer brand-name outlets. Southern Delaware offers everything from whale and dolphin watching to canoeing, bicycling, beaches, camping, boating and fishing (surf, ocean, bay and freshwater).

Sports fans can get excited about auto racing at Delaware International Speedway, baseball games and many water sports including surfing, sailing, kite boarding, windsurfing and parasailing. Gambling is a short drive away at Dover Downs and three horse racing facilities.

Southern Delaware is also a historic area. Nearby you can visit Governor Ross Mansion and Plantation, the Nanticoke Indian Museum or the Treasures of the Sea in Seaford. Arts and cultural attractions offer an impressive array of paintings, illustrations, furniture, pottery, stained glass and more.

Bridgeville is also home to the annual Apple Scrapple Festival hosted the second weekend in October. The festival celebrates the town of Bridgeville and the agriculture with an array of local vendors and crafts. The annual Punkin Chunkin festival is also hosted nearby offering fun for the whole family with three days of pumpkin squashing, tossing and catapulting.

For more information on the attractions surrounding Heritage Shores visit www.visitdelaware.com. Or if you’d like to experience it for yourself, ask our sales team how you can qualify for our “Stay and Play Program,” where for a small fee you can stay at one of the residences at Heritage Shores and experience all that Heritage Shores and Delaware has to offer.

Thanks for reading,

Brian Cummings
Community Sales Manager Providence of Brookfield Homes

MS Walk Kick Off Party

Join us Tuesday, March 3rd from 2:00 – 4:00 P.M. at the Heritage Shores Ballroom for the MS Walk Kick Off Party!

· Enjoy Complimentary Refreshments
· Prize Giveaways
· Learn about the MS Society DE Chapter
· Discover how your efforts can help!
· Free Registration for the April 24th Walk
· Q&A Session

Reservations are not necessary please bring your friends!

The Value of Energy Star

This is my first blog message for Providence at Heritage Shores. I would like to first introduce myself. My name is Roger Smith and I have been with this community, as the Construction Project Manager, since its inception in 2004. I consider myself very fortunate to build homes in a community as beautiful as Heritage Shores. The focus of my writing is the value of owning an Energy Star qualified home. There’s a substantial amount of quality products and installation practices that are required in order to be labeled as an energy efficient home.

I could go on and on about Energy Star because there is a ton to know about it. But for now, I’m just going to discuss the benefits of buying a new Energy Star qualified home. I will discuss other aspects of Energy Star in future posts.

To earn the Energy Star, a home must meet guidelines for energy efficiency set by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Homes are at least 15% more energy efficient than standard homes. This promotes better over all performance and delivers better protection from cold, heat, drafts and moisture. The major components of your home are included in this rating process (insulation, heating and cooling systems, windows, etc.) I don’t think there is anything worse than having to turn up the heat because of a drafty home in the dead of winter. Energy efficient homes help ensure consistent temperatures; improve indoor air quality and greater durability.

Compared with standard homes, an Energy Star qualified home uses less energy. This promotes lower ownership cost with an annual savings of $200 to $400 according to the EPA. Over an average of 7 to 8 years in your home, this adds up to thousands of dollars saved on utility bills. You could consider this a smart investment for you and your family. More than 5,000 homebuilders have partnered with EPA to build more that 840,000 Energy Star labeled homes. It’s estimated by the end of the decade, more than 2 million homes are expected to earn the Energy Star. Providence of Brookfield Home has been a part of this trend and will continue to produce value and quality in each home we build.

Thanks for reading,

Roger Smith
Project Manager
Providence of Brookfield Homes

Under Construction

Here are a few photos of the homes under construction at Heritage Shores. Photos taken by Wayne Faircloth a proud resident of Heritage Shores.

Valentine's Day

Bring Your Sweetheart to

Our Valentine's Day Dance

Saturday, February 14th

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm


Celebrate Valentine's Day with a delicious four course meal followed by music and dancing. Reservations are required, please call 302-337-9926 ext. 321 for a full menu and to reserve your space today.

A Note from the President

Welcome to the newest communication vehicle for Providence of Brookfield Homes. We are a publicly traded company with over 50 years in the homebuilding industry. Providence is the business group of Brookfield responsible for the development and homebuilding operations in active adult communities. We have successfully completed two communities in Virginia – Dunbarton in Bristow and HiddenBrooke in Springfield. We are currently creating a golf course neighborhood - Heritage Shores located in Bridgeville, Delaware. Just minutes from the Delaware beaches and the Bay Bridge, Heritage Shores provides an environment close to the things you love …golf, fishing, boating, strolling the boardwalk, lounging on the beach, fitness center, indoor pool, tennis, bike and walking trails and much more. Many of these things right within the community. We offer a variety of home styles and floor plans starting in the low $200,000s and have a tremendous model presentation for your enjoyment. Visit us on the web at http://www.providenceofbrookfieldhomes.com/ or visit our Sales Cottage at 23 White Pelican Court, Bridgeville, DE. Call for directions or further information (302) 337-1040. Our winter hours are 10 to 5 daily. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Dorothy E. Harper, President, Providence of Brookfield Homes