CHARLES POINTE TO WELCOME VISITORS SATURDAY
WITH A DAY OF TOURS AND FUN

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Charles Pointe will welcome visitors for the first time with Tour the Pointe, Saturday, August 6. Gov. Joe Manchin III and developer James A. Corton will kick off events with an official gate-opening ceremony at 9:45 a.m., followed from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. with a tour of the property, give-a-ways, a live radio remote, entertainment, food, and special activities for children.

The entire event is free and open to the public.

West Virginia’s first master-planned community, Charles Pointe is the dream of Corton and his wife, Jennifer Compton Corton, managing partners of Genesis Partners of Bridgeport, which is developing the complex of homes and retail, professional and recreation facilities.

Tour the Pointe also will feature a Partners Tent where Corton and representatives from Genesis’s business partners will greet visitors and personally answer their questions. Those partners will include the following:

Bridgeport Conference Center, Fifth Third Bank, CB Richard Ellis, Communications Plus (TelAtlantic), Wingate Inn, Microtel Inn and Suites, Harrison Rural Electrification Association, S&A Homes, Tailfeathers, Secure US, ERA Apex Realty, Greater Bridgeport Conference & Visitors Center, the City of Bridgeport and The Phillips Group.

“We look forward to welcoming visitors for an ‘inside look’ at Charles Pointe, West Virginia’s first master-planned community,” Corton stated.

“After years of planning, the community is beginning to come to life. We are excited about the progress and want to share our vision with our friends and neighbors from around the state. The tour will be illustrative of that vision,” he said.

Corton also emphasized that, “Charles Pointe is about family and community, about living, working and playing in a community designed to accommodate the needs of individuals, families and businesses with an emphasis on excellence and innovation.”

Forty million dollars has been invested in the development which, when completed, will include over $750 million of investments in residences, retail and professional facilities, and recreation venues.

Not only will visitors tour the 1,700 acre site, but they will learn more about the many innovative features of the community, including fiber-to-the-home and to businesses.

For example, Corton pointed out, Genesis business partner TelAtlantic Communications Inc., through its subsidiary Communications Plus, is using Tellabs® DynamicHomeSM solution to deliver integrated state-of-the-art communications with such benefits as digital video, high-speed Internet and telephone.

The entire community, including office complexes, retail outlets, and restaurants, will have fiber to the premise upon occupancy, making Charles Pointe the first West Virginia master-planned community offering access to the sophisticated video, voice and data services available only through fiber optic technology.

Charles Pointe is located just north of I-79’s Jerry Dove Drive Exit 124. Ample parking will be available.