Charter Stories
There's so much more to The Great American Neighborhood® than meets the eye.
Distinct spaces, inspired designs and thoughtful details that all come together to create places unlike anywhere else. Interesting people with unique stories who have discovered a place as special as they are -a place they can live better.
Check out our stories for a glimpse into what life in a Charter neighborhood is really like.
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Hastings Green
August 31, 2018Your first visit to Hastings, The Great American Neighborhood in South Fayette, will show you how important Gathering Places are in creating a neighborhood. Turn in and you'll be greeted by Hastings Green, a beautiful 1.5 acre lawn surrounded by large sycamore trees and bordered by a hand laid brick...
Living Design
August 23, 2018Look closely and you’ll notice that a Charter home just looks and feels different than any other new home. From the wall of windows that allows the morning light to stream into your kitchen to the functional layout of your living space, all of our homes are designed to feel larger, brighter and...
The Great American Neighborhood
August 14, 2018Some of the best stories told are about the places people live. The street they grew up on. The neighbors next door. The lasting connections made. More than 15 years ago, we began reimagining the way the suburbs look by creating places and neighborhoods designed for the way people want to live. We...
Walking to Work
August 10, 2018When Allison Zang and her husband bought their first home at Walden in Mechanicsburg almost 10 years ago, she never imagined she’d one day be walking across the street to work at her very own Pilates studio. However, after outgrowing giving private lessons in her own home, Allison saw the...
The Hastings Story
August 9, 2018The first time we walked the future site of Hastings in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, we knew the natural beauty of the land, which had only grown more special over time, was the perfect canvas for what we do best at Charter Homes & Neighborhoods – take what came before and incorporate it into...
Trevor's Farm
August 7, 2018Late last Summer, a new sight popped up along Woods drive in Mechanicsburg, just outside of our Woodbridge neighborhood. Thousands of bright sunflowers caught the attention of neighbors, passerby and photographers from across the region. The sunflowers are a part of Trevor’s farm, a preserved 12...