Florida Resident Wins First HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2008(SM)

BRADENTON, Fla., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- "Forever, it will change my life
forever ... in a good way," said a jubilant Marsha Coulthard when learned she
was the winner of the first ever HGTV Green Home located in the new
development of Tradition Hilton Head, South Carolina. Coulthard, a 43-year
old medical billing clerk and green enthusiast from Bradenton, Florida, was at
home with her son and parents when HGTV's Chi-Lan Lieu knocked on the door to
let her know that she won the HGTV Green Home grand-prize package valued at
approximately $850,000. Her excitement at receiving the news was televised on
the HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2008 special on Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 8 p.m.
ET/PT.
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"I'm so excited. I can't tell you," said Coulthard. "I entered almost
every day trying to win the home."
Coulthard, an avid HGTV viewer whose name was drawn from more than 21
million entries, previously lived in nearby Bluffton, S.C., and is excited for
a chance to return to the area. Her excitement about the home is not only the
location, but also the fact that it is green as she makes an effort to
recycle, reduce and reuse. Her grand-prize package includes the new,
eco-friendly and fully furnished low-country style cottage with just over
2,000 square feet along with a 2008 GMC Yukon Hybrid.
"We were thrilled with the response to the first annual HGTV Green Home,"
said Jim Samples, president of HGTV. "The number of entries far exceeded our
expectations and demonstrated that our viewers have an interest in pursuing a
greener lifestyle. It is incredibly gratifying to HGTV to see that consumers
turn to both the network and to HGTV.com as resources for accessible and
eco-friendly approaches to living."
Located in Tradition Hilton Head of South Carolina, a 5,300-acre
master-planned community near the popular beach resort of Hilton Head, the
HGTV Green Home includes three bedrooms and two and a half baths and features
both construction and design elements that are known to contribute to an
energy efficient, cleaner and even healthier living environment.
"Tradition Hilton Head was the perfect community for our first-ever HGTV
Green Home," said Samples. We wanted to select a community that demonstrated
that you can live responsibly in a desirable location with modern amenities
and the response to the giveaway indicated that we were successful."
About the HGTV Green Home
The HGTV Green Home received a significant Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design) certification. LEED for Homes, a voluntary rating
system, is a project of the U.S. Green Building Council, and Gold LEED
certification means that the HGTV Green Home meets stringent standards for
sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials
selection, indoor environmental quality and innovative design. Online at
HGTV.com/greenhome, viewers can still learn about the materials and processes
that make the home green, and take a 360 degree virtual tour of the home.
Whether constructing a new home or remodeling a current one, they can pick up
green-building advice plus tips for earth-friendly decorating. HGTV's sponsor
partners included: Shaw Industries, Inc., Sears, General Motors, SCJ, Kohler,
Caesarstone and Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation.
About HGTV
HGTV, America's leader in home and lifestyle programming, is distributed
to more than 95 million U.S. households and is one of cable's top-rated
networks. HGTV's website, HGTV.com, is the nation's leading online
home-and-garden destination that attracts an average of 5.0 million unique
visitors per month. HGTV owns 33 percent of HGTV Canada and provides much of
the Canadian network's daily programming. The network's branded programming
also can be seen in 125 territories across all seven continents and its
selected programming is available to service men and women on board Navy ships
and through American Forces Radio & Television Service (AFRTS) which services
more than 1,000 outlets in over 175 countries. Headquartered in Knoxville,
Tenn., with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles,
Nashville and New York, HGTV is wholly owned by The E.W. Scripps Company
(NYSE: SSP), which also operates Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living TV
Network, and Great American Country.
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