Bluegreen Wilderness Club gets Green Initiative Award

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BRANSON, MISSOURI — Bluegreen Wilderness Club at Big Cedar was awarded the City of Branson’s 2011 Green Initiative award for its eco-friendly practices, giving the timeshare management company some welcome publicity and recognition. “We are honored to receive this award, as we believe instilling a culture of environmental respect and sustainability is an important part of living and working in The Ozarks,” said Howard Kitchen, general manager of Wilderness Club at Big Cedar. Bluegreen Vacations, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based timeshare company that bills itself as “a leading provider of colorful places to play,” got recognition for its Missouri resort, Bluegreen Wilderness Club at Big Cedar. The City of Branson, Missouri awarded that resort its 2011 Green Initiative award for its eco-friendly practices.


Bluegreen Corporation said it was “honored and proud to receive the award,” and made note of the special policies that contributed to Bluegreen Wilderness Club winning this recognition.

As the firm noted, “We are diligent about the following:

• Landscaping practices to reduce use of water and fertilizer to guard against runoff into Table Rock Lake, and to recycle organic materials into the soil by composting and mulching.
• The living ‘green’ roof at Indian Creek Swimming pool Pump House and the emphasis on sustainability throughout the newly constructed Indian Creek Lodge.
• Recognition by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Certified Green Lodging Program.
• Participating Property, “Clean the World” Program to recycle soap products for distribution to needy, third-world countries to provide sanitizing cleansers to combat infection transmission and to reduce the impact of these cleaning products on our landfills and groundwater.
• Encouragement to all guests to participate in our resort-wide commitment to recycling by providing convenient containers for collecting recyclable materials.
• The resort’s recycling programs divert and transport an estimated 128.5 tons of recylcable material that would otherwise be sent to a landfill.
• Use of energy efficient and solar lighting fixtures where practicable.
• Use of water/energy conserving fixtures where practicable.

These aspects of our green culture were recognized by the City of Branson during the 2011 Green Initiative award ceremony.”

Being environmentally friendly, the firm noted, is what makes Bluegreen Wilderness Club so appealing in the first place. The timeshare resort focuses on “rustic luxury,” with 18 Concierge
and Presidential villas, slate and hardwood floors, flat-screen TVs, fireplaces, and stainless steel appliances.

The Wilderness Club “is also diligent about remaining energy conscious and eco-friendly,” Bluegreen noted. “While we continue to evolve our practices to become as energy efficient and
eco-friendly as possible, we have already accomplished many great things.”

Kitchen added, “As a Bluegreen Corporation resort, we are proud to represent the timeshare industry with a positive, environmentally friendly award.”

Founded in 1966 and headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., Bluegreen Corporation is a leading timeshare sales, marketing and resort management company.

The firm manages, markets and sells the Bluegreen Vacation Club, a flexible, points-based, deeded vacation ownership plan with more than 160,000 owners, more than 59 owned or
managed resorts, and access to more than 4,000 resorts worldwide.

Bluegreen also offers a portfolio of comprehensive, turnkey, fee-based service resort management, financial services, and sales and marketing on behalf of third parties.