Growing families are top of mind in the design of a new show home by Trico Homes in Airdrie.

The Ridgeway is located in HillCrest, a master-planned community on Airdrie’s southwest end. It features a functional floor plan with thoughtful spaces for quality time together, including a generously-sized great room on the main floor and an even bigger bonus room on the top level.

This model is 2,172-square-feet with three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. It also features a two-car front-attached garage.

Read the full article here in the Calgary Herald.

House hunters eyeing a functional family-friendly design in a move-up home model, may find their match in the Hudson. This is a new two-storey show model by Trico Homes with a two-car front-attached garage in Nolan Hill.

The home is 2,131-square-feet and on a 29-foot-wide lot. It’s a zero lot line concept, which means it’s built against one end of the lot’s property line.

The Hudson has three generously-sized bedrooms on its second level, including a master bedroom on its rear corner. It has enough space for a king-sized bed and large furniture.

Read the full article here in the Calgary Herald.

Calgary homebuilder Wayne Chiu is a firm believer in business education and social entrepreneurship.

On Wednesday, the chief executive & founder of Trico Homes put $3 million towards that belief in the largest donation ever for Bow Valley College as the institution renamed its School of Business after the local business leader and philanthropist.

“The reason for the donation is because I’m entrepreneurial and I support business and what’s best to support business but by supporting business education,” he said. “Business education is my passion. My goal is that hopefully we can encourage people for lifelong learning and hopefully this lifelong learning can encourage people to look into different ways to further their passion of study.”

“We hope the donation does not just boost the program but at the same time (helps) to expand to the business program as well to what I call social entrepreneurship and social innovation kind of education.”

To learn more, visit the Bow Valley College website here.

A Certified B Corporation (B stands for ‘Benefit’) is an accreditation showing that a company voluntarily meets standards of transparency, accountability, and performance.

Unlike traditional corporations that look only to benefit the shareholders, Certified B Corporations are required to consider the impact their decisions have on customers, employees, suppliers, community, and the environment. To become a B Corp, a company must also get a passing score on an assessment of its business practices administered by a nonprofit group called B Lab. As of May 2012, there are over 530 Certified B Corporations from over 60 industries, representing a diverse multi-billion marketplace.

Trico Homes is the first residential home builder in Canada to become a Certified B Corporation.

Why Trico Homes became a B Corp

Our vision resonates with that of the B Corp: to achieve a positive environmental footprint, provide employees with a great place to work, and to build stronger communities. Becoming a B Corporation is a highly effective means for us to connect to the many initiatives of B Corps and to become part of an elite group of corporate, and community leaders.

Trico Homes understands there is more to building better communities than just constructing quality crafted homes, a responsible builder needs to support communities and partner with organizations that develop programs for education, recreation, charity and multiculturalism.

Trico is proud to become a Certified B Corporation and is committed to triple bottom line development while being profitable is important, so is the social and environmental bottom line. A sustainable B Corporation strives to maximize stakeholder value within means. Trico will continue to engage in practices that provide benefits to customers, employees, trades, suppliers and the communities we live and work in.

To learn more about Trico’s B Corporation certification, visit the B Lab website here.