New Jersey resident wins
hGTV Green Home Giveaway 2011
Sayreville, New Jersey [For Immediate Release--July 1, 2011] New Jersey resident Debbie Stolte has won the HGTV Green Home 2011. Stolte learned she was the winner of the 2011 Giveaway on Tuesday evening when HGTV’s Jamie Durie came to her home in Sayreville, NJ, looking for her. Her grand prize package includes the eco-friendly, single-family home located in the Stapleton community of Denver, a 2011 GMC® Terrain® and $100,000.
“I am so excited! My heart is going crazy, I am so happy,” said Stolte. “This couldn’t have come at a better time. I am out of work so this is miraculous!”
Stolte, a former special education teacher’s aide, almost missed Durie’s visit. She, husband Brian and teenage daughter Erica had gone out to dinner when Durie made the surprise appearance at her home to give her the news. Fortunately, a curious neighbor who came out to see what was going on was able to give her a call to return home. Stolte had entered the giveaway once each day on HGTV.com and once each day on HGTV’s Frontdoor.com throughout the entry period.
“All of us at HGTV are thrilled to hand over the keys to the 2011 HGTV Green Home to our loyal fan, Debbie Stolte,” said Jim Samples, president, HGTV. “Her randomly selected entry was one among the record more than 22 million submitted. The beautiful, yet green, design of this year’s Denver home made it a sure hit with our viewers.”
Located in an eco-progressive community created on the site of Denver’s former airport, the HGTV Green Home is a modern prairie-style home with approximately 2,400 square feet of living space. The two story, three bedroom, 2 ½ bath home features construction and design elements that are known to contribute to an energy-efficient, cleaner and healthier living environment. The home received a Platinum LEED certification—the highest rating a home can earn within the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program and an Energy Star certification which acknowledges its energy efficiency.
Viewers will be able to see full coverage of Stolte’s surprise as well as see her receive the keys to her home on the nationally televised special, HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2011, on Saturday, August 20 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. In addition, they can continue to enjoy a 360-degree virtual tour of the home at HGTV.com/greenhome.
About HGTV Green Home
The HGTV Green Home Giveaway complements the network’s annual HGTV Dream Home Giveaway, the most successful consumer promotion in cable TV history and the HGTV Urban Oasis Giveaway. The HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2011 is sponsored by several national advertisers including: GMC, Shaw Floors, Moen Incorporated, The Sherwin-Williams Company, Rinnai Corporation, Anderson Windows and Doors, and Trex Company, Inc.
About HGTV
HGTV, America’s leader in home and lifestyle programming, is distributed to more than 99 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 and attracts an average of 5 million unique visitors per month.
About Stapleton
Located on the site of Denver’s former international airport, Stapleton is one of the largest urban redevelopments in the United States. The core objective of the community plan is to create a living example of progressive, sustainable neighborhood design. With a walkable mix of energy-efficient new homes, retail districts, schools, offices and an extensive network of parks and open spaces, Stapleton is not only leading the way environmentally but economically and socially, too. For more information, visit StapletonDenver.com. The community is being developed by Forest City Enterprises, Inc., an NYSE-listed national real estate company engaged in the ownership, development, management and acquisition of commercial and residential real estate throughout the United States. For more information, visit ForestCity.net.
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Contact:
Emily Yarborough, HGTV
865-560-4643/865-803-3681 (cell)/
Eileen Campion
Dera, Roslan & Campion Public Relations
212-966-4600 /