Grow Community has won the prestigious “Platinum Award” in the Green Community category from the National Association of Home Builders, in its 2014 Best in American Living contest.

The sustainable, solar-powered neighborhood received more top honors by winning the “Best In Green Development Award” in a secondary competition.

Both awards were presented at the NAHB International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas last month.

Grow Community is the first development in Kitsap County to ever win the NAHB’s Platinum Award distinction, and PHC Construction — the contractor for the project — is the first Kitsap builder to claim the award.

“The Platinum Award is an outstanding honor, and one we’re very pleased to receive,” said Marty Sievertson, president of PHC Construction. “To be acknowledged among the nation’s very best residential projects really speaks well to every facet of Grow, from concept to design to construction.”

The eight-acre Grow Community is a new urban development adjacent to Winslow. The project’s first phase, the Village, is now complete and fully occupied.

Construction is underway on the next two phases, the Grove, which will be oriented around a woodland and orchard, and the Park, where homes will flank an open greenway.

The Best in American Living Awards spotlights the most creative and innovative projects from around the nation.