For 46 years, children with life-threatening illnesses have arrived at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, hoping for a cure. The hospital does its work quietly, day in and day out, not only finding new ways to treat diseases, such as leukemia, but also finding new methods to fund the treatments that insurance won't cover.

One of the most popular fundraisers for the hospital takes place this year in the Westhaven community of Franklin, where a $700,000 home will be raffled with virtually all proceeds going to fund lifesaving research at St. Jude.

Take a tour of seven private gardens in the Westhaven neighborhood Friday through May 18 with the third annual Courtyard Garden Tour.

And while you're in the neighborhood, stop in this year's St. Jude Dream Home, where tours open to the public that weekend as well.

Westhaven Town Center continues to expand as two new businesses: The Spectacle Shoppe and Townsend Academy, commit to the quaint and growing commercial village in the heart of one of Williamson county’s most successful communities; Westhaven.

The extremely popular Westhaven Courtyard Garden Tour is gearing up for a 3rd straight year! Hold the dates of May 16th - 18th, on your calendar as you won’t want to miss this opportunity to peak inside some fabulous courtyards – Westhaven’s best kept secrets!

In this edition of the NAI Nashville Market Report podcast, I spoke with Timothy Downey the President and CEO of the Southern Land Company about their new mixed-use development in the Cool Springs area called McEwen.

Development in Westhaven has progressed beyond home building, and developers are now in full-swing recruitment mode to fill in the gaps with retail and entertainment options in the community's town center.

Mafiaoza's Pizzeria & Neighborhood Pub will be the first restaurant in the mixed-use community off Highway 96 west of Franklin, developer Southern Land Co. announced Monday.

As often happens, Vince Gill and Amy Grant's day jobs merged with their passion for charity on Friday night as they marked their second year as co-chairs of the 2008 St. Jude Dream Home giveaway.

Westhaven was voted a 2008 Readers Favorite.

Westhaven was the 1^st place winner in the Home Development category by the readers of Greater Nashville House & Home & Garden magazine.

Reflecting the historic momentum that has greeted its launch, the Westhaven Golf Club will again increase its initiation fees effective February 15th. First offered at $10,000, the fee was previously increased to $12,500 shortly after groundbreaking. The current first installment payment of $2,500 will also increase on February 15th. The Club has also made a second release of 25 memberships to those residing beyond Westhaven. All 25 of the first such memberships released in August 2007 were reserved within days of their offering. Inquiries regarding these limited Memberships should be directed to Glynn Taylor, Director of Golf, at 778-3939 or glynn.taylor@southernland.com.

On February 4, Southern Exposure Magazine and Franklinis.com held a banquet for all of the 2007 Sizzle Award finalists. Southern Land Company was voted Best Builder/Developer in Williamson County for the second year in a row. With the amount of growth and development in this county, it is a huge honor to be named the best.