SYLVA, N.C. -- Chaffin/Light Associates is pleased to announce that Balsam Mountain Preserve has been named one of America’s 100 Premier Properties by Links Magazine. Balsam Mountain Preserve is a 4,400 acre community set high in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains near the towns of Sylva and Waynesville and only 40 minutes from Asheville.

For more information visit the Balsam Mountain Preserve website at www.balsammountain.com or call (866) 452-3456.

Balsam Mountain Preserve’s 18-hole Arnold Palmer Signature golf course opened in its entirety September 1, 2007, and an official grand opening is slated for summer 2008.

“The unique combination of mountainous terrain, spectacular distant views of the surrounding mountains and the beautiful streams are what make Balsam Mountain Preserve different from any other course I have designed,” said Arnold Palmer.

Chaffin/Light Associates and Arnold Palmer have teamed up on past successful projects to include Spring Island's Old Tabby Links in the South Carolina low country that was recently ranked: #27 in Golfweek's Best Residential Courses, #23 on Travel + Leisure Golf's Top 100 Courses, and included in Golf Connoisseur magazine's Top 40 Golf Communities.

Balsam Mountain Preserve was designed as a community within a park with 3,000 of the 4,400 acres protected by conservation easements and only 354 homes. Chaffin/Light Associates has created an authentic, organic, and rugged mountain community in a sought-after, natural environment. Amenities include an 18-hole Arnold Palmer Signature course, a state of the art equestrian facility, The Ruby Valley Sports Camp, The Boarding House Lodge, a Nature Center with two on-site naturalists, 38 miles of fishing streams and 50 miles of hiking trails.

For more information visit the Balsam Mountain Preserve website at www.balsammountain.com or call (866) 452-3456.