Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Champagne-Ardenne, France— January 20, 2009 — Today, Dr. William Hyatt Gordon, LEED-AP, 40, President of Gordon Atlantic Development Corporation, a New York, New York-based firm announces plans to pursue the development of a new destination environment featuring a golf course with an aim to host the Champions Tour. Gordon Atlantic is in negations with Greg Norman Golf Course Design, a West Palm Beach, Florida-based company, regarding the golf course design. Gordon Atlantic has been planning the development with assistance from the Invest in France Agency – New York, and CADev for nearly a year, since William Hyatt Gordon visited the Champagne-Ardenne region during a tour of France aimed to foster the development of green jet fuel for use in commercial aircraft.
Gordon, a renowned American environmentalist, and real estate developer attended the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California, and immediately drew parallels between the Champagne-Ardenne Region and Napa Valley, Carmel Valley, and the Pebble Beach Golf Links.
