Path connecting Stone Hollow and Highview Trail Pl

Rich,
I sent you an email yesterday - I will ask at the next meeting in August - but as mentioned in my note they indicated they were progressing plans (exactly what was required etc) and the exact timeline wasnt really presented. Maybe the same contractor that is doing that work is working on the lights in Southern Walk too

 

I'm sure they'll get on it right about the time they're building the fence along Corson.

 

Remember, you're talking about VM time .. where 1 week = 1 month, and 1 month = 1 year

 

I am in CA and could not get to the meeting, any updates on the Tot Lott plan and expected delivery date

 

There are finalizing plans and will meet with the home owners next to the lot location. Plan is to have it installed this fall so its ready for use in the spring.

 

So here we are entering the spring, any idea how to get this park built? I would really like to have the kids there this spring

 

Any idea????

 

We have a Board meeting Tuesday at 5:30-7:30pm at the Nature Center.

 

Any update on the playground? I'm now hearing that VM wants to build a mulch path, from the already existing path that connects Highview and Stone Hollow, into the woods and will synch the playground into the woods in between Stone Hollow and Highview....essentially the new path will run parallel to Stone Hollow and Highview a little ways into the woods.

 

Unbelievable. After the initial failed attempt to move this tot lot to the location on the corner of Claiborne and Stone Hollow, I applauded VM's decision to put it back where it was originally intended. Every home buyer had the opportunity to view the trail and tot lot layouts before they bought their lot, so put it where it belongs.

Now for some unknown reason they are moving it again. Since I now fall into the category of "affected homeowner", you can bet that I'll be on the horn to Van Metre to formally object. I didn't pay a lot premium to get a wooded area behind my house just to watch it turn into a thoroughfare.

 

To all the NIMBY's out there: almost ALL of us paid lot premiums, so stop whining. The wooded area is pretty big, and you probably will be far away from any play area. I wish my neighbors would stop being selfish and give the neighborhood's little ones somewhere to play!

 

That tot lot is going to affect me and my neighbors. I don 't want it there period! Either put it where it was planned originally or scrap the whole thing. There are plenty of other tot lots around to take our children to. One of the reasons I chose my lot was because we were told that nothing was going to be built in the wooded area behind us. I am going to hold Van Metre to that. You can call this whining if you want I really don't care. My neighbors and I are going to do whatever it takes.

 

Yes, pamD, chaulk me up as the Number 1 NIMBY in your neighborhood. I'm all for having and adequate number of tot lots, in fact when we bought our lot we looked forward to having the tot lot built in its original location so we wouldn't have to buy equipment for our back yard. But VM has delayed this for so long that it is ridiculous. All I want is for them to fulfill their end of the bargain as described to me when I purchased my home. No more, no less.

 

I'm not saying that they don't have a good argument, I'm just saying that maybe a few people should be willing to give up a little of their space/privacy/view of trees/whatever to the benefit of DOZENS of families in the neighborhood. Sometimes you have to realize that life isn't perfect... Van Metre has probably s%#$d us all in one way or another. But I guess the rest of us will have to accept that and let a few homeowners ruin it for us.

BTW - any word on getting baby swings at one of the closer playgrounds?

 

This sounds just like the hospital argument. People buy a piece of property for a reason and when the rules change in mid stream they have every right to be upset. The broadlands seems more of a place of change from the original planning then most puds. The first puds here like the farms and the village and the later ones Brambleton and landsdown don't have near the problems lately that the broadlands does. Somebody is right if any read this forum I can see why they would look elsewhere.

I go on the other pud forums and you don't see any of this trying to change the original vision why many bought a home in a particular spot. Seems like lately some peoples property have less value then others if many think something should be built next to these properties that was not intended when these people bought.

 

I said "good argument," but so do the people (me included) who expected a community resource that has not been delivered. The question is how can we solve the problem.

I would be interested in hearing from a realtor about how much a tot lot will really affect a property value. It might be more like a BMW dealer taking away the trunk cargo net.