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Walking Trail Thru Neighborhoods

Aug 23, 2007
Jim Warren offers some interesting ideas about developing walking and bike trails through Hunters Brook, Hunters Chase I, Hunters Chase II, and Parkwood, and Parkwood Way. His recent emails:

I am president of Hunters Brook HOA which is the first street as you come into Hunter Chase on Huntsman Road. I would like to contact other HOA's presidents in our housing area to combine some ideas for our community. I would like to place signs with different symbols marking hike/bike trails on our streets throughout the housing areas. I would like start points in every housing area with atleast four trails with direction of travel and distance marked at each starting point. Example: one trail will be 1/2 mile, one 1 mile one 1 1/2 mile and one a 2 mile trail (they can be whatever distances we decide at each start). These signs will be attached to pre-existing signs and have several starting points in all housing areas. Example: one trail will be a Deer Trail, another a Hawk trail etc. with an arrowhead giving the turning direction at the next intersection. The signs would not be to big, probably the size of the bus stop number signs. Thanks

Also:

I would like starting points with three of four different length trails at various locations so you do not have to walk far to get started. One at each park, one at the school and one at each end of the housing area. Trail lengths can go up to several miles and go through all our housing areas. The only cost would be the signs that mark the trails within the housing areas. I would not want them all on the same roads or the main road, change it up a little. Each of the starting points should have four starting points and go in different directions.

Another idea I like is building a nice like bulleting board at the entrances to the housing area. One at Cedar Hill and One at Huntsman road. The boards would have a nice wood like rook on it and half the board would have a map of the entire housing area and the other half would have a place to slide in garage sell signs behind Plexiglas. I am tired of the garage sells signs being left at the entrances. The entrance boards will hold eight standard size garage sell signs and/or lost dog signs, notice signs, etc. It should be lighted and easily visible from the road and cars should be able to pull over to walk up read the map or notices if needed.
Our housing enterences should not be junked up with trash every weekend.

James Warren