Town Branch/Ward 1 meeting video at 9 a.m. and after 7 p.m. Tuesday on Cox 16 in Fayetteville

Government Channel, Cox Cable channel 16, also known as City 16, is to broadcast the official video of the Jan. 12, 2008, meeting of the Town Branch Neighborhood Association and three members of the Fayetteville City Council with developers planning the proposed Hill Place student apartment project on the site of the defunct Aspen Ridge Townhome project between 11th Street and 6th Street and west of Hill Avenue in south Fayetteville at 9 a.m. and again after 7 p.m. Tuesday January 22, 2008, after the Telecom Board meeting that begins at 6:30 p.m.

Read about the meeting at the following link:
Town Branch/Ward One/Aspen Ridge meeting in The Northwest Arkansas Times

Habitat for Humanity wetland in Fayetteville to demonstrate how to develop gently

PLEASE CLICK on photo to ENLARGE view of wetland Prairie land near Seven Hills' soon-to-open Transitional shelter south of Huntsville Road in southeast Fayetteville. A portion of such land is slated for a state-of-the-art sustainable, low-impact development designed for Habitat for Humanity by the University of Arkansas Design Center in Fayetteville. Let's hope future Habitat sites use similar plans.

Habitat for Humanity houses on S. Hill Ave. and new Habitat proposal

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the Top photo of three Habitat houses that front on South Hill Avenue with the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River behind them and the
Bottom photo showing the Town Branch bridge on Eleventh Street with a privacy fence on the fill dirt where trees were recently removed from the riparian zone.


I agree with Jonah Tebbetts or rather whatever living person or persons actually produce
The Iconoclast
Web log that the proposed low-impact development plan for the Habitat For Humanity development in the watershed of the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River between East Huntsville Road and East Fifteenth Street potentially can be a wonderful example for developers in Northwest Arkansas.

A somewhat similar project was built in Rogers but problems developed during construction and it didn't quite turnout right.

However, things learned during that process likely will help the Habitat for Humanity people and the Community Design Center people to do a better job in supervising this project on one of the few remaining wetland prairie areas of the Town Branch watershed inside Fayettevlle. Many such places (for instance, parts of the Aspen Ridge site) already have had the absorbent top layer of soil and native vegetation removed or buried under non-organic fill dirt.

The Design Center has a chance to demonstrate to developers and contractors and the people who do the actual work the best-management practices that can actually save money while protecting water and air quality and providing a beautiful place for people to live.

Only four or five years ago, a three-house development on South Hill Avenue was built on fill dirt in what historically was part of the overflow area of the Town Branch immediately north of West Eleventh Street in the very heart of the Town Branch Neighborhood.

Town Branch neighborhood meeting with developers

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Town Branch/Ward One Aspen Ridge in The Northwest Arkansas Times


University Union Voice

Plan proposed to replace Aspen Ridge Townhome plan

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This concept drawing was presented and explained to the Town Branch Neighborhood Association, three members of the city council of Fayetteville, Arkansas, media representatives and other interested people on Jan. 12, 2008.
Strangely, this drawing shows the area with north to the left and east at the top. I have no idea why architects would do it that way, but it causes a bit of extra confusion. Maybe in two or three days, I can get this rotated and reposted. Stay tuned.

Everyone welcome to Saturday Jan. 12 Town Branch neighborhood meeting

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Everyone welcome to Jan. 12 Town Branch neighborhood meeting

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Please attend.
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Town Branch neighborhood aerial view without labels

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PLEASE CLICK on Aerial Photos of portions of Aspen Ridge and Rochier Hill (proposed Summit development site) to ENLARGE.

Top photo is early 2006 view with south at the top.
Second photo is early 2006 view with west at the top.
Third photo is early 2005 with west at the top.
Bottom photo is older view with north at the top.

Town Branch neighborhood from Google Earth

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Everyone welcome to Jan. 12 Town Branch meeting

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