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PAGE 4-THK SAN JACINTO NEWS TIMES. SCI* I EM BEK 12, I'h IWaterwood Project Reviewed by HorizonHUNTSVILLK, Thvrisort community of Water wood, beiru' built in aa**n* pint* forest ulon^ 14 nil It'S of Lake Livingston shoreline in Walker anti SanorI 9Jacinto counties of FastTexas, has opened.Triggering the inauguration will he the completion of several major recreational ami community facilities,For YourFoil Fashions Shop..v•THEFASHIONETTEShepherd, Tx./•y628-6223GOLD COINS INGOOD CONDITIONWILL PAY 5 TIMES FACE VALUEPIMES, QUARTERS, HALF DOLLARS AND SILVER DOLLARS MADE BEFORE 1965 AND IN GOOD CONDITION.WIU PAY2 TIMES FACE VALUEPHONE 653-2212JAMES H. SEWEU BOX 127. COlftSPRING. TEXASrItIIv\ hich am emerging from t ho% 10 n illion invested ovor i ho pa^t two \cars b\ IforivonProper! m s Corporation. asubsjfiiarv of Horizon ( orpor at ion. T ucson, Arizona.i ri t he last halt of 107 b VYatorw lt;*lt;lt;!, w hich has been master planned by \ irtnrCruen Ass«M*jates ot Los\ ruoTes, u ill see f tie openingof:* \ 18 unit lodio tin .1 ufm iLev en indiv iduallv designlt;*d t op ot the line rn oriel homes i.Iune)*cnmmumt v water andsew er plants iJunei*1 he Writer wood Telephone (’ompanv bl line)♦an 80 seat restaurant(.1 ulv i*ti\e unit I\nlm Ilomestow nhouse model i.1 ulv t* * ven miles of two lane Waterwood I htrk wa v I Sept.)* | H hole Waterwood A a t ional (iolf ( ’ourse lt;I )ee.)* Water wood Country t lubt (let nber I♦a 22 boat shp and dorks i I lecernber *♦rabana laejlit ie t i lecern her)Preliminary planninr for the next phase ol cmisi ruct ion includes another nroup lt;!Horizon and independent 1\ fuiilt model homes, a small marina, more roads, cornersjon of existine binldinps touse as stables, an apart merit buiidinm and at »eornplex, according to Sunn Nelson, Horizon 1 Tesidi ntand ( Hm I Kxeeut jve ( )ffirer.The mi! ial Wat erw oodfacilities are crowned bv the elaborate W at erw ood t nun! r\ lt;Tub, designed b\ ( lov isI lemma t li A sslt;»eia t es ol Honst on. a nd H e W Ml ei w oodNational Holt bourse, na atedbv*\ ♦i i\ ssoeia t * 'lt;of I rbana, 1 Him.Lora I ed I n 1 t •» oft \ r* ■5a ?* area t as! of St a 11 11 eh wav 980 at Ha * nd lt;! Waterw ood 1 *arkwav, t hlt; nai r lt;v oodand idasN 8 j T t oUion count r\ rltlb. P?ae ide d a a la|eriteruainment facilit ies, meet mi* nmmis, a nd •• l! pro * lt;»pand humm s Sw mm mu andtennis facilities an !oratedcondominium Daliadjacent to the membership structure, a*, is the teenage center. The eluh will open in ()et ober.Flanking the building willbe i he initial cabanas, hideaway live in quarters with kitchen and wet bar to pro\ ide weekend or longer aceommodations for the most avid golfer, tennis player orfisherman. They are to beread\ iri I teeember.Waterwood National Golf Course plays thirteen holes through the forest and five spectacular holes along and over the inlets and coves ofI.ake Livingston. Typical ofI’ete and Hoy Dve courses, Waterwood National has four individual tees for each hole,( renting a variety of “courses for the same physical setting.kairwavs on the 6870 yard«? *course arm narrow and hazards evolve from thenatural topography to make reaching the small greens a tost of shot and dub accuracy rather than strength. Nine holes w ill be playable in July and all in September.The Waterwood Lodge,opened in June, is a campus style grouping of three iwostorv buildings of native wood, each containing 16 units, some of which provide kitchenette facilities. The Lodge, designed bv TheFierce, Lacey Partnership,as, rambles along theslopes of Pools Creek, atributary that gives smallboat access direct into Lake Livingston. The fisherman guest has only a few vards•a *from hm boat to his room.(entered in the Lodgecomplex is the restaurant, the Tree House at Pools (’reek,which features glass walls mg f w o sides to give a panoramic \ lew of the Lodges• nd t he playground and park across a rustic footbridge on’ he opposite short1 of Poolst Teek. The 80 seat restaurant opened in .1 ulv.\ few hundred vards south■ jlt;| tin I.itdvc Is- the modelhomt di'iv e, .i eid de sac on \ irt ,iii seven model homes('• - id for W ■' »tu nod andHorizon by three leading Texas architectural firms: Flynn Flynn,Houston; The Pierce, LaceyPartnership, Dallas; and Clovis Heimsath Associates.Houston.The homes present aspectrum of styles and types, sharing only the concepts of window walls and bright and airy rooms to assure the owner maximum enjoyment of the woodland environment in which they will be located,according to horizon. Rangingfrom two to four bedrooms, the models have been decorated bv Ms. Norma Greenberg, Horizon’s staff interior decorator, w-hose flairfor Southwestern flavoringand unusual color applications are always popular with customers, the companyclaims.The young decorator’stalents also show well in the imaginative Patio Homes, completed for showing and located in the block across from the model home drive. Also designed byHeimsath Associates, the Patio Homes are created forboth the weekender and thepotential permanent Waterwood resident. They, tooprovide window walls, wood burning fireplaces and fromtwo to four bedrooms.Focal point of much of this construction activity is the Village of Whispering Pines, one of nine villages that, along vs ith the city center, comprise t he town of Waterwood. Six of the villages are located inland and three are along thelakeshore, as is the fit v4center.In thi* Waterwood land useplan bv Vidor Gruen Associates. the 3000-acreWhispering Pines Villagecontains the initial developmerit area, Ivini^ as it does in, 4the cuntrr of Ihv projrrt. Thuvillagu rovrrs fhu northwustnuailnm! of I hr aroa forniud bv ihu intorM*rtion ofWaierwood Parkway and'state Highway 980.The model home drive, the fiv e i.nit P;ii in Home, I helodge, restaurant, and visitorspavilion all are located in Whispering Pines. The water and sewer plants, capable of servicing a populat ion of up to 5,000, and the Waterwood Telephone Gompany facilities are also situated in this village. Paved roads and curbs are being constructed in two units of Whispering Pines to accommodate those customers who desire to build immediately.To the south of Whispering Pines are the Villages of Deer Creek and Greentree, both lying astride the Waterwood Parkway, which providesaccess to Waterwood from U.S. Highway 190, the major east west arterv betweenHuntsville at Interstate 45and Lake Livingston.Deer Creek V illage, encom passing about 3,00(1 acres, and Greentree Village, about2.000 acres, are primarily devoted to single family lots, most of which are in the10.000 to 20,000--square foot si/e. In both villages, the land use plan provides for small commercial (about 2 per cent;and multi familv acreages. As* r *is standard to the Gruenmaster plan, all honiesites are located on cul de ^ai's, whichare connected and served by collector roads.To the north of WhisperingPines is Turtle Creek Village, a 3,000 acre community defin uil on the eastern andnorthern borders bv StateHighwav 980. Like the other villages. Turtle Creek has single familv , multi family and limited commercial propertiesthat will become, in essence,the village ren er. \nd, likethe other communities, thev illage's master plan prov ides for school site*, that allowchildren in kindergarten11,rough It h grades to walk toselo-ol along pathways.In all Waterwood villages, extensive use is made of natural greenhells and path wavs by the Gruen planners, with some 14 per cent of the25.000 acres dedicated to open space, recreation and eircula lion, according to Horizon officials.The ecosystem and environ mrnl of WatiTwood has bren a prime* concern for the (‘planners since' Ho rizonacquired the* tract two yearsat’o, ofiiciaK said. Initially (Iure*n Associa!e*s performed preliminary environmentalsurveys, which were* followe*d bv intensive* and derailed assessmentn by the* indepe*nd e*nt e*nvire»nme*ntal consultingiiiiiifirm. Ultrasystems, Inc., Newport Beach, California,and its subcontractor. LspeyHuston Associates of Austin.Waterwoodreportsworkers.Guided by these evaluations and recommendationsand the on-site work by Fred Buxton Associates, land planning and landscape archi tecturc, Houston, the planners have delineated ecologically sensitive areas to be left undisturbed, Greenbelts,pathways and have been defined and plottedto encompass natural wildlifetrails, breeding areas and grazing grounds. Wetlands and water courses have remained undisturbed, their report continued.To protect and enhance thischaracter of Waterwood, future home builders mustmeet standards established by an Architectural Control Board created by Horizon planners for the community, he added. The Boards sets and enforces rules ranging fromsize of home to what may, or may not, be done outside the home. (Including such thingsare prohibiting the parking ot trailers or recreational vehicl es in prominentlyvislocations; the hanging 0 laundry so that it can be seei from adjacent homes, etc.Project Manager David c Carey outlined.)The ACB is but one of threeorganizations vital to thefuture growth of Waterwood and to the protection and benefit of its homeowners, hesaid. The other two are the Waterwood Municipal UtilityDistrict, a governmentalagency under Texas law with taxing powers and bond salesrights, and the WaterwoodImprovement Association, ofwhich all Waterwood propertv owners are members and toVwhich they pay annualcharges and one-time capital improvement charges. Hori /on envisions that the ACB blt;-turned over to WIA in the future, Carey indicated.Waterwood’s Grand opening” during the last half of 1971 is only a small event in what premises to be a longterm run. The Guren land useplan indicates that a population of 250,000 can beaccommodated upon the25.000 acre tract in some70.000 housing units of varied tvpes. In the future are other “openings, such as schools,County May Get Boost From Manpower FundSome Deep East Texas counties may get a boost from extra Manpower funds.This possibility was brought out at a workshop on the newly created Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, better known as C.E.T.A., held at the Angelina Junior College Fine Arts Auditorium Thursday, August 29thJim Cates, Director of Field Services for the TexasDepartment of CummumtyAffairs, told a crowd of some 120 local officials that the twelve counties of the Deep East Texas area would be the first in Texas to be resurveyed by a special labor market team being organizedby TDCA.He stated that this team would re-survey the area to determine whether or not some of the counties, which include Angelina, HoutonHe stated that this team would re-survey the area to determine whether or not some of the counties, whichinclude Angelina, Houston. Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity and Tyler; would be eligible to qualify for Title II funds.The dispersal of Title II monies to a county depends on determining that the county has a 6 per cent unemployment rate.Cates said he was confident that some of the counties would be re-classified as Title II counties and this added funding could bring a “great deal of relief’’ to the area.The 120 persons attending the meeting represented counties, cities, school districts and special purpose districts throughout the Deep East Texas area. The program was co-sponsored by the Deep East Texas Council of Governments and the Texas Department of Community Affairs.Opening the program with a special address was Lufkin Mayor Pitser Garrison, first vice nresident of DETCOG
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