Castlewood-Oak
Valley
Neighborhood Association
June 2004
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Castlewood-Oak
Valley June 2004 |
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O S T - I T S FROM THE PRESIDENT |
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| This is an update on items of interest to our neighborhood. Recently
I attended a meeting between the Cherry Creek on Brodie Neighborhood
Association (CCoBNA) and developers of the Harris Ranch tract of land
at Brodie and Davis Lane. Also in attendance was the President of OHAN
– the Oak Hill Association of Neighborhoods. The issue was the
outcome of a zoning request hearing and the impact the development would
have on property values in CCoBNA and the traffic on Davis Lane and
Brodie Lane. No resolution was agreed on and the developers will be
going before City Council on June 17th, so we should have word of the
outcome at the picnic. |
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| RECOGNITION GIVEN |
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Those who take
the time and effort ten times a year to deliver the COVNA newsletter
deserve our thanks. If you catch one in the act, thank them personally.
A tip of the hat to those who deliver. |
DOUG’S
CORNER |
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EARLY DAYS OF CASTLEWOOD FOREST
~Ed Hill~ In the Fall of 1969, Mrs. Hill and I visited Castlewood Forest looking for property on which to build. At this time Bartley Harris was the original developer and had exclusive rights. Mira and I selected the lot which became 9505 Queenswood Dr, then found and altered a set of plans and prepared to negotiate with the Harris people to build. Informed that Bartley Harris was in deep financial trouble our agent found us another builder, Jim Adams. At this time, there were only a few houses on Castlewood Drive and two or three on Crownspoint. The three or four houses on Ramblewood Drive were built by Bartley Harris as "spec" houses and had not been sold which put him into deep financial trouble with the IRS and his financiers. Jim Adams started our building and also was building the house on the SE corner of Castlewood and Crownspoint for the Montgomery's. Our lot was truly in a "virgin" forest so I spent over a half day with my builder adjusting the floor plan to save as many of the numerous trees as possible. Finally, after removing a total of seven trees, building began and was completed, allowing us to move in in early April 1970. A builder/developer named West took over and began extensive building throughout the tract. We watched houses being built all around us and becoming occupied. In our little corner, the "east-west” portion of Queenswood Dr, all homes on both sides of the street were finished and occupied. Learning about our neighbors at this time gave birth to the saying that to live on this block, one had to be associated with "Bullets or Bibles." There were and are five retired military families, and the two houses across the street were Parsonages at that time. Through the years we observed the remainder of Castlewood Forest being built and occupied forming the very delightful neighborhood we enjoy today. One delightful memory of this aged hunter and outdoorsman is the night I came home and turned into my driveway almost running into a beautiful ten or twelve point buck deer. I saw him then but never again.
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