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Walkable Neighborhood
So you’re all pumped and ready. But where
are you to go? And how will you get there? The answer in most communities
is to jump in the car and race all the other vehicles to wherever
it is you are going. Because there are very, very few places to
which you can walk.
Village Walk is designed to give you someplace to
go, with park space at each end of the neighborhood, and other planned
or existing walking destinations beyond. Out the south (left) end
it is a three block walk to the local elementary school. And immediately
adjacent to the north end (right) is an 11 acre parcel of land set
aside as a Planned Development by the City of Clemson for a commercial
or mixed-use commercial/residential development. The original site
design team for Village Walk is actively involved in planning a
hoped for pedestrian-friendly shopping/restaurant/residential district
on the property, which would be a very short walk away from every
Village Walk homeowner’s front door.
And within Village Walk, even though the neighborhood
is only one street wide, there will be six north/south, and five
east/west walking paths for the foot-happy sojourner. A virtual
wonderland for the “go one way and come back a different way”
kind of walker. Or, just walk the main sidewalks down each side
of Village Walk Lane for a ½ mile long sentimental journey
through your neighborhood.
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