The NW Natural Parade of Homes and Open House Tour in Clark County will take place this year in the Moongate Development in Felida July 22 through August 7, 2011 (closed Mondays and Tuesdays) between 11 am and 8 pm.

The Building Industry Association of Clark County has announced that there are a total of three separate tours in the month of July:

“The NW Natural Parade of Homes will be located in the Moongate development in Felida. This fabulous anchor site is hosted by Tamarack Homes and will feature 7 homes this year. The homes will be luxurious, around 3,000 to 4,000 square feet and beautifully appointed with decor. This year we will be featuring home builders: Axiom Luxury Homes, Bella Villa Homes, Cascade West Development, Manor Custom Homes and Northwest Classic Homes.

Your Parade of Homes ticket also allows you to visit The Open House Tour! There will be 20 or more home sites and lots available to see throughout Clark County, with many different builders participating. Two amazing tours for one low price!

And lastly, the well-known Remodeled Homes Tour will take place during the weekend of July 30 and 31. This popular tour will offer the chance to tour freshly remodeled homes, and for those ready for a remodeling project and wanting to meet contractors who are the best of the best in Clark County. We are selling an outstanding value combo-ticket to see the Parade of Homes & Open House Be sure to visit the web site: www.RemodeledHomesTour.com”.

Moongate is located on NW 48th Court in Felida. Be sure to check out the NW Natural Parade of Homes site for details about special events and discount coupons.

This post: “Clark County Parade of Homes in Felida for 2011″ was originally featured at Clark County Live!

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Led by efforts of several neighbors, a group formed as Whipple Neighbors which opposes the planned Noble Meadows subdivision petitioned Clark County for changes to the proposed development. At issue was the creation of building lots as small as 4,000 square feet in a neighborhood where adjacent zoning is 10,000 square foot minimums. The neighbors, some sixty strong, and the land-use attorney representing their interests, filed comments which included detailed analysis of errors and issues related to the proposed development.

Some of the primary considerations presented were as follows:

• Failing to process the PUD as a re-zone as required by WA law
• Failing to meet rezone standards
• Failing to meet County PUD standards
• Proposing lot sizes as small as 4,486 sq. feet in a minimum 10,000 sq. foot zone
• Placing a stormwater facility in a riparian buffer/geo-hazard zone
• Proposing 100,000 cubic yards of cut and fill
• Proposing a plan inconsistent with the recommendations of their own geo-tech
• Certifying the project without have traffic counts as required
• Accepting a stormwater plan without appropriate engineering stamp.

In total, there were eleven pages of comments by the Whipple Neighbors group. We have made the documents available for review and download here

We heard recently that Washington State University – Vancouver Campus was to begin work to determine property lines around part of their beautiful Salmon Creek campus. In discussions with WSUV personnel, we were told that they wanted to keep an open channel of communications about the project.  To that end, a postcard was going out to University neighbors – specifically along the western boundary – discussing the upcoming work.  Here is the text of the postcard and the picture they referenced.

Dear Neighbor:

We want to make you aware of some work we’re doing on Washington State University Vancouver’s perimeter. Over the coming weeks and months we will be surveying to determine our property line. Our work may disturb some vegetation in the area. We will work lightly to minimize our impact. After we locate our property line, we will begin construction of our standard “farm fence” along our western boundary. It’s the same fence that runs alongside Salmon Creek Avenue and is pictured on the front of this postcard. We plan to run this fence along our entire property line in time. The fence line will reflect property lines, which may not otherwise be clear. If you have questions or concerns about our project, please call James Martin at 360-546-9000.

Best regards,

Washington State University Vancouver
Go, Cougs!

Sounds like the University is looking to keep neighbors in the loop about events surrounding the boundary survey process.  If you have questions, be a good neighbor and touch base with the University through the contact information they provide.