I'm talking about a great asset for the community, let me try again. the ACIA has maps and posting them would be great so people can see where the land is available for this great idea.I would think they would be all for this - what a great low cost (no cost for the ACIA if the mud and county help out) amenity.Not sure what your beef is.

LadyB, let me explain. I do not have the maps. You don't have a map anywhere in your house so stop looking. The ACIA owns the maps and they are housed at the Sterling office in Kingwood. They are called the ACIA's plat maps of our area. Each map is huge and shows each section of our subdivision. Now that you know that, you would need to go to Sterling and look at the maps that show the land around the lake and the canals. On those maps it shows the land that is Harris County Flood Control District land. You. Can go to that districts web page and read about land such as this (all over Harris County) and they tell you who can put in walks and such.Here is a copy and paste from that web site.POLICY CONCERNING RECREATIONAL TRAILS ON DISTRICT RIGHTS OF WAYWe at the District welcome trails on our rights of way. Most of our drainage easements have been granted to the District for flood damage reduction purposes. In these areas, the trail sponsor must obtain a trail easement from the fee owner of the property. Where the District holds the property in fee simple ownership, we will allow a trail to be built there under the following conditions:A sponsor must agree to construct, operate and maintain the proposed trail.
The sponsor must, for the privilege of using District rights of way, agree to maintain (mow) the rights of way from top of bank to property line on the trail side of the bayou, creek or tributary channel. The sponsor must also agree to pick up litter.
A formal agreement is necessary between the District and the sponsor. The sponsor could be a city, a utility district, a county precinct, a homeowners' association or another legal entity.
The trails cannot interfere with the District's mission, and the sponsor will have the duty of repair or replacement of the trails, should they become damaged through use, flooding or Flood Control District maintenance operations.
The public must be allowed access and use of these trails.

Now, THAT is an amenity all could enjoy! You don't have to golf, you don't have to buy a membership, you just live in the area and want to be able to enjoy the lake you live by. What a peaceful place to walk and enjoy the beauty of the lake. With the help of the county precinct that we are now in, the HOA and the MUD's this is something that could add real value to the area. The ACIA Board is already working with the Precinct and the MUD's on other projects this would be the next step to put us on the map.

Thanks for the Pin Joe, nice work justsayin,.It looks great I'm sure people will recognize this and your effort.

I would think a plan could be put together fairly easily for this. Someone like justsayin could view the maps and act as point person between the various entities to accomplish this. What a great idea, and low cost bang for your buck amenity.The Lake sure is beautiful, this would be a real feather in our cap.

@JustSayn If I remember, my map is pretty big. It's rolled up somewhere but might not be what you are talking about. I didn't have time to worry about the map because of family fun time. I'll look for it next week.

Would the neighborhood like to see a walk and benches and perhaps a bridge from one side of the canal to the other side so everyone could have a chance to enjoy the lake?

@JustSayn I'd love it !!!Great idea & very much so a lot of bang for the buck . We need to write an article for the news paper & get people's thoughts on this . Perhaps Walden could do the same thing & just keep it going subdivision to subdivision all the way around .

Now that's thinking. Beautiful Lake , forget green belts we can have a lake belt.Great idea!!!!

Lovely idea and I love communities that have these available to residents. My suggestion is to purchase a lake lot. A proposal like that will take awhile to approve through all the red tape.

This is not about private property, but public land. Justsayin put up the criteria, it looks straight forward- It's a great idea and would be a tremendous asset to the community.

Well, as you can see, if the Board was pushing for this and a select (we know who) were against it, there would be about 14 people bashing and telling everyone what a great thing the board was doing and we are just negative troublemakers.

I think I remember Jimmy saying how expensive the slide was at the Shores pool it was $45,000 is what I think he told me . Now that amount of concrete is going to be quite a bit of concrete . So we use the pool about 3 mos per year & this side walk would be 12 mos out of the year .

What a great way to put this idea in perspective. This would be a great bang for your buck amenity for all to enjoy. Super idea.

@bbk - I can't see where this would fit in Walden except near the country club? There are a few culvert areas, but that might not make for much scenery. There isn't lake access due to the homes built around it. Someplace I'm missing?