Residents build foot bridge to pasture
May 2006
In May 2006 GreenWay residents build footbridge to provide easy access to pasture area from homes on Wing Walker Way in GreenWay Neighborhood. Currently GreenWay residents stable their horses on common pasture.
GreenWay Goats in 2006
GreenWay currently has 4 goats including 2 does. Shown here is Twinkle, who is new to GreenWay. Twinkle is fun to have around and she loves to be petted.
Spring 2006 brings more trees to GreenWay
GreenWay residents including GreenWay teens, along with other Rockbridge area teenagers, helped to plant trees in GreenWay in Spring 2006. A total of 150 additional trees have been planted this year, including white pines and Virginia pines for Christmas trees.
GreenWay Neighborhood Summer Celebration
July 23, 2005
Great Fun, Great Food, and Great Conversation!
1. Many of the GreenWay residents came out for this summer event: GreenWay residents are (from left to right)
Jay, Brian, Ken, Cindy, and Sandy.
2. GreenWay neighbors Sandy & Jay.
3. Young friends begin the cake icing face painting from the double chocolate Birthday cake.
4. Playing Recycling - the kids man the recycling center - Aluminum, Plastic, Paper, or Glass?
5. Friends of GreenWay; Cathryn & daughter greet additional friends arriving at the party.
6. Fun with the Water Pistols - Every kid, regardless of age, had a water pistol. Here they are at the reloading tub.
7.Happy Birthday! Katie made the double chocolate birthday cake from scratch. We celebrated all July birthdays including Devin & Erin.
8.GreenWay resident Andy enjoying conversation with Peter & Carol.
9. Great friends Kate, Pat, and Michelle smile for the camera.
10.Tim, Beth, and Alice enjoy the sushi provided by GreenWay resident Sam.
11.Enjoying discussions and the sunset shining light illuminating the Blue Ridge Mountains.
12.Katie & Barbara.
13.The kids take a break from playing.
14. Children of all ages enjoyed swinging on the community, adult sized, swingset.
15.Alice and Monica - friendship at its best.
16.Friends enjoying the fire.
17. Residents Andy & Patricia - with the Birthday Boy, Devin, feeding Pat birthday cake.
Eric Schmechel of Wisconsin joins GreenWay for a summer Internship
Eric & GreenWay pouch Woody. (Woody joined us as a foster dog from the local human society. He decided to stay.)
GreenWay is very pleased to have had intern Eric Schmechel of Green Bay, Wisconsin join us for June and July 2005. With an interest in Green development and pursuing a degree in Ecology at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Eric provided help in many tasks around GreenWay Neighborhood.
During his internship, Eric participated in landscape design and maintenance and helped to build homes at GreenWay. He learned to operate many pieces of heavy equipment including a tractor, front end loader, bush hog, and Bobcat.
We appreciate Eric working with us for the Summer. As a sign of appreciation, GreenWay resident Patricia Foreman and Eric planted a Plum Tree on the grounds at GreenWay. Best wishes to Eric!
Other GreenWay News:
Goats at GreenWay
Sennan Buck visits GreenWay Does. As part of a bredding experiment we crossed a registered Sennan buck (dairy breed) wiht our purebread boar (meat goats) to produce fast growing kids and better muscled milk producing does.
The goats are very helpful around allocated parts of the subdivision and within the forest, as they help to keep the underbrush cleared. Kids arrived August 2006.
Goats (from left to right) Cajun, Barbarella, Cindy, and Mallory
Adult Sized Swing Set
.• October 2003. Adult sized swingset lets kids of all ages swing towards the Blue Ridge parkway. The play area is close to the common house and plans are to include a picnic pavilion, grill and fenced in play yard safe for small kids.
Hardwood Trees Planted
• 150 Hardwood trees planted with help from a grant from the Forestry Incentive Program. Pat and Andy planted trees on the hillsides and to enhance the riparian buffer along Jolly Creek. The 4' tubes and mats are from Conservation Services. Species of trees included white ash, cypress, various oaks (pin, northern red, white and willow), maples and fruit trees. These trees will not only serve the next generations, but also add intrinsic value to the land and resale value of the homes. They are planted in 4' tubes for deer protection.
1993 Kildeer Successfully Hatch
• Killdeer successfully hatches eggs on Wing Walker Way. It is amazing the Killdeer birds thrive here. This mother built her nest in the drive way of Wing Walker where construction trucks are in and out daily. We put some stakes in front of the next to keep the eggs from being run over. Photo taken by Cindy Pulliam on the day they signed the contract to buy Breezy Cottage - lot 1. Can you see the eggs under the mother killdeer - they are camouflaged to the gravel almost perfectly.
Articles on GreenWay Subdivision
• The Roanoke Times features article" "Neighborhood Offers Pastures of Plenty". October 1, 2001. See Below.
• GreenWay (formerly Living Earth EcoVillage) recieves kudos and unaminous final approval from the Board of Supervisors! September 24, 2001. See below. Click here to jump to that news clip.
• A newspaper article in the News-Gazette "New Type of Subdivision Proposed" describing the GreenWay review before the Rockbridge County Planning Commission. Click here to read all about it below.
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