Habitat's New Community
Legacy Trails
Designing the second Habitat
subdivision in Springfield started in 2004, incorporating the efforts of nearly
20 partnering community organizations and a committee of landscaping volunteers
working toward making the subdivision environmentally friendly, utilizing native
plants and grasses, and minimizing paved areas.
Legacy Trails will enhance the quality of life for residents as well as protect the quality of the environment, featuring:
- Native plants and grasses
- Innovative, energy-efficient home design
- Natural walking paths
- A savannah-like community park
- Curbless streets to limit stormwater runoff
- Limited on-street parking to increase safety and reduce crime
In March of 2006, after more than
two years of planning, Habitat was able to celebrate a groundbreaking on
the 18
acres of farmland in north Springfield that will eventually house 56 families in
need of affordable housing.
By August of 2006, the first house was
completed at Legacy Trails, with five more houses under construction.
The
bioretention areas built to help manage storm water runoff proved successful,
and a natural walking path
for the subdivision was completed.
Thank you to the many
community partners who worked
with Habitat Springfield to develop the Legacy
Trails subdivision:
Greene County
Highway
Department
Building
Regulations
Planning
& Zoning
Stormwater/Environmental
Resource
Management
City of Springfield
Stormwater
Division
Sanitary
Services
Planning
& Development
Solid Waste
Management
Natural
Resources Conservation Service
City
Utilities of Springfield
Health &
Parks Department
Show-Me Yards
& Neighborhoods
Watershed
Committee
James River
Basin Partnership
Ozark
Greenways, Inc.
Phillips
Engineering, Inc.
Intuition
& Logic
Legacy Trails is located at 3800 N. Farm Rd. 143 in Springfield just north of I-44 off Hwy 13.
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