South Fayette
NEIGHBORHOOD SPOTLIGHT
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Walnut Ridge offers plenty of space for children Bigger homes inspire house hopping in South Fayette By Andrea Iglar
Management Co.: Community Management Advisors, Inc. Number of Homes: 110 Home Types: Single-family Years Built: 2014–2019
Private Amenities: Common green space HOA Top Issues of Interest: Community involvement, safety, stormwater Fun Fact: A conservation agent relocated a family of beavers from a stormwater detention basin last fall, after the animals began felling trees and building a dam in the neighborhood's stormwater pond.
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Location: East side of Battle Ridge Road
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Streets: Walnut Ridge Drive, Walnut Ridge Circle, Sweet Gum Court
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Builders: Ryan Homes and Heartland Homes (NVR, Inc.)
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Homeowner Association: Walnut Ridge Garden Club
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Walnut Ridge is a utopia for kids. Residents also enjoy the location and The South Fayette neighborhood’s character and convenience of Walnut Ridge bigger homes and larger lots have attracted and the township in general. residents seeking more space for their Riskus and his girlfriend, who do not growing families. have children, built a house in Walnut “One of my neighbors calls this Ridge three years ago largely because of neighborhood ‘kidtopia’ because there’s highway access and easy commutes to kids running around all over the place on Washington County. their bikes and scooters,” said Josh Bryant, a “We kind of gravitated toward South board member of the Walnut Ridge Garden Fayette,” he said. “It’s very convenient.” Club. Bryant, a resident since 2016, ' t s Six-year resident Dan enjoys the natural setting and n y ard in rya sh B Wa o J D’Angelo, secretary of the wildlife in Walnut Ridge. t ln u i si v t homeowner association, “There’s trees and s said the spacious forest around us,” homes have created he said. “The green a community of space is really nice.” children that have Residents further enticed spot deer, ducks, families to move coyotes, birds and in. turkeys—including “That was a Bob the Turkey, big reason that they who likes to stand in chose to pick up and the middle of the road move and build was for and gobble at cars. all the kids that were in Most houses in the the neighborhood,” D’Angelo neighborhood are located said. along Walnut Ridge Circle, a All 110 single-family homes include 1-mile loop lined with sidewalks. at least four or five bedrooms. Property A common area in the middle of frontage and home lots are sizable. the circle sometimes serves as a spot for Chris Riskus, the homeowner board gatherings, games and sled riding. president, was surprised to notice some The neighborhood includes a diverse of his neighbors had relocated to Walnut mix of cultures and ages, and a single access Ridge not from other communities but point on Battle Ridge Road helps make the from other parts of South Fayette itself: “I neighborhood safe, D’Angelo said. thought that was unheard of," he said. “All the sidewalks makes it nice for One reason many families stay in the things like Halloween,” he said. “That one community when they upsize is to remain way in and out makes it seem a little private in the South Fayette School District. even though you’re off of Battle Ridge.” Tom Harcarik said his family relocated Overall, Riskus said he enjoys living in to a four-bedroom home in Walnut Ridge a neighborhood full of kids and friends. when they outgrew their three-bedroom in “It’s a nice walking community,” The Berkshires, an adjacent South Fayette he said, “where you get to know your neighborhood. His children were able to neighbors.” stay in the school district. South Fayette Township
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