This will be an affordable in-fill subdivision featuring energy efficient buildings, water conservation, minimum environmental impact, healthy living, walkability and community.

Purchasers at Village Neighborhoods at Bray Park will save twice as the housing units are both affordable to purchase and operate.

Healthy Living

The adjacent city-owned Bray Park has existing recreational facilities that include several lighted ball fields, a swimming pool, tennis and volleyball courts, playgrounds and picnic areas. Beautiful walking trails and outdoor common spaces encourage physical activity.  There will be indivdual and neighborhood gardens along with edible landscaping.

Walk or bike to downtown Siler City, to three schools and to nearby recreational facilities.Throughout the neighborhood are trails that promote walking and biking.

Attention to the design of streets and trails make it safer for children and adults.  Street design encourages cars to drive slowly. The walking trails are away from traffic areas.  All the houses are clustered to create neighborhoods where people know each other and can look out for each other. 

Green Living

All of the houses are built to ENERGY STAR® level or higherr for energy efficiency.  Passive solar design, geo-thermal heating and cooling and other alternative energy sources are encouraged for all buildings.  Owners save more money every month on their utility bills.

Water conservation features include: cisterns to catch rainwater, low flow plumbing fixtures, and water conserving landscape design.  Stormwater (see the following article) is slowed down and caught on site to allow for recharging of the water table.  There is also on-site recycling programs.

Construction activities include local materials, subcontractors and tradespeople.  This in turn encourages other job-creating activities for Siler City.   It also attracts civic minded people interested in the community good and new business endeavors.

Beautiful and Affordable Designs

A variety of housing types and sizes are available, with each fitting into the overall design of the neighborhood.  Your home is built to last and grow in value.

Our single family homes start at $120,000 and range up to $210,000.

100% financing is available to qualified buyers.

Please click here for a map of the project and plat of available lots.

Please contact us for more information about Village Neighborhoods at Bray Park.

State Grant Helps Siler City Environmental Developer
and NCSU Team Up to Monitor Stormwater

SILER CITY -- A North Carolina Division of Water Quality (DWQ) grant for $25,000 will enable researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU) to monitor stormwater runoff before and after development at Walk Softly's latest ecologically friendly community here.

The development, called Village Neighborhoods at Bray Park, will feature many Low Impact techniques, and the homes built by Walk Softly, LLC will be energy-efficient and use Green Building principles.

"We are excited about this grant," said Harvey Harman, owner of Walk Softly, LLC. "We know it costs a little more to ensure the stormwater is properly handled and sometimes less land can be developed," he added. "These are costs we are willing to pay to insure protection of the environment, while providing energy-efficient homes with green building materials."

Dan Line, an engineer at NC State, installed the automated monitoring device Sept. 1. Water passes through the device to sample bottles that are periodically tested for quality. A computer also shows the quantity of water (flow vs. time) on a hydrograph.

"The first thing the monitoring device will do is measure the background conditions prior to development," Line said. "Then it will measure the amount of runoff during and then at the end of construction. Village Neighborhoods will face the challenge that comes with replacing a wooded area with houses," Line said. But Line praised Walk Softly's approach of Low Impact Development.

"Taking several different measures to reduce stormwater is the most effective way," he concluded.

Cisterns at each house catch rainwater off the roofs and use it to water lawns and flush toilets. Landscaping and grading around the house is used to slow runoff and keep as much water as possible on site. Grassy swales will replace the traditional curb and gutter, allowing water runoff from the roads to be slowed and filtered by the grassy vegetation.

Rain gardens or bio-retention ponds catch and filter excess rainwater. Their design is based on the natural eco-system with sandy soils and vegetation that allow the water to be filtered. Water is then released slowly to prevent runoff onto roads and into streams. In addition, long, shallow grassed depressed spaces designed on a 10-year flood plan, catch extra water and allow it to seep back into the ground and be released slowly.

The developments also feature walking trails and community spaces to create a sense of neighborhood while continuing the theme of healthy living and energy conservation.

Sampling bottles used to collect stormwater for testing