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Watters Crossing Residents Invited to the 2024 Holiday Social
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 DATE: Friday, December 6
TIME: 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
LOCATION: Watters Crossing Clubhouse
Whether you are a long-time Watters Crossing resident, or new this year to the neighborhood, please bring your family for an evening to visit with your neighbors at what many consider to be the Watters
Crossing best event
| Hot Cocoa Treats |
Photos with Santa |
Hayrides |
| Cold Beverages |
Balloon Artist |
Hayrides |
| Food Truck |
Yes, Snow! |
Caricaturist |
| Bounce houses |
Holiday Music |
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*Food for purchase will be available at the popular returning food truck, Hot Potato. Dress warmly for the timed entry hayride tours thru the neighborhood of holiday lights.
Stay warm by the firepit with s’mores. Santa returns this year for photos! (The event is dog friendly).
Upon arrival, please go to the Welcome Booth for admission, a wristband, and a hayride ticket. You must have a wristband for the event.
Admission to the Holiday Social is 4 canned / dry goods for donation to the ACO. Drop at the Welcome Booth when you arrive.
Remember, this event is for RESIDENTS ONLY of Watters Crossing. No guests are permitted.
We need volunteers! Activities in Watters Crossing are made possible thru volunteers. Watch for Sign Up sheet to volunteer for the Holiday Social. Spots include set-up, concessions,
hayride attendants, clean-up, and more.
We are happy to say that the Watters Crossing 2024 Holiday Social is again being sponsored by Manders Maintenance and Plano Tree Care.
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Owl Box Added to Watters Crossing Trail
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During their recent Founder’s Day and Halloween event at the clubhouse, the Girl Scouts of Service Unit 108 (SU108) constructed a screech owl box. The founder of Girl Scouts
USA, Juliette Gordon Low, was born on Halloween, and started the service-oriented program and focused on art, basketball, the outdoors, and carpentry, among other things.
The owl box was installed northeast of the Phase 1 pond. SU108, one of the two Allen area Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX) units, worked with the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center (BPRC)
to get everything right; the BPRC also staffed an educational booth at the event. Male owls will be scouting out homes from now through January. In Feb-April, the families pair up, and the ladies get the nest. Dad delivers food to them, but doesn't nest there. Hatchlings will appear a month later and will leave the box by June. Keep your eyes peeled for any new residents, but be sure to give them their space. A nesting family will remove 1000 rodents a year.
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Watters Texas Neighborhood Coalition (TNC) Warns of Impending Threat to Single-Family Neighborhoods in 2025 Legislative
Session
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TNC is sounding the alarm that 2025 Texas legislators could remove zoning powers from local governments and eliminate
single-family neighborhoods statewide. TNC emphasizes that only locally elected officials who are intimately connected
to their communities can make intelligent zoning regulations. Read more HERE..
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A Few Reminders
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HOUSE NUMBERS: All homes within Watters Crossing have carved stone house numbers on the front elevation. It is recommended to trim and maintain adjacent
landscaping such that these numbers are visible from the street. Also, there are a significant number of homes within Watters Crossing which have had the house
numbers removed that were originally above the garage doors. These are extremely important to emergency vehicles in locating the correct property if they have to access
the home via the alleys. If you have a sliding driveway gate, your numbers on your garage may not be visible to the alley. House numbers then should be mounted on
your driveway gate. Rear house numbers are required by the City of Allen.
TRASH AND RECYCLE POLYCARTS: Carts must be stored in areas not visible to any street. This includes visibility between houses and through alley entries. If you can see
your polycart from any street, it is a violation of City of Allen code and your WCHOA Covenants. Guidelines are
HERE.
DOG STATIONS: Dog Waste Stations are located throughout Watters Crossing. It is both in your Covenants and in the City of Allen codes to pick up after your dog.
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Season For Trimming Trees
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Updated Park Re-opens
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Bring the kids to the updated Phase III Playscape. Located at Bel Air Drive and Placer Drive, amenities at the renovated park now include:
- New benches and picnic tables
- Charcoal grilling station
- Six adult exercise stations
- Cornhole (bring your own beanbags)
- Checkers, Backgammon, and Chess boards (bring your own game pieces)
- Gaga Ball Pit
- Original play equipment, swings
- Free Little Library
Plan a picnic. Fire up the grill and have a good time
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Trees and the Contractors who “Trim”
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We would alert homeowners to use caution when selecting anyone to trim your trees. There are many groups driving the neighborhood offering the
service of “tree trimming”. Please ensure you research who you are using. Yes, you can get a lower price, but results can be a problem. Some
flags to look for:
- The contractor leaves all the limbs and debris from the trimming. The City of Allen requires that all contractors trimming trees remove
from the property all trimming and debris.
- The “trimming” results in stumps
- Limbs should be trimmed to natural joints. When stumps are left, typically the stub will rot back to the tree. This is usually
after it has sent out multiple suckers. The canopy of the tree is destroyed.
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The overall limb structure is weakened, making the tree susceptible to ice and storm damage
READ MORE HERE
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2024 CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR RESIDENTS OF WATTERS CROSSING
All dates subject to change or cancellation. (3/20/2024)
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| EVENT |
DATE |
LOCATION |
TIME |
| Holiday Social |
Friday, December 6 |
Clubhouse |
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM |
| Judging for Holiday Lights |
Week of December 15 |
Neighborhood |
7:00PM |
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- WCHOA Board Meets 7:00 PM 3rd Monday of every month.
- ACC meets 7:00 PM last Tuesday of every other month (odd numbered month).
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WCHOA Playgroup meets every Friday.
Join the community
list. Visit www.watterscrossing.com
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Local Weather
ALLEN WEATHER
Members Only Information
Get WCHOA Email !
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WCHOA broadcasts, via E-mail, newsletters, important bulletins, events, and developments that may affect our community. This is the fastest way to disseminate information throughout our neighborhood.
Any information you provide remains confidential and undistributed.
Sign up for WCHOA email
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WCHOA Crime Watch
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Pool Alert: It has been brought to our attention that there is a black market for pool equipment at the
present time. Pool equipment is being stolen from backyards, even during the day. Please keep your fence locked and be aware.
To report suspicious, non-life threatening activity, please phone the City of Allen Non-Emergency number at 214-509-4321
Also, please visit the link below for further information:
City of Allen Police Community Relations
To ask a question concerning recent illegal activity within Watters Crossing, or to inquire regarding any rumors which you may have heard, please email crimewatch@watterscrossing.com. Your letter will go to the Watters Crossing Crime Watch Leader, who, in consultation with the City of Allen Police, will determine if the community should be alerted via the Watters Crossing web site and Watters Crossing email.
Crime Watch Tips
- Make sure doors and windows are locked.
- Make sure shades or window covers are closed when leaving the house.
- Make sure alarm systems are set, operating properly and monitored.
- Close garage door when you are out of the garage.
- Make sure vehicles are locked when vacant
- Do not leave valuables of any type in vehicles
Know your neighbor and look out for each other in a helpful way.
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Streetlights in Watters Crossing are not maintained by your Homeowners Association. They
belong to, and are maintained, by Oncor Electric. Problems, including lamps not working, can be
reported online at
www.oncor.com Phone calls can also be placed to.
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Did You Know?
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All Watters Crossing Homeowners Association offical information is available and posted only at
www.watterscrossing.com The Watters Crossing HOA does not support nor endorse comments, opinions, and other actions on social media sites.
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Questions or Problems?
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Information for questions or problems for Watters Crossing Residents Click Here
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Save Your Pool Cards
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Please remember to retain your Pool Access Cards for future use.. Pool cards will NOT be reissued. The cost of a replacement card is $25
and is limited to one card per address. For replacement cards, please email: poolaccess@watterscrossing.com
Pool Rules
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