Neighborhoods
The neighborhoods in Planning District IV are: the proposed Asheton and Huntinton Pointe communities, the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station, Crafford-Taliaferro, Lee Hall, The Forest, Jones Run, Kings Ridge, Richland, Windsor Great Park, Colony Pines, Green Acres, Richneck, Charter Elm/Hanover Heights, Turnberry, and Denbrook.
Asheton (proposed)
The 436 acres that comprise Asheton are owned by the City of Newport News Economic Development Authority. Asheton will be a new urbanism community that will develop over a ten year period with single-family detached, townhouses, condominiums, apartments and live-work units. There will be open space and pedestrian connectivity throughout the development. Community facilities, which include a school, will be strategically placed to best serve the community.
Yorktown Naval Weapons Station. The part of Yorktown Naval Weapons Station in Newport News is used for housing military families. The housing on base includes dormitories, apartments, and mobile homes. A recreation center and softball fields are provided on site as well.
Crafford/Taliaferro
From 2004 through 2007, residential waste water collection service was extended to this rural residential area near Asheton and the Newport News Park. Existing residential development on Crafford Road is single family homes on large lots with open drainage ditches. However, this residential area is beginning to transition from its rural character.
Lee Hall
This neighborhood includes the historic Lee Hall Manor, the relocated historic Lee Hall Depot, the Chelsea Apartments, the Boxwood Inn Bed and Breakfast and older homes in a rural village setting. It also includes the portion of the Asheton development, previously owned by the Hoover-Clements Estate, which is proposed to develop with a branch library and residential uses. The creation of a local historic district for Lee Hall Village is still a recommendation of this district plan to preserve the rural character of this rural village.
The Forest
The Forest has single-family homes on large lots with open ditch drainage along Old Fort Eustis Boulevard. Newer single-family development in the neighborhood occurs in conventional subdivisions with single-family attached townhouses and duplexes that front Jefferson Avenue and buffer single-family development from more intense apartment development. Community facilities in this neighborhood are the Colossian Baptist Church and cemetery, Greenwood Elementary School, New Horizons Technical Center, and Woodside High School.
Jones Run
Residential developments in this neighborhood, west of Jefferson Avenue, include garden apartments, and there has been new commercial development along Jefferson Avenue between Woodcreek Road and Industrial Park Drive.
Richneck
The Richneck neighborhood has changed from rural to suburban with new single-family subdivisions built northwest of Richneck Road and east of Shields Road. Large parcels of land i this area were purchased by developers in the mid-1990’s and subdivided to create Fawn Lake and King’s Charter subdivisions. There are a few large single-family lots that have open ditch drainage northwest of Richneck Road. Richneck Road is planned for widening between Jefferson Avenue and the new realignment of Richneck Road that will be constructed as part of the Huntinton Pointe development. There are no community facilities or parks located in this neighborhood.
Richfield
This older subdivision was developed in 1957, with spacious lots fronting curvilinear streets. Since the mid-1970's, homes
on Meadow Creek Drive in this neighborhood have had flooding problems during periods of intense rainfalls.
A drainage Improvement project for Meadow Creek Drive area was identified in the Department of Engineering's Master Drainage and Flood Control Plan. After flooding from Hurricane Floyd, funding for this project received a priority ranking in the City's Capital Improvement Program.There are no community facilities or parks located within this neighborhood.
Kings Ridge
The King's Ridge neighborhood encompasses the King's Ridge Apartments and Morgan’s Trace subdivision. There are no community
facilities or parks located in this neighborhood.
Green Acres
This neighborhood contains single-family homes on long narrow large lots with open ditch drainage on the south side of Richneck
Road between Shields Road and the Newport News City Line. The Green Acres Subdivision has homes on smaller lots and streets
with curb and gutter.
The ditch on Chowan Place handles drainage for the creek which runs through the rear of the larger lots in this neighborhood. This drainage channel is a health and safety issue because of the litter and rodents. Enclosing the ditch and improved maintenance are recommended.
Colony Pines
Colony Pines subdivision began during the early 1980's and was completed in the 1990's. Development in this neighborhood is
single-family homes on lots located on curvilinear and cul-de-sac streets. Open space is found in a common area serving the
subdivision. The community facilities in this neighborhood are Denbigh Church of God and its associated private Christian
School, and a day care facility. A small, semi-private park serving the subdivision is located on Woodside Lane.
Windsor Great Park
The construction of homes in Windsor Great Park began during the 1950's and was completed in the 1980's. This neighborhood
has single-family homes built in subdivisions with lots on curvilinear and cul-de-sac streets. Community facilities in this
neighborhood are Richneck Elementary School and two churches. The Windsor Great Park subdivision has private recreational
facilities.
Charter Elm/Hanover Heights
In this neighborhood there are some single-family homes on large lots with open ditch drainage along the northwest side of
Richneck Road. However, most single-family development is built on small lots with curvilinear streets. There are apartments
located within this neighborhood near Denbigh Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue. McIntosh Elementary School serves this neighborhood.
Turnberry
In this neighborhood, single-family homes are developed on small lots with grid-like cul-de-sac streets. Apartments and condominiums
comprise the other residential development in the neighborhood.
Denbrook
Denbrook has three planned residential developments comprised of townhouses. A Mormon church is located in this neighborhood.
Huntington Pointe
In 2007, the City exchanged property with York County. 397 acres of vacant land was included in the land exchange. The majority
of the vacant land is proposed for a mixed use development called Huntington Pointe that will contain 2,550 residential units,
a community center, trails,parks, and lakes.