https://www.pondcrest.com/phase-7 daily 0.75 2026-04-06 https://www.pondcrest.com/phase-7/roads-ponds-with-fish-and-water-taps monthly 0.5 2026-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/77f85597-0860-4ffc-84a2-f75d7c3342ca/IMG_1750.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out The grading crew started in the back of the property to finish out the grading of the long arcing alley back there since that is where the power company will begin their power installation. Above is a picture of the alley cut down to subgrade and prepped for the rock base and then rock being put down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/34fca86d-0289-4782-8e3d-c14f128f32f8/IMG_1752.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out All of the alleys will get around 6” of rock. We will just be putting down the base rock for now. Since home construction should happen much more quickly in this phase, we hope to be able to hold off on putting the final top layer of the nicer rock down until the home construction is completed in order to preserve the integrity of the alleys. We’ll see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/ae960e06-31b6-4738-bc77-b4251e0467d1/IMG_1810.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out This is the pond that was existing on site. The banks are being improved and then will be hydroseeded. The water is green because it has been stagnant. Hopefully, by connecting it to the larger pond and allowing the water to start flowing, it will clear up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/7292f10c-7b44-4cd3-8d7d-0a1113494d0b/IMG_1781.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out This is the large pond being hydroseeded. The truck in the center of the picture has a tank on the back and a guy spraying out a mixture of grass seed and a special mulch that will lay over the seed and help it stay hydrated while it sprouts. Hopefully the rain yesterday will be just enough to start everything sprouting up. The pond will start filling up as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/28dfbaa0-9199-40ee-93a4-60f59fc4ce55/IMG_1793.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out This is the large pond again with all the banks seeded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/ce2e4d78-51cf-442a-a428-70dc4e626d01/IMG_1749.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out This is a picture of the dry pond having top soil added to it. This will be a slight depression, but will be grassed and will serve as a large open playfield. It will also serve as an overflow for the large wet pond during large rain events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/56d3eca9-d601-4523-bf62-d70043f4c4a6/IMG_1780.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out Work began on the installation of the weir wall between the wet pond and the dry pond. This is where the large pond will overflow into the dry pond during large rain events. The dry pond will have a large French Drain down the middle so that most overflow will drain underground and not remain on the surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/ec4e5710-7764-4255-81a6-9fcbaeea6496/IMG_1815.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out Look carefully. Fish! It’s amazing how nature finds a way. We only have a couple of inches of water in the new ponds, which has come from groundwater, and there are somehow already fish in the water! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/7e4677c9-a62e-4bbd-a23a-5cbf27419895/IMG_1720.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out One of the four locations in Cherokee Farms Road where the main water line was exposed in a hole for the crew to attach the new water pipes to. These are the locations for the water taps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/b16d728e-738e-452c-b834-c6e6580cfd89/IMG_1718.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out Some quick orientation so you know what you’re looking at in the next few pictures. The large metal panels in the hole is called a trench box. A trench box creates a safe working space down in a hole that is deeper than 4 feet, to keep the sides from caving in. The light blue pipe is the 10” water main that carries all of the water for Habersham. The yellow pipe is the 4” gas main that carries all of the gas for Habersham. It has to be worked around carefully and was just barely out of the way enough to not cause issues. What the guy in the hole is putting on, which is gray, is the tapping saddle. This is what clamps around the water main and has the tee come off of it where the hole will be cut into the water main. The red piece the guy is leaning on up top is the valve. It will connect to the tapping saddle and will close off the water once the hole is drilled and before the saw is removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/b2fec67e-ec19-4360-966a-397c492affe3/IMG_1721.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out The valve is being attached to the saddle. There are about a dozen large bolts that clamp the two together. In this picture you can see how close the gas line was to getting in the way. On top of the valve, you can see a black little cube looking object, which is what is turned with a special tool to open and close the valve. To access that from the surface, a tube will be put on top of that and go all the way up to the road (called a valve box), so you can imagine the issue if that gas line had been over the top of where that valve knob is! Some things you just don’t know until you get down there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/198270ca-8cbd-42a9-960b-4ef9fd4af2e6/IMG_1722.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out Rock is then added to the entire trench for a proper bedding for the pipes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/d8727b05-3ceb-4fff-b8ed-a226ac2a93fd/IMG_1724.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out The next thing that happens is pressure testing the saddle. Above we saw the dozen bolts clamping the saddle and the valve together. That seal is very important to be water tight because when the valve is closed, there will be a lot of pressure there, so this is tested before the hole is drilled into the main water line. They close the valve and then connect a gauge and a hose to to the top of the tee in the saddle, where they will fill that small area with water pressurized to something like 150 PSI (I can’t remember exactly). BJWSA requires this to hold with for 20 minutes without the needle on that gauge to move even the slightest bit. They take a picture of the gauge when it starts and at the end and compare the two to see if there is any variation whatsoever. This is what the second one ran into on Tuesday. The needle kept moving the tiniest fraction. They ended up taking everything off and starting over and passed on Thursday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/6af79b74-bc8b-482a-b314-932497e0ac59/IMG_1726.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out Now it’s BJWSA’s turn to get in the hole. They are satisfied with the pressure test and are ready to tap the water main. Down in the trench are there needed tools. The main tool is the tapping saw, which is the long object laying down on the rocks. You can see at one end where there are another dozen or so bolts, which is where they will attach the tapping saw to the red valve. This has to be attached just like the valve was attached to the tapping saddle because once that saw punches through, it will be pressurized from the water main until they can pull the saw back behind the valve and close the valve to safely remove the saw. The connection doesn’t have to test since it is a temporary connection, so you’ll see water coming out of that seal when the hole gets tapped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/128c1219-3d73-4ccd-8ab8-7aa062810272/IMG_1728.JPG Phase 7 Development - Roads, Ponds (with fish!), and Water Taps - Make it stand out Here you can see the tapping saw has been attached to the red valve and they are inserting the rod to the saw that will push the hole saw forward through the valve into the water main. https://www.pondcrest.com/phase-7/lots-of-digging-but-no-gold monthly 0.5 2026-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/3187a91c-a98d-4de1-97a6-77a30301dce5/EA460326-6EFE-4666-9C44-0C1BEAEE6FF2.PNG Phase 7 Development - Lots of Digging, but no Gold - Make it stand out Happy St. Patrick’s Day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/0ce6147d-7323-4034-9d96-633d5bd51f71/IMG_1971.JPG Phase 7 Development - Lots of Digging, but no Gold - Make it stand out The map shows the four locations where the water lines will be crossing Cherokee Farms Road, causing partial road closures March 19, for cutting the asphalt, March 24 for digging up the two on the left, and March 26 for digging up the two on the right. Traffic will be routed down and around these areas via other entry streets and Harford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/0582b09c-e766-40b3-9989-16b9d92efe5e/IMG_1678.JPG Phase 7 Development - Lots of Digging, but no Gold - Make it stand out One of the locations where the new water line will be coming across Cherokee Farms Road to connect to the 10” main water line. The orange lines are where they will cut the asphalt and dig across. The hole dug by the cone was done to locate the depth of the water main. In this location, the water main runs right along the shoulder of the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/cd0655ca-84ff-4d07-b8f9-2fa5d6d52c9f/IMG_1679.JPG Phase 7 Development - Lots of Digging, but no Gold - Make it stand out Looking carefully, you can see the blue flag and blue paint on the road in the back showing the existing main water line. You can also see the yellow markings that are showing how close the gas line is to the water line. The contractor won’t know the exact location and depth until they have it dug up. Hopefully no surprises! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/05cd6b43-7f74-4846-a9b1-017646b12cbb/IMG_1672.JPG Phase 7 Development - Lots of Digging, but no Gold - Make it stand out The beginnings of Fielder’s Mount being cut in as a road base. Getting it cut down in advance to allow equipment to run over it for a while helps with compaction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/5f6697df-4b29-44ff-ba73-e8a34254a056/IMG_1673.JPG Phase 7 Development - Lots of Digging, but no Gold - Make it stand out The alley in the northwest corner of the site is graded along with the rain garden dug out on the backside of it. The depression of the rain garden is hard to see in the image, but it is a depressed area where runoff is designed to flow to and slowly infiltrate through organic material that will be brought in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/18fb771a-f970-49c6-8658-4248d4201e37/IMG_1674.JPG Phase 7 Development - Lots of Digging, but no Gold - Make it stand out The alley looking in the other direction. This alley serves the lots that will face the pond and much of the fill dirt to bring this alley to grade came from the pond dirt. Again, there is another rain garden behind the alley that is difficult to see in the picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/4b266f04-be2a-4d7c-a5ff-37c80eaa5963/IMG_1676.JPG Phase 7 Development - Lots of Digging, but no Gold - Make it stand out Topsoil being added to the banks of the pond so that it can be grassed and stabilized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/942fe1d0-482b-48df-b05b-57cef5f5ccc6/IMG_1677.JPG Phase 7 Development - Lots of Digging, but no Gold - Make it stand out Full pond all dug out. Pool will be on the far side in the distance. https://www.pondcrest.com/phase-7/what-is-all-the-digging-along-cherokee-farms-road monthly 0.5 2026-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/90a39801-63fe-4c8d-aa26-6e11c867fb6f/IMG_1451.JPG Phase 7 Development - What is all the digging along Cherokee Farms Road?!? - Make it stand out Several telecommunication cables are running parallel right in the forcemain path the entire length, requiring constant maneuvering to not damage them and to get them out of the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/9853c525-6b7e-4a80-a718-7260548592ad/IMG_1450.JPG Phase 7 Development - What is all the digging along Cherokee Farms Road?!? - Make it stand out Look at all the obstacles in the trench. Two (actually a third that can’t be seen) cables running parallel in the trench, two conduits crossing through the trench, a large handhold box for telecommunications that was found buried a foot under the dirt that no one knew about, and a storm drain pipe crossing through the trench. There is a water pipe as well that is not in view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/a5621ce8-b778-4db5-9cfb-9d65c4009591/IMG_1314.JPG Phase 7 Development - What is all the digging along Cherokee Farms Road?!? - Make it stand out The shallowest manhole in the project! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/155b8732-1149-4565-9b65-8feb969fdd72/IMG_1315.JPG Phase 7 Development - What is all the digging along Cherokee Farms Road?!? - Make it stand out The end of the sewer line. Last manhole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/b6eab97e-580b-49a3-a86d-6be9bc7168de/_ags_6a7ec57217a74dd8913506b10bbba483.jpg Phase 7 Development - What is all the digging along Cherokee Farms Road?!? - Make it stand out The County has a 2026 aerial up on their GIS site now. You can see where all the dirt moving has been happening and where things are in relation to the master plan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/181b92db-be65-4908-8cfa-4edfce233825/IMG_1959.jpg Phase 7 Development - What is all the digging along Cherokee Farms Road?!? - Make it stand out Drone shot of the site from last week, looking west from the gym building. We’ll try to get some more drone shots soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/19bae558-229d-444e-90e3-ec3754e7629d/IMG_1456.JPG Phase 7 Development - What is all the digging along Cherokee Farms Road?!? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/11595eed-04b5-4d27-b91e-9d71b8afd84d/IMG_1455.JPG Phase 7 Development - What is all the digging along Cherokee Farms Road?!? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/648bbd8b-5f1a-4b8a-947e-fcadec020ea9/IMG_1458.JPG Phase 7 Development - What is all the digging along Cherokee Farms Road?!? - Make it stand out The images above are just some examples of things that we’re working to clean up so the dry utilities have a clear path. Dirt mounds, ditches, etc. all have to be taken care of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/ef69f619-b563-4f8a-a358-9645486ef5ac/IMG_1282.JPG Phase 7 Development - What is all the digging along Cherokee Farms Road?!? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/769e6a11-0cc2-4e1f-ad4e-2aff3ba0e8f0/IMG_1281.JPG Phase 7 Development - What is all the digging along Cherokee Farms Road?!? - Make it stand out And a few snow pictures from a few weeks ago! https://www.pondcrest.com/phase-7/a-peek-at-what-is-coming monthly 0.5 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/3cccd0c3-23e4-4462-9d88-d44b98bf416a/IMG_1138.JPG Phase 7 Development - A Peek at What is Coming - Make it stand out The manhole towards the bottom of the picture is the existing stormwater box that the crew has been making their way to for the past month to tie in the existing system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/031de437-b2db-46b3-99ed-d23725c57fbd/IMG_1191.JPG Phase 7 Development - A Peek at What is Coming - Make it stand out This is the same manhole as above and the crew has dug down to where the existing pipe was coming out of the box. They have cut the pipe off and are using a jackhammer to knock out the concrete in the opening so that the new pipe can be inserted into the box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/6b3a01c4-67ae-4229-9d97-bea32b146a3b/IMG_1192.JPG Phase 7 Development - A Peek at What is Coming - Make it stand out This is the pipe coming towards that box, with just one more segment of pipe to be put in. The black fabric is wrapped around each joint in the pipe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/a7c8c700-4f01-43ba-80a8-202dba7d9cf8/IMG_1090.JPG Phase 7 Development - A Peek at What is Coming - Make it stand out There are electrical and telecommunication utilities running all through here and they have caused multiple issues because they cannot be moved and are not always where you thought they would be. Here, the engineer had to be consulted about how to move a box from where it was designed to be so that a major power line could be avoided. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/863da550-6f24-4014-9fb1-bb939b9e79ba/IMG_1193.JPG Phase 7 Development - A Peek at What is Coming - Make it stand out Looking down into a narrow storm drain box that was recently installed. The contraption at the bottom is the laser tool they use when laying pipe to get the right alignment and slope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/bd252e9d-4e12-480f-8fab-ee6cf672cec1/Vertical+projects+on+map.JPG Phase 7 Development - A Peek at What is Coming - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.pondcrest.com/phase-7/merry-christmas monthly 0.5 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/7b69080f-a7e8-466c-9b05-a32206f36b39/IMG_1867.jpeg Phase 7 Development - Merry Christmas! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/c0e80a8d-2f33-44a6-9ca8-71c033825c2c/D9CA4181-0EFF-42A9-8677-7BA9070BF12B.png Phase 7 Development - Merry Christmas! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/fbf47ec5-fa14-402b-93f5-4166d9132226/IMG_0663.JPG Phase 7 Development - Merry Christmas! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/6dd172f0-f866-44e6-9362-6d698b397320/IMG_0690.JPG Phase 7 Development - Merry Christmas! - Make it stand out A crew working to mortar in a pipe where it enters a box. The top of the box will eventually have a drain grate on it, which is what you see from above ground when it is all finished. The black fabric around the pipe goes around each seam to prevent dirt from getting into the pipe seams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/f0025624-be7f-4618-adf0-b1d9521f9973/IMG_0647.JPG Phase 7 Development - Merry Christmas! - Make it stand out There was a large pile of stockpiled fill dirt from when the roads and utilities were put in for the EarthFit building and church years ago. Unfortunately, it was right in the way of where the storm drain pipe has to go, so this excavator is moving all of this dirt to get it out of the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/49c6ea2b-c505-4da7-a091-dca7a07f7219/IMG_0654.JPG Phase 7 Development - Merry Christmas! - Make it stand out We’ve had pictures of inside these boxes before, but this is just another to show a pipe that has just been mortared into place. The smaller hole on the left edge of the photo is where a French drain pipe will tie into the box eventually. These are sometimes put in to help keep the edges around road bases dry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/ae703e57-1590-4af2-a63c-c9212d8e2d8a/IMG_0670.JPG Phase 7 Development - Merry Christmas! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/4ad6621a-eab3-430e-9893-71ef97de3905/IMG_1869.jpeg Phase 7 Development - Merry Christmas! - Make it stand out View down the future North Assembly Row https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/e17a9a6e-84c8-43c5-a73b-1632bfbb95d1/IMG_0667.JPG Phase 7 Development - Merry Christmas! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/0b25c9c8-583b-4b7a-baca-234357ca9a36/IMG_1870.jpeg Phase 7 Development - Merry Christmas! - Make it stand out View down the future North Abbey Row https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/adb5e178-512e-4109-9c03-2b4649e325f3/IMG_0674.JPG Phase 7 Development - Merry Christmas! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/fda08691-45da-4c14-9310-75f1f8e6b390/IMG_1871.jpeg Phase 7 Development - Merry Christmas! - Make it stand out View down the future Louis Pinckney Sr. Blvd towards Village Row https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/af2779a2-3add-4072-9698-d52dbf1129d4/IMG_1688.jpg Phase 7 Development - Merry Christmas! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.pondcrest.com/phase-7/sewer-piping-almost-complete monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/ffaae157-0b8f-48fc-b821-0081fec8a942/IMG_9987.JPG Phase 7 Development - Sewer Piping Almost Complete - Make it stand out This is looking down Zeb Run, with future houses on the right where the pine trees are and a pond on the left behind the giant pile of dirt. The whole road is trenched down and the main sewer line is already in. What this is showing is where the sewer service lines come up to the house lots. Those tall green pipes will be cut off, but that is the sewer line that comes up from the main line and is stubbed up on a lot corner for a future house to connect into. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/09421f1b-1497-4b9a-8ca2-efbd9324fab9/IMG_0001.JPG Phase 7 Development - Sewer Piping Almost Complete - Make it stand out This is a view up Louis Pinckney Sr. Avenue and shows two sewer service stub ups for two adjoining lots. So, this is what is visible above ground once everything from the previous picture is buried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/bd9b4e68-d62f-4565-8df6-1e15b8adac26/IMG_0120.JPG Phase 7 Development - Sewer Piping Almost Complete - Make it stand out If you zoom in, you’ll see the white fitting on the end is a “Y”. This is where those stub ups shown in the previous pictures originate. This picture shows a sewer service that is coming off of a main line (that is buried). The Y is where the two service lines split off and turn upwards, one going to one lot corner, and the other to the other lot corner, just as you saw in the previous picture. Typically, sewer services come in pairs like this, with adjoining lots sharing the same lateral off the main. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/c52aa28e-9150-4ff5-93fa-79c61cba99d7/IMG_9962.JPG Phase 7 Development - Sewer Piping Almost Complete - Make it stand out Setting a manhole section in place. The green pipe next to is not sewer pipe even though it is the same color. This is something called a “whistle,” which is a colloquial term, and you’ll see this throughout the project for the duration of the project. Similar to the well points mentioned in a previous post, these are used to remove groundwater from an area. A hose is dropped down into this pipe with some rock and connected to a pump to pump the water out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/e008db80-c520-41e7-856f-84a8898ff998/IMG_0115.JPG Phase 7 Development - Sewer Piping Almost Complete - Make it stand out Looking down into a manhole. A manhole basically serves as access points to the pipes where they bend or tee. You can see the sewer just travels through cast channels that connect the pipes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/9a893e5b-5dc5-4dff-b3fc-9f944ccbcdd0/IMG_9962.JPG Phase 7 Development - Sewer Piping Almost Complete - Make it stand out Look closely at this manhole being installed and you’ll see a pipe coming out the side of the manhole and going straight down. This is called a manhole drop and happens when a sewer line is coming into a manhole at a lot higher level than the bottom of the manhole where the deeper sewer line is exiting or passing through. As far as I know, I don’t think this is the way it was done when the earlier phases of Habersham were built. It used to be that you would just have that pipe come straight into the manhole and the sewer would just fall down into the manhole (waterfall style). The water utility company now requires these exterior drops to allow the sewer to drop to the lower level through the pipe and enter the manhole at the same level as the other connecting pipes. There are several reasons. The one that I think is somewhat comical is to prevent sewage from water falling down onto someone’s head while they may be down in the manhole working on something. Other reasons focus on minimizing turbulence. Sewage falling freely into the manhole produces more noxious gases and odors and it can also more speedily cause erosion and deterioration of the inside of the manhole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/044f6ede-b9bb-40a5-a7ba-00be3ca51ae4/IMG_9963.JPG Phase 7 Development - Sewer Piping Almost Complete - Make it stand out These are two of the three live oaks that were found on the property other than the large ones up near Cherokee Farms Road. These trees actually didn’t show up on the tree survey because they were too small, but we found them in the field and realized they flanked either side of an alley entrance, so we had them saved. As you can see, the sewer goes right through the middle of them. A water line will have to go right next to one as well. The crew is doing everything they can to preserve these trees. They will undergo a good bit of stress from the large amount of disturbance in their root zone, but I hope they will make it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/29701ec1-7213-479d-a8c8-fcd2d29cb12d/IMG_0291.JPG Phase 7 Development - Sewer Piping Almost Complete - Make it stand out Stormwater pipes being joined into a box before being mortared in. The black fabric you see wrapped around the pipe goes around each pipe joint to help prevent dirt from getting into the cracks and causing a sinkhole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/2fc3dec3-67f7-49e7-a744-b352d3bef5df/IMG_1688.jpg Phase 7 Development - Sewer Piping Almost Complete - Make it stand out Map showing what has been put in the ground so far. Approximately 30%-40% complete. https://www.pondcrest.com/phase-7/wet-well-installation-emphasis-on-the-wet monthly 0.5 2026-04-06 https://www.pondcrest.com/phase-7/the-master-plan monthly 0.5 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/e7c9f66e-22a1-4b6d-a354-886ffa1a8500/Beaufort_02.jpg Phase 7 Development - The Master Plan - Make it stand out Regional Plan done for the Burton area during the Cherokee Farms Design Charrette in 2002. Orange areas depicted pedestrian shed (5 minute walk from edge to center) potential locations, purple was civic, red commercial, yellow were existing more rural neighborhoods, and green was open space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/ddf413ee-fa16-4e30-abf1-7eb1c07fd856/0218-Master+Plan.JPG Phase 7 Development - The Master Plan - Make it stand out Original master plan from the Cherokee Farms design charrette in 2002. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/40071689-36f9-4da8-b411-437986f86825/Open+Cherokee+Farms+MP.png Phase 7 Development - The Master Plan - Make it stand out Revised Master Plan in 2006 to meet permitting requirements https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/20a4877d-8729-418a-a177-3efe7c70b928/2011+Plan.jpeg.png Phase 7 Development - The Master Plan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/f16d1130-e02d-416b-abe1-c913c857192a/IMG_1688.jpg Phase 7 Development - 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Setting Well Points and Other Prep - Make it stand out What the pond looks like this week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/78d1fa74-1fcd-419c-a403-e96337f23c06/IMG_9413.JPG Phase 7 Development - Setting Well Points and Other Prep - Make it stand out Stormwater boxes of all different sizes lined up, waiting to be put in the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/4bca4044-5364-4627-a27f-9737bba04745/IMG_9439.jpg Phase 7 Development - Setting Well Points and Other Prep - Make it stand out Water pipes stacked up in the distance along with other materials for water and sewer installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/cf0f7b90-8a37-479e-b406-ae57e9082892/IMG_9375.JPG Phase 7 Development - Setting Well Points and Other Prep - Make it stand out Concrete stormwater pipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/c8eccda0-03c7-4cc6-9417-88fe052a2008/IMG_9419.JPG Phase 7 Development - Setting Well Points and Other Prep - Make it stand out Various materials recently unloaded from a truck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/81404d12-6db3-45e0-a9d2-0c93844c1b8c/IMG_9270.jpg Phase 7 Development - Setting Well Points and Other Prep - Make it stand out First delivery of green sewer pipes on site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/76980d65-a1b0-4025-89d1-ad87cc7f3697/IMG_9420.JPG Phase 7 Development - Setting Well Points and Other Prep - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/7bcec838-d4ce-4571-a107-68329b91fbe4/IMG_9435.JPG Phase 7 Development - Setting Well Points and Other Prep - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.pondcrest.com/phase-7/first-pipe-in-the-ground monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/526d056f-428d-4605-b38a-3c7b2cceb795/Dirt+on+future+road.JPG Phase 7 Development - First Pipe in the Ground! - Make it stand out Dirt from the pond being spread where a road will eventually be cut in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/1c49d6e7-6749-45ca-a223-aec7da4da471/IMG_9240.JPG Phase 7 Development - First Pipe in the Ground! - Make it stand out The pond has gotten much larger with the whole north bank almost cut in. The bottom of the pond is right at the water table, which is why there is a little bit of water at the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/f491c12f-a748-4b33-9f64-9e85ad44cdeb/IMG_9168.JPG Phase 7 Development - First Pipe in the Ground! - Make it stand out Storm Drain Box with large hole for concrete storm pipe and small hole for French drain. Concrete lid sitting on top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/a9bee0d1-2fff-4868-b607-3d344f8bc902/IMG_9184.JPG Phase 7 Development - First Pipe in the Ground! - Make it stand out Looking through one of the storm drain boxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/9c9231c0-a976-4687-a2ab-8cebcc7b9afb/IMG_9175.JPG Phase 7 Development - First Pipe in the Ground! - Make it stand out Another example of one of the storm drain boxes that will be put in. Each one will have an iron grate on top, which is what you would see above ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/026d6c9a-b77a-4faf-9739-c7ce8bf7c38c/IMG_9186.JPG Phase 7 Development - First Pipe in the Ground! - Make it stand out Some of the concrete pipes that will be used to transport stormwater runoff to the ponds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/09c1bcc1-f12f-4b23-95f5-25eb6dd4fa64/IMG_9234.JPG Phase 7 Development - First Pipe in the Ground! - Make it stand out An example of a pipe that has been inserted into a box but not mortared yet. Each pipe has to be set at an exact slope so that it will connect into the next box at the right height (and because water runs downhill!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/a06cc673-dd82-49d3-ab25-39f8a5b95f4d/IMG_9235.JPG Phase 7 Development - First Pipe in the Ground! - Make it stand out Here’s the other side of that box where the pipe has been mortared in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/6c9fe56c-25b9-4ad6-afa8-f9837277e8ee/IMG_9215.JPG Phase 7 Development - First Pipe in the Ground! - Make it stand out This shows the outlet pipe exiting into the pond. Once the pond is full, the pipe will be underwater. The contractor starts with the outlet pipe and works their way backwards from there when laying the pipe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/03d3b9b9-6c50-403b-8c62-c27274b48c99/IMG_9218.JPG Phase 7 Development - First Pipe in the Ground! - Make it stand out Outlet pipe looking back to where the contractor is digging to set the first box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/c704646d-3bb4-4b66-a64a-d05203b66a97/IMG_9245.JPG Phase 7 Development - First Pipe in the Ground! - Make it stand out Pump Station location. The hole has been prepped and the first 10’ dug out. Although the Wet Well will only be 5’-6’ wide, the hole starts out 40’x40’ because of how deep it will end up having to be. https://www.pondcrest.com/phase-7/digging-begins monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/e7f7f335-1938-430a-940e-8c4109b327a5/IMG_9038.JPG Phase 7 Development - Digging Begins - Make it stand out This is the beginnings of a road, with lots on the left overlooking the pond on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/10267462-fcdc-4bd9-a20e-c4e105e35bdf/IMG_2947.jpg Phase 7 Development - Digging Begins - Make it stand out Dry Pond at Alys Beach in Florida that doubles as a sunken urban park with amphitheater stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/45c5d465-61a5-408c-baae-acb558566663/IMG_9033.JPG Phase 7 Development - Digging Begins - Make it stand out Hard to see, but the beginnings of the dry pond sunken area, taken from the dike separating the wet pond from the dry pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/dbc1411e-cb9a-4957-b5ce-b109b2dc8b94/IMG_9036.JPG Phase 7 Development - Digging Begins - Make it stand out Looking down the dike separating the wet pond on the right from the dry pond on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/d83304a5-7c91-44c1-8ba6-6f6721121bc7/IMG_9114.JPG Phase 7 Development - Digging Begins - Make it stand out Reached the water table! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/82c081c7-82d5-43ef-90da-17254270570e/IMG_9046.JPG Phase 7 Development - Digging Begins - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/6af17fdb-4b4c-4442-a41a-21a1fefed66a/IMG_9045.JPG Phase 7 Development - Digging Begins - Make it stand out The machines doing the heavy lifting https://www.pondcrest.com/phase-7/wet-wet-wet monthly 0.5 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/094d9c58-8266-4e83-a093-692c0be94f3e/IMG_8726.jpeg Phase 7 Development - Wet, wet, wet…. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/ea245a51-65e3-4a59-ae52-6b43a78ab3aa/IMG_8722.jpeg Phase 7 Development - Wet, wet, wet…. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/13a95397-5f4c-433a-a97a-7c99153a5775/IMG_8809.jpeg Phase 7 Development - Wet, wet, wet…. - Make it stand out Stumps piled up prior to chipping and stumps after being chipped into mulch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/978b51ce-f4fd-43da-ad2e-2c2602c827d5/IMG_1558.jpeg Phase 7 Development - Wet, wet, wet…. - Make it stand out An example of a stormwater box design to be custom made out of concrete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/696e9371efe36b0c8079e6df/687ce00b-1a9f-4ba4-bcbc-a513d9b12d2e/IMG_8802.jpeg Phase 7 Development - 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