Brookside

New single-family homes
alongside beautiful
Lemon Creek in Walnut

Brookside Facts

With lots averaging more than 32,100 square feet in size and 47% of the site preserved as open space, the 27-home Brookside residential community reflects the care we have taken to honor and maintain Walnut’s character as a city of primarily single-family homes on large lots. If you have questions about the homes we will be building at Brookside upon the project’s approval click here.

Please scroll through this site to learn more about Brookside and use the “Talk to Us” page to share your thoughts with us.

Protecting Lemon Creek

The stretch of Lemon Creek flowing through the Brookside property is a beautiful and peaceful reminder of Nature’s beauty and therefore deserves protection. Brookside is doing just that.

In our plan, the riparian and woodland areas along Lemon Creek – and of course, the creek itself – will be protected and preserved, and the public will be able to continue to enjoy its serene beauty via the Brookside Trail.

Sensitive Project Design – As shown in the accompanying “How the plan will evolve” graphic, we are preserving and protecting the creek by building Brookside almost entirely on land that has already been disturbed by the former equestrian center’s facilities. In this way, the stretch of Lemon Creek that flows through the property will continue to be enjoyed by future generations of Walnut residents.

How the plan will evolve

For more information on how Brookside protects Lemon Creek, click on:

Will Lemon Creek and the wooded open space around it be protected?

What are you doing to protect the wooded areas around on the creek?

Will Brookside protect Lemon Creek from runoff from the new homes?

Why are you proposing that Lemon Creek and the open space areas around it be within private lots?

Connecting the Trails

Currently, the former Brookside Equestrian Center trail is not a public trail (although we have not discouraged its use) because it is not built to City trail standards. To remedy this and protect the walkability (and horseback “rideability”) that is an important part of Walnut’s exceptional quality of life, we are proposing to convert the existing trail into the Brookside Trail by reconstructing it to meet all City trail requirements and then dedicating it to the City with a protective permanent easement. When completed, the Brookside Trail will fill a “missing link” in Walnut’s public trail system.

For more information on the Brookside trail, click on:

What improvements will you make to the existing trail?

Why are you proposing that portions of the Brookside Trail will be within private lots?

Preserving the Views

The primary views onto this land from offsite are experienced by people walking or driving along Lemon Avenue and Meadow Pass Road. The Brookside plan will increase both the number of trees and the number of California native trees along this part of the site. Thus, what you see while walking or driving past will remain much the same as it has been.

Here is a photo of how the Brookside property looks today when viewed from the Meadow Pass Road/Colt Lane intersection (top) and a computer-generated simulation of how it will look five to ten years after construction of Brookside (bottom).

Current Condition

5-10 Years After Construction

Sensitive Design

Because it is a small development, with only 27 new single-family homes, and because it will be built almost entirely over land developed previously for the former equestrian center, we have been able to carefully design Brookside so it will have a “light touch” on the environment and be a good neighbor.

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What effect will Brookside have on local traffic?

Will Lemon Creek and the wooded areas around it be protected?

Will Brookside protect Lemon Creek from runoff from the homes?

Will construction of Brookside worsen flooding at La Puente Road next to the site?

What are you doing to protect trees on the site?

What will be done to ensure the protection of special status species on the site?

How will the construction of Brookside affect the fire risk to neighboring homes?