Neighborhood
Homeland
Homeland’s planned streets, historic ponds and landscape details make its development story visible outdoors. Association resources explain the setting and provide practical ways to follow neighborhood activities and care for shared places.
Notice the planned landscape
Homeland’s curving streets and broad boulevards reflect an Olmsted Brothers plan begun in 1924. The designers retained existing ponds as part of the residential landscape. That combination of street layout and water is a useful way to understand the neighborhood: the open spaces were part of the plan, rather than incidental gaps between houses.
Look for details around the ponds
The Homeland Association’s history traces the six ponds to the Perine estate in 1843 and notes association maintenance since 1950. It also identifies Edward Berge’s bronze Wildflower on Springlake Way. The ponds have specific care rules, including no fishing and no feeding wildlife. Enjoy them as a landscape feature while respecting the surrounding homes and planting.
Follow neighborhood decisions
The association website provides meeting notices, a calendar and resident information. Those resources connect the historical setting with current neighborhood work. Someone interested in a community event or a shared-landscape question can begin there, while a proposed change affecting an individual property should use the relevant association and City review processes.