It’s hard, no, it’s impossible to be all things to all people. But there’s an ongoing effort to provide more features to satisfy more people here in Bentwater. And that matters, because, in case you haven’t been paying attention, Bentwater is changing. How much you notice and what you notice most may well depend on where you live and how long you’ve lived there. For example, if you have three or four new homes currently being built on your street (including one on each side of you), it might be hard to convince you that Bentwater’s construction boom is slowing. Yet, on a different street with no new homes underway, some might be asking “what construction boom?” But there’s no mistaking that Bentwater is filling up. Fast. And whether you’ve only lived here for 35 days or you’ve lived here in the same house for the entirety of our community’s 35 years, you’re seeing change. Feeling it. Living it. Chances are that at least some of your neighbors are younger than they once were. Not the same neighbors, mind you (even that newfangled Ai hasn’t figured out reverse aging – yet). I’m talking about new, younger neighbors. Acquaintances change. Tastes change. Personal pastimes change. What hasn’t changed, though, is that Bentwater remains the only gated community on Lake Conroe consisting exclusively of single-family homes with golf courses on the compound and direct lake access. Our community was conceived and developed with those specific attributes as the goal and, here we are more than three decades later, with exactly that. And, while not much space for anything more, our glass is definitely more than half full. Still, the POA is diligently working to improve the limited open spaces to more completely serve Bentwater’s changing demographics. Go check it out for yourself. Once the thermometer is registering double digits again, maybe walk Fido around the Community Park behind the POA building. Then stroll the Park in The Meadows. When you do, you’ll see impressive additions and upgrades to the playground equipment in both parks. Plus, there’s an expanded basketball court at one park and a large, flat, mowed multi-purpose open field at the second for other types of sports activities. Granted, those may not be as cool as a lazy river water feature or an offroad walking trail or a specially purposed bike path. So, maybe our glass really is half empty? And we should absolutely have those cool things, right? You betcha. And it would be so simple. All we’d need is for you and a few hundred of your neighbors to volunteer to raze your homesites and donate them to the cause. Problem solved. Glass full. Show of hands?
– Bruce Sellers
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