Developers Plan Woodstock Community

“Hey, people now. Smile on your brother. Let me see you get together. Love one another right now.”
Those lyrics were sung by Jefferson Airplane at the legendary concert at Woodstock, N.Y., in 1969 and that was the message intended for the gathering of masses from different cultures, backgrounds and beliefs.
Somewhere along the line, folks lost that loving feeling. The same can be said for most subdivisions built in recent decades. The original idea of bringing a community together was lost.
A couple of developers believe they have uncovered the answer on a piece of farmland in west Fayetteville, with a “new urbanism” concept that samples from old town living.
It will bring together people from all walks of life with price points that fit every budget, whether buying or renting. There also will be retail and restaurants, meaning residents would never have to leave the farm.
Fittingly, this eclectic gathering also will be called “Woodstock,” but will cost about $70 million to develop on 30 acres on Wedington Drive. Primary financing is being provided by ANB Financial N.A. of Bentonville.
“This is the anti-wall community,” said John Nock of Nock-Broyles Development, which also includes partners Hank and Lex Broyles. “Everything is completely open. You have so many common opportunities with your neighbors that you have this sense of owning a part of a community rather than being stuck behind a wall somewhere.
“Instead of pulling themselves away from each other, we’re trying to create architecture in the development that brings people together.”
Woodstock will include 192 condominiums, 99 townhomes, 62 detached home lots and about 86,000 SF of commercial space. Some of the retail/restaurants will have one-bedroom studio condos on the second and third levels.
Prices will range from $105,000 for the condos to $225,000 for a four-bedroom home. There also will be rentals available and all parking for the residential space will be in the rear, causing less worries for walkers throughout the community.
Joining the residential in a “circular roundabout” will be a clubhouse, pool and several seating and gathering areas. The group hopes the final tenants for the commercial space will include a mix of a coffee shop, grocery store, pizza parlor, bookstore, boutique shops and a bank.
The concept came on the recommendation of Dover/Kohl, the group which executed the City of Fayetteville’s recent 2025 planning. The group hopes to have all the preliminary plans approved though the city process in the first quarter of 2007 before beginning construction.
“You can live, work and play all in the same area,” said Hank Broyles. “There’s so much there that they wouldn’t actually have to have a refrigerator.”