Central allandale By Jackie Potts

Canyon Creek

Gene and Dorie Dillard sell a lot of homes in Canyon Creek. Their interest in the neighborhood goes beyond their business as a husband-and-wife team with Coldwell Banker United Realtors -they also live in Canyon Creek.

"We've been here 10 years," says Gene Dillard. "We've watched the community grow from 350 homes to almost 1,200 homes."

Canyon Creek is in Northwest Travis County off RM 620 and Boulder Lane David Weekley Homes and Standard Pacific are still building new homes in the neighborhood. The Dillards say all phases of the Canyon Creek community will be complete in about a year.

About four years ago Beshara Shaleesh bought a new Standard Pacific home in Canyon Creek. His is a four-bedroom home with a game room in about 3,500 square feet.

There are a lot of things he enjoys about the neighborhood. "It has very quiet streets and the streets are wide," he says. "The lots in the section where I am are big and there are a lot of trees."

The natural setting is enhanced by the community's proximity to the Balcones Canyonland Preserve. The preserve serves as the eastern boundary wrapping it from southwest side up to the northeast side. The neighborhood is accessed from RM 620, which is its primary boundary on the west side. Anderson Mill Road is to the north of the neighborhood.

"It's a gorgeous neighborhood," Dillard says. "It's got great topography. It's not flat and the trees are preserved. The focus is on quality of life."

Shaleesh has a 7-year-old daughter and he appreciates the family-friendly nature of the community.

"The people are awesome," he says. "Most homeowners are families."

Canyon Creek's location makes it ideal for employees of companies such as 3M, which is right around the corner on RM 2222 and Dell, which is accessible from RM 620.

"We have a lot of people from Motorola and Dell," Dillard says. "We have state employees, sheriff's deputies, school teachers and doctors. These are nuclear families with two adults with two to two and half children. More than 50 percent of them are college educated. It's a young community with an average age somewhere between 35 and 50."

Canyon Creek sits in the 78726 zip code. According to 2003 research by Claritas, the population for that zip code is 6,806 people, the median age is 35.7, median household income is $107,815 and children live in 47 percent of the households.

Dillard says prices for homes in the neighborhood range from $215,000 to more than $500.

Zone: NW
MLS Area: CL

Zip Code 78726

Canyon Creeks has great amenities such as two parks, a huge swimming pool, a new elementary school, US Exemplary schools. It is close to shopping, lakes, rivers, beaches, and Austin high technology employment centers.

Trailhead Park amenities include a soccer/football/baseball field, a large children's playscape, a covered pavillion with a bathroom, numerous barbeques with grills, a half-court basketball court, two sand volleyball courts, and the nature trail leading down to a wilderness area alongside a year-round flowing creek.

Canyon Creek Park, owned by the Homeowner's Association, has a junior Olympic swimming pool with a separate baby splash pool and waterfall, a covered pavillion with showers and bathrooms, a tennis court, full-court basketball court, sand volleyball court, and children's playscape.