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The Milkman Comes to Firethorne
Katy/Fulshear – May 4, 2006 -- Remember when
the milkman delivered milk to your very door? At
Firethorne, West Houston’s newest master-designed
community, he still does. In fact, the community
has arranged for a local milkman to deliver a free
gallon of milk to each resident’s door every
week for the first six months the family lives there.
Firethorne’s first milk deliveries will begin Wednesday, May 10 at approximately
5 a.m. by the company “The Milkman Still Delivers,” Houston’s
last-standing dairy home delivery service.
Veteran milkman Skip Hayes, 50, an
anachronism with today’s surging fuel
prices, has been delivering dairy products to Houston-area residents for the
past 17 years. Firethorne marks his first full route in a master-planned community
in the Katy area.
“It’s quite nostalgic, actually,” said Firethorne General Manager
Wayne Meyer, describing Firethorne’s way of being neighborly and introducing
its residents to Firethorne’s hometown charm. Upon move-in, new homeowners
also receive a fresh-from-the-oven homemade pie from the legendary John & Ann’s
Pie Shoppe of Katy, he added.
Hayes, a native of the dairy state of Wisconsin, is said to be the last milkman
to deliver milk to homes in the Houston metropolitan area. He has regular routes
in Memorial (he started his first route there in 1989 when gas was $1.12 per
gallon), River Oaks, Briar Grove, Tanglewood, West University and Bellaire.
In
addition to fresh dairy products, Hayes delivers fresh meats, seafood and
produce.
Activity abounds at every turn at Firethorne, whose
landmark is an 18-foot tall Firethorne sculpture
at its entrance. The Visitors Center is open daily
and homebuilding
is bustling with 165 starts. There is a full-range of homes starting in the
mid-$100s
to the $800s for the 3,600 home sites planned.
Named for a resilient evergreen
indigenous to the prairie, Firethorne blends with the best nature has to offer:
150 acres devoted to parks and recreational
amenities highlighted by a 12-acre lake with surrounding greenbelt, hike and
bike trails, parks and playgrounds, discovery-rich wildlife observation area,
a natural bird habitat and more. Amenities will include a multi-level swim
center, sports fields, tennis courts, a competitive
swim center, plus a neighborhood
Community Center with a meeting room and fully equipped fitness facility.
To visit Firethorne, take I-10 West and exit Pin
Oak to FM 1463. It is located near the Westpark Tollway
and the Grand Parkway, with convenient access to
the
region's foremost mobility plan for exploring Houston.
For further information, visit Firethorne
by taking I-10 West and exiting Pin Oak to FM 1463;
call 281-395-1440.
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