Twenty-three new garden homes will soon adorn the HalbertHeights area when a new subdivision is complete.

The subdivision that is being erected on Halbert Heights Roadhas previously been called Jaywood Subdivision in city talks, butdeveloper Joann Adams said it will be known as JaybrookSubdivision.

Engineer Don Lucas of Lucas Engineering said the subdivisionwill be an ideal place for retirees and senior citizens to put downtheir roots.

“From what I understand (developer Herschel Adams) wants to dogarden home houses for people who want to retire here and possiblydon’t want to maintain a lot of yard,” he said. “This will be asmall garden home subdivision.”

Herschel Adams said the construction could hopefully begin inthe next few weeks. He said he has developed other neighborhoodsthroughout the city, as well as finishing some projects that hadgotten started and then run out of funding.

“We’re finishing Tanglewood, plus Fisher Park is right acrossthe road,” Adams said. “I’ve just always been interested in thatkind of work, in putting in subdivisions.”

Meanwhile, city officials are excited to have another livingoption going up in Brookhaven.

“He is probably one of the most respected homebuilders inBrookhaven and Lincoln County and more often than not, his housesare sold before he gets them completed,” said Mayor Les Bumgarner.”People have a lot of faith and trust in his process, and he’s goodsolid homebuilder. He has really earned the trust of people throughthe years.”

Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President Cliff Brumfieldsaid the subdivision is another example of positive developmentthat is taking place all over the city.

“Any sizeable new construction project is always good news. It’sespecially good news given our current economy, and in 2009 we’vehad a surprising number of housing starts and renovations despitethe economy,” he said. “This development in 2010 will be a welcomeproject not only from the standpoint of the economy but providingmore housing options.”

In addition, Brumfield said, having such a housing option canmake a difference in the local economy because it can bring in newpeople to spend additional money in the city.

“People relocating here has somewhat of the same effect ascreating new jobs, because it creates more buying power that comeswith those people as they spend shopping dollars on groceries, gas,vehicles, etc.,” he said. “Brookhaven continues to be a drawingpoint for families looking to get out of the metro area, as well asthose looking to move into town from surrounding counties.”

The subdivision ran into a minor bump in the road when someissues of drainage were brought up, as one adjoining neighbor’sland is in a flood plain. At the Sept. 3 board meeting, fourguidelines were laid out in order to keep the drainage from being aproblem.

“I went through a lot to make sure that we weren’t adverselyimpacting her property or adding more water, and that was part ofmeeting the city’s requirements,” Lucas said. “That’s the summaryof it. We met the city’s requirement.”