PSPOA Community Projects
Pinewood Springs Property Owners
(Renters & Estes Park Estates Residents are included,
with non-voting rights.)
Pinewood Springs
Property Owners Association (PSPOA) Funded Projects
PSPOA membership assessments of $30.00 per property-owner annually fund special community projects including the maintenance, upgrades, general liability property insurance, and property taxes for PSPOA-owned properties, the Tubs Park and Crescent Lake Park.
The PSPOA-owned properties, the Tubs Park and Crescent Lake Park, are common areas for Pinewood Springs and Estes Park Estates residents only.
Not open to the public.
Your paid PSPOA memberships are essential and greatly appreciated to fund special community projects, maintain PSPOA-owned properties and serve the community.
Thank you for your continued support.
Pinewood Springs
Community Sign
Welcome to Pinewood Springs!
The Pinewood Springs community sign was designed, custom-made, and installed by local volunteers. It is surrounded by a rock border and tended to with seasonal perennial plants. Sign maintenance includes painting the sign, staining the bear and weather sealing the posts. Our welcoming resident bear hugging the sign displays festive holiday fashions year-round.
PSPOA Summer Projects at the Tubs Park
PSPOA membership assessments received paid for community park upgrades and equipment.
All time and labor for upgrades were donated by volunteers.
The entrance and walking paths were upgraded with 14 tons of interlocking stone.
Benches were installed on each side of the volley balls court.
Another bench was installed by the playset.
A 4-bench square picnic table was assembled and added to the picnic grounds.
PSPOA Tubs Park & Crescent Lake Park Community Clean-Up Day
Saturday, May 18th - 9:00 am - Noon
Meet at the Tubs Park - 50 Pima
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
With community volunteers we can help keep our parks clean, safe and mitigated.
Community Resident Project at Crescent Lake
The PSPOA supported community residents' project to purchase and install a bench in honor
of the late Jon Andrews and his loving wife Carol at Crescent Lake.
In appreciation for their support and commitment to the Pinewood Springs Community.
PSPOA Crescent Lake Drainage Project
Seasonal rains and gully washers rushing down the road into the property over time caused erosion damage resulting in the need for erosion mitigation work. Mitigation work involved digging a wide trench in an effort to support the drainage and then filling the trench with 21 tons of Colorado Red and Mountain Granite Rip-Rap rock. There were 10 tons of road base spread and compacted alongside the trench to create a solid foundation. To top off this rock-solid project, 23 tons of Mountain Granite 3/4" gravel were distributed in the driveway and parking area.
The PSPOA-owned property, Crescent Lake Park, is a common area for Pinewood Springs and Estes Park Estates residents only.
Not open to the public.
PSPOA Mailbox Addition Project
Additional mailboxes have been installed at the highway for community residents.
A very special thank you goes out to Pinewood contractor, Jerry Balmes of JBC Construction LLC.
Jerry Balmes selflessly volunteered his time, labor, and efforts involved in making this project a success from start to finish.
If in need of a mailbox here in Pinewood, a Rural Customer Delivery Instruction Card (PS Form 4232)
is a requirement in order to have a mailbox assigned.
Click on the link to fill out and print the Rural Customer Delivery Instruction Card, https://about.usps.com/forms/ps4232.pdf.
The Rural Customer Delivery Instruction Cards are also available at the Lyons Post Office.
Please fill out the card and drop it in an outgoing mail slot here at the mailboxes.
Our mail carrier will ensure they get recorded and a mailbox will be assigned by the Lyons Post Office.
Questions? Contact Gabi, 303-823-5345, or the Lyons Post Office.
Art Sculpture History at Crescent Lake Park
The PSPOA-owned property, Crescent Lake Park, is a common area for Pinewood Springs and Estes Park Estates residents only. Not open to the public.
The 100+-year-old tree at Crescent Lake Park marks the site of the original stagecoach toll road rest stop with history, dating back to the late 1800s to the early 1900s. When the stage stopped here it was to rest and water the horses and give the passengers a leg stretch with time to admire the beautiful scenery.
Pinewood Springs History
One stagecoach road came from Lyons, went around Steamboat Mountain and Rowell Hill, then down into the flat area now covered by Crescent Lake. It continued across what is now Kiowa Road. Remains of a stone cairn used to store supplies for the stagecoaches were found next to Crescent Lake.
Source: Pinewood Springs history provided by the Estes Park Museum - Pinewood Springs History Exhibit 2002.
Rocky Mountain Administrative History
CHAPTER VI: ROADS AND TRAILS OF THE PARK
In 1875 Alexander Q. MacGregor obtained a grant from the territorial legislature to build and maintain a toll road into Estes Park, adjacent to the St. Vrain River. It began at the base of a huge sandstone rock, called Steamboat Rock, near the present town of Lyons, Colorado. MacGregor formed the Estes Park Wagon Road Company to carry out road construction, and after its work was completed, he organized (in 1879) the Estes Park Toll Road Company. Some years later he sold his road to a group of Longmont businessmen. Until 1900 the new owners periodically encountered operational problems, particularly when they tried to hike toll charges. Local teamsters challenged these moves and eventually carried their case to the State Supreme Court, which decided against the owners' right to the increase.
Source: Rocky Mountain National Park: Administrative History 1915-1965 – Lloyd K. Musselman, Jan. 1971
Creating an Art Sculpture from the History Tree
Custom Chainsaw Art by Fay Braaten, Chainsaw Mama, Loveland, Colorado
Source: https://www.chainsawmama.com/
PSPOA Tubs & Crescent Lake Parks Signs Project
General liability insurance requirements and safety regulations signage was designed, custom-built, and installed at the Tubs and Crescent Lake Parks.
The PSPOA-owned properties, the Tubs & Crescent Lake Parks, are common areas for Pinewood Springs and Estes Park Estates residents only.
Not open to the public.
PSPOA Tubs Park Wildfire Mitigation Project
Tubs Park wildfire mitigation and park cleanup
involved pulling knapweed and weed-eating tall grass, raking, picking up pinecones and litter, taking down dead trees, pruning live trees, hauling away all slash and debris, and adding gravel to the entrance walking path.
PSPOA-hosted community parks mitigation and cleanup day annual events with community volunteer participation are what keep our parks clean, safe, and mitigated.
The PSPOA-owned property, the Tubs Park, is a common area for Pinewood Springs and Estes Park Estates residents only.
Not open to the public.
PSPOA Tubs Park Property Maps & Boundaries Project
The Tubs Park property boundary maps defining where park property lines end and private properties begin were installed to address property owners’ trespassing concerns.
The PSPOA-owned property, the Tubs Park, is a common area for Pinewood Springs and Estes Park Estates residents only.
Not open to the public.
PSPOA Community Parks
Address Assignment Project
PSFPD assisted with having Larimer County addresses assigned for the Tubs & Crescent Lake Parks.
Green reflective address-number signs were installed.
Tubs Park– 50 Pima Court
Crescent Lake Park– 1190 Kiowa Rd
The PSPOA-owned properties, the Tubs & Crescent Lake Parks, are common areas for Pinewood Springs and Estes Park Estates residents only.
Not open to the public.
PSPOA Tubs Park Fence Project
A post & rail fence was installed bordering the parking area at the Tubs Park.
The PSPOA-owned property, the Tubs Park, is a common area for Pinewood Springs and Estes Park Estates residents only.
Not open to the public.