History

Spring Creek Forest began as a residential development conceived by the FTI Corporation. Begun in 1971, the plans called for the 262 acre parcel to be developed into 348 single family homes and 204 patio homes to be built in 4 sections. The patio homes were to be built on the south end of the property near Louetta Road. The single family homes would be built on large lots and would would have about 2800 to 3000 square feet of living space.

In the original SCF plans, 42 acres of the parcel were to be used for community enhancements including a 9 hole, par-3 golf course, tennis courts, a 50 meter swimming pool and a 2500 square foot clubhouse. FTI planned on owning and controlling the use and management of the community enhancements. No resident ownership was envisioned.

FTI ran into financial problems in 1975 and filed for bankruptcy in November of that year. Gibralter Savings Association became the owner of the SCF development since it was the primary lienholder of loans made to FTI. It was apparent that the original SCF concept was not going to work financially so Gibralter decided to drop the golf course and use the land to develop more houses. They also decided to develop the entire parcel with single family homes rather than the previously envisioned combination of patio homes and single family homes.

During the late 1970's, SCF was fully developed based on the revised plan that Gibralter had developed. The end result was a community of 583 singe family homes with a broader range of lot and home sizes than was in the original FTI plan. Lot sizes range from 10,000 to 30,000 square feet with a median size of 15,000 square feet. The larger lots are mostly in the sections that were developed by FTI. Many of the larger lots are around 'the circle'. The median size of the homes in SCF is 2,620 square feet. Another significant difference in the final result versus the original plan was that the tennis courts, swimming pool and clubhouse came under the ownership of the residents.