Maynard Pond Association
Maynard Pond is managed by members of the Maynard Pond Association, Inc., a non-profit organization that purchased the property to preserve the pond and natural surroundings for long term neighborhood enjoyment. The Association’s financial commitments are for maintenance of dam and spillway integrity, erosion control, liability insurance, mowing, and landscaping. Supporters of Maynard Pond do not have to live within the Coronado Village neighborhood.
Maynard Pond is a spring-fed headwater of Walnut Creek which flows through Raleigh. The spring is located behind the property parcel at 503 Ralph Drive. The pond has served to water livestock and irrigate crops. It has served as a recreation area and a storm water detention facility for many years. Now such resources are being referred to as “open spaces.” We understand their value in today’s higher-density living areas and see the importance of making the effort to preserve them before they are lost.
Maynard Pond is designated as a passive stormwater detention facility for Central Cary with a one million gallon capacity!
About Maynard Pond
Maynard Pond has gone through several transformations. It was built as a simple farm pond from a design being used at a research farm at North Carolina State College sometime in the 1950s for watering dairy cattle. Later the pond became part of the first irrigation system built in Wake County used to water tobacco plants on Luther Maynard’s farm. Since the 1960s the pond has been used as a recreation area for people from Cary area neighborhoods and long-time residents fondly remember learning to fish at the pond. Feeding ducks and geese, walking and jogging around the pond, sunbathing, and just sitting beside peaceful water were other activities of those who visited.
When the property was purchased by a developer in the 1970s, the pond became the centerpiece of a new subdivision called Coronado Village. The pond was rezoned to “Resource/Conservation” and purchased in 1989 by the Coronado Village Home Owners Association, an organization which was formed solely to preserve the pond from draining and development. The current zoning designation is “Recreation/Resource.”
More detailed timeline to come!