What Clements Ferry Residents Want Next (Chick-fil-A Won)

A couple weeks back I asked what you'd most want to see come to the corridor.

I figured I'd get a few replies. I got a whole lot more than that, and I read every single one of them.

So this week I'm closing the loop.

Here's what you told me, ranked by how often it came up:

1️⃣ The runaway winner: Chick-fil-A

Shocker? Not so much.

If you've got a car full, you already know the drill. Some evenings the whole mood rides on whether the nuggets show up.

Whispers of one coming to Hwy 41 but the recent Culver's announcement has made that less of a reality.

No official word on one out here yet, but trust me, I'll hear about it the second there is.

2️⃣ Here's the part that gets me too

A lot of what you asked for technically already exists out here, as of last month.

The catch is it's locked up.

Doolittle Park is beautiful, but it's private to Point Hope residents.

Del Webb's 55+ activity center will be built around buying a house in there to use it.

So when you tell me you want a park or a rec spot, what you're really saying is you want somewhere you can take the kids on a Saturday without buying an $800k house to get through the gate.

I feel that one personally. I want the same thing for my little guy.

3️⃣ The one hopeful signal

Here's something most people out here don't know.

Back in early 2025, the city actually approved buying about 15 acres right on Clements Ferry Road.

The paperwork doesn't spell out what's going in, but the mayor has said publicly the city's been buying land out here for public things, potential rec facilities, emergency services, that kind of stuff.

I'm not going to sit here and promise you a rec center.

But something is in motion on public land right on this road, and if it takes shape, you'll hear it from me before you see it on a sign.