About Us

If it has no power, why have a Neighborhood Association?

The Association maintains common green areas, hosts social events and family activities, and helps increase the overall value of the neighborhood. The NA produces a member directory, a recommended vendor/ contractor list, a discount card for neighborhood businesses and runs an exclusive Facebook group. Your paid membership will give you access to these benefits.

How much are the annual dues? 

$100, which are collected each January and may be paid the following ways:

• Venmo (@Prestonwoodtrail) 

• Zelle (prestonwoodtrail@att.net)

• Check (made out to Prestonwood Trail NA). 

Checks may be dropped off or mailed to our Treasurer, L. Barbour, at 6128 Black Berry Lane

Please make sure your name and address are included on all payments. 

How does the association use dues? 

Beautification projects

• Benches along the Kiowa Park creek path

• Little Libraries and a Reading Area at La Cosa / Cypress Hills

• Shade trees and flowering  plants with irrigation 

• Sign toppers on all the street signs

Other Important Features

• Curb address painting to enhance safety

• Signage and additional lights and landscaping at the Preston/La Cosa corner

• Dog waste bags in the city greenbelt 

• VIP signs and car designation light

• Yard of the Month Awards

Social activities and Family Events

• Holiday Events (Fourth of July, Spring Fling, Halloween, Veterans Day)

• Happy Hour / Wine Walks

• Parties at local restaurants

• Ice Cream Socials

• Movies in the Park

Do I have to attend meetings?

The Neighborhood Association hosts periodic informational meetings where all members are encouraged to attend. These will be broadcast and recorded through live streaming for those who are unable to attend.  

What does our neighborhood association do? How can I participate?

Our association has several committees:

-Sunshine  committee – provides meals for members recovering from an illness or surgery, or sympathy for a death in the family of a parent or spouse

-Librarian – stocks the Little Free Libraries

-Patriotic decorations – flags out for patriotic holidays

-Poop Bag Maintenance – keep the doggy stations stocked

-NDNA (North Dallas Neighborhood Alliance) Representative – attends and reports on alliance activities & news

-Yard of the Month – award beautiful yards

-New Neighborhood Outreach Chairman – greet new neighbors with a welcome basket and information about our association.

-Social Activities– help chairmen plan events for neighbors to get enjoy fellowship and get to know each other.

-Green Space – help maintain our (city-owned) greenbelt park bench garden and Preston entrance corner.

-Crime Watch – always looking for volunteers for VIP patrol (trained neighbors drive the area looking for potential problems and make reports to the neighbor and/or police) and for Block Captains.

-Communications - help reach all neighbors through the website, postcards, lawn signs, facebook and text alerts

Who is on the association’s leadership team? 

-Board members are volunteers who have agreed to take leadership roles. Volunteers are always welcome to offer help with any committee or event.

How  do I get in touch with the leadership team?

We can always be reached at PrestonwoodTrail@att.net

Also look for opportunities on this site to make your voice heard.

What are our Association’s boundaries? 

How many homes are in it and how many are members?

There are 460 homes in our neighborhood bounded east-west by White Rock Creek and Preston Road, and north-south by Arapaho and Berry Trail. We do not include the condos on the southwest side of Berry Trail or the zero-lot homes in Reflections, north of La Cosa between Preston and Trails End. Maps of our area are posted in the Files section. 

How do new residents find out about the Neighborhood Association? What if I have a new neighbor I’d like to invite?

Membership volunteers welcome new neighbors with a gift basket and opportunity to discusss joining the NA. We also welcome you to invite new neighbors to this web page any time.

A car hit the wall along Preston Road. Who repairs that?

The wall along Preston Road belongs to, and is on the property of, the individual homeowners along each portion, except for the diagonal wall at the entrance corner at Preston Road and La Cosa. The city requires those homeowners to repair and replace their section of wall as needed.

What do we do about safety and security?

Our Volunteers in Patrol (VIP) program, which continually needs more volunteers, is one method we try to use to increase safety. 

We also will install reflective alley address signs to make houses more identifiable to first responders. The homeowner pays only for the cost for the sign. We also offer official No Soliciting signs.

I’m excited now. How can I help?

Join. Pay the annual dues. 

Come to events and meet your neighbors.

Take a sick neighbor a meal. 

Volunteer to take a shift on the VIP patrol (after training at the local police station).

Water some plants, help plan a social event.

Donate some books to the Little Library. 

Get an alley address sign and some security lighting to increase overall neighborhood security. 

Invite a neighbor to join.

Together, we can help keep it a great neighborhood!