Flower Mound's Town Council spent part of its January 20 meeting talking about erosion. Not hypothetical erosion. The kind that shows up on a floodplain map when 27 acres inside the Cross Timbers floodplain get platted for 65 new houses, and somebody on the dais wants to know who cleans up the mess after the first hard rain.
Deputy Mayor Pro-Tem Adam Schiestel put it plainly during the discussion of Canyon Falls Village 3, the final residential subdivision inside the master plan: "The homeowner will be responsible for it, but they're often not in a position to do anything about it." His fix was to make sure the HOA, not individual owners, would be the party on the hook for future erosion repair. The council approved the plan 4-0, with member Chris Drew absent, and that vote did two things that matter more to current residents than to anyone shopping a builder's model home.
First, it finished the neighborhood. Second, it finished it smaller than the paperwork always said it would be.
The 177 Homes That Will Never Get Built
Canyon Falls was approved for up to 972 homes. Once Village 3's 65 lots are built out by Perry Homes, the total lands at 795. That's a gap of 177 homes between what the community was entitled to build and what actually gets built, and it's not a rounding error or a future phase waiting in the wings. Town documents and reporting from both Community Impact and the Cross Timbers Gazette describe Village 3 as the last residential subdivision in the development. After this, there is no Village 4.
Some of that gap shows up as the six open-space lots included in the Village 3 plat instead of additional houses. Some of it is infrastructure: Perry Homes is building out Denton Creek Boulevard and Schmitz Boulevard to four lanes each, plus a waterline extension, to serve a subdivision near a future intersection that doesn't fully exist yet. And instead of dedicating new parkland inside Canyon Falls for this final phase, the developer is paying the town $354,020.25 in lieu of park land, plus $94,384 in park development fees, according to the Cross Timbers Gazette's account of the meeting. That money goes into Flower Mound's broader park fund, not into a new pocket park inside the neighborhood. If you've been waiting for a park to appear near Village 3, that isn't the plan.
There's one more detail worth knowing if your street borders the new section. The original layout had about six of the new homes falling inside Northlake town limits, with the rest in Flower Mound. Planning staff reworked the boundary so the entire subdivision sits in one jurisdiction, avoiding a split where some of your future neighbors would have different trash pickup and utility providers than the rest of the block.
The Yard Crew Is Changing Too, and It's Not Optional
While the council was finalizing the last piece of dirt, the HOA was finalizing something that touches every existing lot: who mows your front yard. Starting January 1, 2026, front-yard maintenance transitions from BrightView to a new provider, Earthtones Companies. This isn't a cosmetic swap. Front-yard mowing and chemical treatment are bundled into your quarterly assessment, and the HOA's own resident page confirms the association was still finalizing Earthtones' work schedule as the transition began, meaning some residents saw a gap before the new crew's routine settled in.
If you're one of the homeowners who previously opted out of mowing or chemical treatments, the HOA has been updating those records ahead of the switch, and confirming your opt-out status requires reaching out directly to [email protected]. Nothing happens automatically here. If you assumed your old arrangement carries over with a new vendor, check.
The money for this comes out of the same $608 total quarterly assessment every homeowner pays in 2026, which breaks down to a $371 base HOA assessment, $168 for Frontier TV and internet, and $69 specifically earmarked for landscaping, according to the HOA's assessment page. That $69 line item is small compared to the base assessment, but it's the one that decides who's driving the mower past your mailbox this spring.
What Fills the Calendar Once the Construction Signs Come Down
Here's the part of Canyon Falls that construction, council votes, and vendor contracts don't touch: the neighborhood already runs on a rhythm built around a full-time Lifestyle Director, and that rhythm isn't slowing down as the last homes go up.
The recurring lineup includes:
- Music at the Barn, an outdoor concert series at the historic Hay Barn near the dog park
- Fallapalooza and the Festival of Colors, the two flagship seasonal events
- Family Explorer Series programming built around the Graham Branch Creek Preserve
- Yappy Hour for residents and their dogs
- Weekly swim lessons, yoga classes, and rotating clubs
The Hay Barn itself can be reserved for private events at an additional cost beyond your quarterly dues, and it sits at the same location as the dog park, which makes it one of the few amenities in Canyon Falls that does double duty as both programmed event space and everyday gathering spot.
For anyone still mapping out the trail network, the Town of Flower Mound's official page puts the Graham Branch Creek Preserve at 200 acres with roughly 10 miles of paved trail and about 4 miles of natural trail winding past oak stands and the creek itself. If the main Clubhouse pool feels crowded on a July weekend, the Westbridge Pool is the quieter second option, with its own playground for anyone bringing kids along.
Practical hours worth keeping on your phone: the Clubhouse is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., closing at 4:30 on Fridays. The fitness center runs year-round from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. Pools open for the season in May and close in October, with daily hours from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Stop by the Clubhouse during business hours and you can pick up a coffee, tea, or hot chocolate along with a printed events calendar, which is still the easiest way to catch what the newsletter (sent every Friday) already covers digitally.
If you're newer to the neighborhood or never picked up amenity access cards from a previous owner, each lot is eligible for two complimentary cards, with up to two additional cards available for $20 each, capped at four total per household. You'll need a driver's license and your closing paperwork to pick them up at the Clubhouse office at 6950 Canyon Falls Drive.
What This Actually Means If You Already Live Here
The construction trucks, the sales flags, the "final phase now selling" signage along FM 1171: all of it winds down over the life of Village 3's build-out, and there's no next subdivision behind it to keep the noise going. That's the quiet story underneath the council vote. Canyon Falls isn't just approaching its ceiling. It's landing 177 homes short of the one it was originally drawn up to hit, which means the traffic patterns, trail crowding, and pool lines you're dealing with today are close to whatever the neighborhood's permanent baseline turns out to be.
Pair that with a new mowing contractor learning your street for the first time and a Lifestyle Director's calendar that isn't going anywhere, and 2026 reads less like a year of change and more like the year Canyon Falls stopped being a construction site and started being a finished place.
If you want the full breakdown of how Canyon Falls handles HOA fees, sub-associations, and what's covered section by section, our team put together a complete guide to the Canyon Falls HOA. And if you're simply trying to keep track of what's happening across the neighborhood as it finishes building out, our Canyon Falls neighborhood page stays current as new filings and HOA updates come through.
Whether you're settling in for the long haul or just keeping an eye on how the last phase affects your daily routine, the North Texas Team tracks these filings at Flower Mound and Northlake town hall so you don't have to dig through council packets yourself. If a question about your section, your assessment, or your access cards comes up, reach out any time.
