Lakeside Lewis Homes

I raised my sons in Lakeside Lewis. I've since moved to Old Southwest Reno, but this roughly 235-home neighborhood, streets like Torrington, Greenbrook, Stonecreek, Leah, and Wheatland, will always be a little bit home to me. I still drive through these streets, still know what's selling and what's changing, and it's one of the two Reno neighborhoods where I do consistent, dedicated outreach rather than occasional attention.

This year's Community Garage Sale brought out 12 participating families across Torrington, Greenbrook, Stonecreek, Leah, and Wheatland, with hundreds of neighbors and shoppers coming through. I put up banner flags at the neighborhood entrance and handed out printed neighborhood maps so nobody missed a table, the same targeted digital marketing approach I use to bring buyers to a listing, just aimed at filling a street with garage sale shoppers instead. December brings the neighborhood's Holiday Lights Contest, "Let It Glow," with custom yard signs marking each entry.

Lakeside Lewis sits inside the McCarran loop, close to the trails, the airport, and shopping, a location that's genuinely working in its favor right now: homes inside and around the McCarran loop are moving faster than homes farther out. Bartley Ranch Regional Park and Wheatland Park both back up directly to the neighborhood, and Bartley Ranch alone brings the historic Huffaker Schoolhouse, an outdoor amphitheater, a horse arena and equestrian trails, and picnic pavilions spread across the property. Huffaker Elementary is close by too, with blossoms in spring and some of the best fall color in Reno right in the neighborhood's own backyard. It's the kind of close-knit neighborhood where the same families stay for years, which is exactly why I still care about it years after moving out myself.