The unknown development ...

What good is a name if it doesn't immediately tell someone something? Who you are? or where you're from? or what your like? ... Do you know what I mean? We live in Desert Pride. What does that mean to most people? ... not a lot ... It's certainly a name that is recognized by quite a few Realtors because they are given the name in the Multiple Listing Service however not even all of them can get it right because many of the homes listed for sale have the development shown as Marbella, La Quinta Del Rey, La Quinta Highlands or even the old I don't really know - "Not in a development'. Have you ever had difficulty describing where Desert Pride is? Did you know that even the police/sheriffs call us '4OC1' or Four-Oh-Charlie-One. Have you ever had anyone tell you that you are wrong and that it is called Marbella 2? This has happened to me by residents here in the development and I've asked them why. The typical answer is that they saw it on the Builders paperwork. Many of the homes here were constructed by the same developer that built the development across from us on Miles called "Marbella". It was started and completed before ours and thus the misnomer was born "Marbella 2". One of the reasons we don't have signage on the entry walls at the three entrances to the development is that there were three developers that built most of the homes and no one chose to foot the bill for the signs. We could change this and it could be done so very easily. It's just a matter of getting three competetive bids, chosing one and dividing the cost by the 295 homes in the development. Even a wild guess says we might do this as reasonably as $20.00 a home +/-. One of our fellow neighbors suggested that it would be a great time to change the name to "La Quinta Pride". Whether it the current name or a new name voted on and chosen ... What are your thoughts about giving ourselves an identity and the possibility of signage to let people know we exist and what a great development this is to live in? Your comments will be most welcome ... Desert Pride Neighborhood Watch