Elevon now has two resort-style amenity complexes, a growing list of builders putting up homes on both sides of Elevon Parkway, and roughly 4,000 planned homes moving through the second of five development phases. The amenity centers are a prominent part of Elevon's planned recreation.
The fall calendar also includes gatherings beyond the amenity centers. One Saturday option is a market on Highway 78.
Elevon's Two Amenity Centers
Trailside Commons was Elevon's first amenity center, and it's the one most builder websites still lead with: a resort-style pool, a splash zone, a pavilion, a stocked fishing pond, and a dog park, all connected by the trail system that runs through the community's pocket parks. It opened as Elevon's phase-one gathering space and it still does the job it was built for.
The newer one is The Retreat, at 850 Elevon Parkway. It broke ground in July 2024 and was slated to open by August 2025, and it's a serious piece of infrastructure for a neighborhood this size: roughly 130,000 square feet of pool, pickleball courts, a playscape, and an event lawn, privately funded and built into Section 2 of the development. Builders now list it alongside Trailside Commons as one of two distinct amenity centers residents can use, which tells you the community has effectively doubled its formal recreation footprint with the addition of The Retreat.
Both centers offer residents places to swim, play pickleball and gather. The neighborhood's organized events also take place at other venues.
Community Events This Fall
The Lavon Area Chamber of Commerce runs a real, dated calendar of business mixers and networking events, and increasingly those events are landing at addresses on Elevon Parkway itself rather than at a rented banquet hall somewhere else in town. An August 2026 morning networking session, for instance, was held at 455 Elevon Pkwy, a fast-paced meetup designed to get local business owners and entrepreneurs connecting before the workday starts.
That's a small detail, but it says something. A year or two ago, a growing subdivision like Elevon would have been the kind of place local business groups drove past on their way to somewhere else. Now it's a location worth putting on the invitation. The commercial identity Elevon's own site promises, "a mix of commercial uses planned," is starting to show up in the form of actual events using actual Elevon addresses, not just renderings on a developer webpage.
Rooted Market on Highway 78
Rooted Market offers another local activity. The market runs out of 10941 Hwy 78 in Lavon, typically on a Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and it offers another option for local vendors and visitors. Recent event announcements mention new vendors added each month, an explicit pitch that this "isn't a typical market," and an open invitation for anyone with a unique product to reach out and set up a table.
Trailside Commons and The Retreat offer recreation, while Rooted Market adds a local market option along Highway 78. Together, these venues offer residents different ways to take part in community activity.
Highway 78's Growing Retail Options
The retail picture around Elevon is filling in, but it's filling in with convenience, not with places you'd plan an evening around. A Taco Bell opened at 891 TX-78. Further down the corridor, the retail node at the Highway 78 and Lake Road intersection has added a Dunkin', a Wing Stop, and a nail spa. Even the builders selling homes in Elevon are straightforward about what this means: Lavon is still growing in dining and larger-scale retail, and for now, a sit-down dinner or a real shopping trip usually means driving into Rockwall or Wylie.
Right now, Elevon is roughly a quarter of the way through its planned five-phase build-out. The commercial frontage on Highway 78 is answering the questions residents ask most often: coffee on the way to work, a quick lunch, a fast dinner run. Rooted Market is another option for residents looking for a local gathering place.
What This Means for Your Saturday
If you live in Elevon and are planning a weekend morning, the amenity centers offer pools and pickleball, while Rooted Market on Highway 78 gives Saturday mornings a local gathering place. Check whether the market's monthly rotation lines up with your Saturday before you go.
The same logic applies to errands. The Taco Bell, the Dunkin', the Wing Stop, these cover the fast, everyday stuff without a drive. Anything beyond that, a real dinner reservation, a mall trip, an actual night out, still means pointing the car toward Rockwall or Wylie for now. That's likely to change as more of Elevon's planned commercial acreage gets built out, but it hasn't changed yet, and pretending otherwise doesn't help anyone plan their week.
Elevon's community life includes planned amenities and local events. The Retreat is a large amenity complex, and builders now list it alongside Trailside Commons. Recent market announcements describe new vendors joining Rooted Market. Both the amenity centers and the market are part of the neighborhood's evolving identity.
If you're watching Elevon from the outside and wondering whether this is a neighborhood still finding its shape or one that's already settled into what it's going to be, that's exactly the kind of question worth a real conversation rather than a scroll through listing photos. The Marten Team has been tracking how these Collin County communities develop past their first few phases, which amenities end up mattering and which corridors turn into actual dining destinations versus quick stops. If you want a straight read on where Elevon and towns like it are headed, give Jeanie a call.
