NEWS FOR RESIDENTS:

The community garage sale will be held on June 5, 6, and 7.  Advertised (News-Herald) hours are from 9-3 each day.  Thanks to Jordan Gardner for volunteering to be the point person for this sale.  If you have questions, please email Jordan at [email protected].

We now have many owners (approaching 50%) included in our Event Info email blast group.  We will not overuse that, since nobody likes email messages flooding their inbox, but it is a valuable tool for our members.  It can also be used to notify a lot of people quickly, if there is an emergent situation, like a missing child or pet, or criminal activity underway in our neighborhood.

The annual HOA OWNERS MEETING was held at Riverside HS on 26 March 2025.  49 properties were represented.  Minutes of the meeting, 2025 Proposed Rules, and 2025 Budget are all posted on the resources page.

All residents are asked to complete and send in the "Update My Information" page (link below), so that we have current data for everyone.  You can mail it to us at P.O. BOX 1321, Painesville, OH  44077    or   scan & email to:   [email protected]

"Click To Pay" is now live.  It is ONLY available to owners that have sent in an information form, with their email address AND permission to receive future invoices by email.  Copies of the form were mailed out with this year's dues invoice to all owners that have not yet signed up.
   
Please note that if you do not have a printer, you can just send an email to [email protected], and answer the questions from the form, such as whether your property is owner-occupied, your email address and phone, and your desire to receive invoices by email.  That's just as good as sending the form in. 

LIENS:
The first round of lien filings is underway for delinquent owners.  Because we were preparing to add click to pay, we held off on submitting liens, and some of the owners of those properties have paid their balances, by check or by click to pay.  The remaining target properties for first-round liens are:
       390 Appletree        
       1161 Dartmouth      
       1230 Dartmouth
       341 Fanwood
       1239 Heatherstone 
       352 Middlefield 
       225 Mountainside  
If your property is on this list, a lien will be filed against your property for the amount of delinquent dues, plus attorney's fees and filing fees (estimated at $300).  Once filed, the lien cannot be released until full payment is received.  

Some have questioned the practice of listing the target properties on this website, but the next step is the filing of the lien itself.  A lien is a public record for everyone to see, not just those folks that visit this page.  Contrary to the opinions of some folks out there, this is not about public shaming.  The lien will take care of that.  This is about two things:  Owners who pay their dues have a right to know which properties they are subsidizing, when they cover the costs of taxes and services in this community, even for those that are not paying their fair share.  Second, this posting gives delinquent owners one last chance to avoid an additional $300 charge against them, by paying off their balance, or setting up an acceptable payment plan.  That is a win-win.

Please remember that bringing in a professional management group, to take over the functions that your HOA trustees volunteer their time to handle, will raise everyone's dues to the $300-400 range each year, at a minimum.  At $70 this year, we have one of the lowest dues requirements of any HOA in Ohio.  Ask your friends in other developments what they pay in dues. Please help where you can.

Thanks to everyone that has offered kind words of encouragement for our trustees.  We appreciate you!