It was a busy time for the Board during the holidays. First and foremost, I want to thank those folks who came out to help put up the Christmas decorations at the entrances. It takes teamwork to get the decorations up at three entrances and take them down. Thank you to Lucas Chiddister, our in-house landscaper, who graciously picked up all the poinsettias that were on sale during Black Friday and placed them at all the entrances at no extra charge. They looked great!

We had three new volunteers to help with envelope stuffing for the contribution letters that went out the first week of January. Thank you to Janice, Tracy and Paula for your help. It makes it a lot easier when we all pitch in. Please don't forget to give your contributions. We hope to try to avoid spending money on a third mailing. 

Also, our Board Member, Charlie Simonel, changed out the spotlights at our three entrances. They were halogen, so he changed them to LED. The LED is more cost effective. We pay for electric at the entrances so hopefully this will help save some money. A big Thank You to Charlie for volunteering his time to do that.

Speaking of our contributions, we will soon use some of the funds to prune the palm trees on the Pin Oak and Pine Springs medians. There are a total of 10 palm trees. In addition, we need to repair some of the irrigation at our entrances. 

So, here's the bad news: vandalism at our Conroy entrance. It looked like someone took a hammer or crowbar to the top part of the wall at our north Conroy entrance. They also destroyed a huge part of the brick wall in front of Pasatiempo. Ours was not as bad as theirs. If anyone has any idea who did this, please reach out to the Board. You can do it anonymously. We had to pay for this out of our already limited funds. Unfortunately, there's no insurance for our brick walls. Thank you so much to all the residents who reached out to either pay their annual dues or make an additional contribution to go toward the wall repair cost ($2,950). One resident actually donated an additional $500 to help cover the costs. She told me something along the lines of, "I figured I always contribute to various charities, so why not contribute to my own neighborhood." Thank you -- your support is needed and appreciated. To make a contribution, click here: https://www.hiddenspringsestates.org/pay-dues. 

Take a look at the photos of the damage at our Conroy entrance.