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David Smith  -  August 27, 2026

Homeowner Association General Meeting

Once a year the whole Cove gathers in one room — and this August was our biggest turnout yet. The board presented the annual accounts, confirmed the reserve fund for next spring’s court resurfacing, and members voted through two covenant updates covering garden fences and evening quiet hours.

New this year: every vote could also be cast by proxy, so travelling households still had their say. Full minutes are available from the secretary, and the next general meeting is already in the calendar. If you missed it, the monthly meeting is the perfect place to catch up.

Luther Matthews  -  August 25, 2026

Neighborhood Emergency Readiness — What Every Household Should Know

Storms, outages and burst pipes do not check the calendar — but a prepared street weathers them together. Our readiness plan starts with the simple things: every household keeps the caretaker’s number on the fridge, knows where the block’s water shut-off sits, and has a torch that works.

Beyond that, the association maintains a shared generator for the meeting center, a grit store for icy weeks and a phone tree that reaches every home within the hour. New residents receive the full readiness leaflet in their welcome pack — and a refresher runs at the autumn monthly meeting each year.

Stephen Fleming  -  August 23, 2026

How to Increase Benefit for Community People

Membership dues do a lot of quiet work — but many residents use only half of what they pay for. The pool bands, the gym fob, the grill bookings, the cutting rows in the flower yard: all included, all waiting. Households that book one facility a month effectively halve their cost per use.

The second half is participation. Leagues, gardening circles and play mornings are free to join and are where street-level friendships (and favours, and spare keys) are made. Our advice: pick one facility and one gathering this month, and see what membership really feels like.

Ethan Haslow  -  August 21, 2026

6 Green Initiatives for Homeowners Associations