Dear Neighbors,
Imagine for a moment that your neighbor decided to paint their front door pink, another neighbor parked their tractor trailer at the gazebo, another lined the front yard with fruit trees, or felt the need to add a neon speed sign — each neighbor adding their own style or concern. Funny? Maybe. But decisions like these come across your board’s desk more often than you might think. From door colors and landscaping choices to parking rules and how we kindly ask drivers to slow down, someone has to make the call. And that call has to work for the whole neighborhood, not just one household.
That’s exactly why our community guidelines exist. Whether the topic is fruit trees, pine straw, or where the work truck parks overnight — there’s rarely a decision that makes everyone happy. But there is always a decision that keeps things fair and consistent, and that pro-ects the neighborhood we’ve all chosen to call home.
One thing worth mentioning, because it comes up more than you’d expect: paying for something out of pocket doesn’t automatically put it outside the guide-lines. The cost of backyard chickens, fruit trees, or a custom door is absolutely yours to cover — but whether it’s the right fit for our community still goes through the same conversation as everything else. That’s not meant to feel like a roadblock. The guidelines are simply the shared agreement we all made when we moved in, and your board is always happy to talk things through before any decisions are made. A quick conversation upfront can save a lot of headaches on both sides.
And when in doubt, your board is always just a con-versation away before that pink door goes up.
See you around the neighborhood,
Sabina
