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Island Creek Community Association
November 2016
Happy Thanksgiving!
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The new Island Creek Express newsletter is off to a great start with lots of positive feedback and ideas! Thanks for your input!
This is your first regular monthly edition. (Future issues will be sent monthly at the start of each month.) Please be sure to check out the article on the proposed 2017 budget!
If you did not receive the first edition of the Island Creek Express (October 2016), just click
here
to see it!
This newsletter is for the residents of Island Creek. If you received this newsletter in error, or don't want to receive future editions, we sincerely apologize. You can unsubscribe at the link at the bottom of this page.
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Need help?
Do you need help with an Island Creek community question or issue? Help is only a click away! You can send an email to Cindy Wade, our on-site manager, by clicking
here
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Island Creek Express - November 2016
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2017 Island Creek annual budget draft is online
The proposed Island Creek Community Association 2017 Budget is available for your review
online. This draft budget is the result of the hard work of our new Finance Committee, and represents significant improvements in our budgeting process and financial oversight.
Your comments are welcome until Nov 11, 2016 and can be sent directly to the
Finance Committee. Our thanks go our Treasurer, Jay Aronowitz, and the Finance Committee, led by Carrie Morrison, for their hard work!
Leaves!
Raking your yard is generally considered a routine and dreaded fall task. But this year the dread and routine will be helped by a one-day vacuum leaf collection service where residents can rake their leaves to the curb and a truck outfitted with large vacuums will take your leaves away!
The exact date has not been determined yet because it is difficult to predict when the heaviest fall of leaves will occur. As a result, we are not able to provide you with a fixed date. Once the date is set, we will post it on the community website and also send you notice via email.
In the meantime,
please do not rake leaves into the common areas. Instead,
please
bag them and put them out on yard debris collection days: Wednesdays for the single-family home section and Fridays for the townhome section until December 31st. Happy raking!
(Please make sure we have your current email address! Update it here or at the link below.)
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Make a difference for Island Creek!
Be a volunteer for a committee! It takes just a little of your time and is a great way to make a difference in the community. Just
email Cindy Wade for more information. There's no obligation...we promise.
Deer management program
Sept 10, 2016 – Feb 25, 2017
Regulated hunting is considered to be the most practical and cost-effective means to control free-ranging deer populations. Since Virginia began tracking hunting injuries in 1959, no bystanders have been injured by an archer hunting deer anywhere in the Commonwealth.
Letter to Residents;
Link to Website;
Link to Map.
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Want to provide us with your email address? Need to update your email address? You can do that
online
! Please also visit your community website at
www.islandcreek.org
!
And, if you have an idea for improvement to your newsletter, your Board of Directors would love to hear from you! Please send your ideas, comments and questions to:
communitymanager@islandcreek.org
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Classifieds and services roster
You can check out the current classifieds and services roster listings on the community website at the links below. Click
here if you like to add your name to the services roster for snow shoveling or other services.
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It's social!
Trunk-or-Treat a scary success!
Kids of all ages had a blast at our annual
Trunk-or-Treat event held on Saturday, October 29th! Residents decorated their cars with spooky themes and handed out treats. Another big part of the night was our traditional outdoor Halloween movie under the stars! A big thank you goes out to our Social Committee Chairperson (and your Board of Directors Vice President), Karen Patrick for planning and leading this event and also to everyone who made it a success!
Be sure to check out all the wonderful pics from this fantastic event
here!
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C
ookie exchange
It's an exchange! With cookies! Need we say more? We don't...but we will anyway. Our Community Cookie Exchange will be held on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Clubhouse. You can contact Cindy Wade for more information.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Covenants Committee Meeting
Tuesday, November 8, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Finance Committee Meeting
Friday, November 11, 2016
Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Island Creek Board Meeting
Thursday, November 17, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Carrdinal Place Board Meeting
Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Condos at Island Creek Board Meeting
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Wednesday, December 7, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Covenants Committee
Thursday, December 15, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Cookie Exchange
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Island Creek trivia!
The answer to the October 2016 Trivia Question about the number of Tot Lots in our community is 5. Island Creek has 5 tot lots. Be sure to check them all out!
This month's question is about a document called a, "Replacement Reserve Study." After you answer the question below, you can find out the answer and get more information about Island Creek's Replacement Reserve Study
here!
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What is a "Replacement Reserve Study"?
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a list of community facilities & infrastructure that need periodic replacement
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a report with estimates to repair/replace community facilities & infrastructure
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an engineering report on the condition of community facilities & infrastructure
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an important aid in our near- and long-term budgeting and fiscal management
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