You might say it is like the famous lyric from The Who:

"Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss."

After conducting a search and interviewing several candidates, Master Management's Board of Directors have picked Vallen Smikle as their new permanent Executive Director. Vallen, who has been with Master Management for years, was serving as Interim Executive Director during the search process. His selection was the result of a unanimous Board vote.

Master Management is moving ahead with plans to replace outside lights on the condos to improve the safety of parking lots and walkways.

Staff is starting to work with the first group of volunteer buildings on details of the upgrade. Master Management will cover the cost of the lights and installation. Any required wiring upgrades to the buildings will be the responsibility of the buildings.

Florida Power & Light crews have been on the property repairing damaged wiring that is responsible for blinking street lights.

The damaged FPL wiring has affected lights from Berkshire to Islewood.

Dear fellow CVE residents,

I want to publicly thank my colleagues in the leadership of COOCVE, the Recreation Committee, and Master Management for their successful effort to move towards acquiring ownership of our Clubhouse and recreational facilities.

 

For decades, our residents have paid $5 million dollars per year in lease payments to outside owners in order to use our Clubhouse and other recreational facilities. CVE has never owned the property. Now, thanks to the hard work of the elected leaders of all three organizations, we are on track to end those lease payments and begin a new chapter of our CVE community owning our own Clubhouse and recreational facilities. As part of this important transition, the elected members of the Recreation Committee chosen by our CVE community now compose CenClub, which will formally acquire the recreational properties and oversee the ongoing operation and maintenance.

Once the purchase is complete at the end of this year, we all will own our own Clubhouse. The annual $5 million dollar lease payment will now stay where it belongs - in our CVE community! And the Clubhouse and other recreational facilities will be owned by the residents of Century Village East and operated and managed by their elected representatives of CenClub. These are exciting and positive changes for all of us, and I know you will join me in supporting them.

Eli Okun

President

Master Management Board of Directors

Did you notice the fresh upgrade to the CVE INSIDER?

The look is new and improved but the reporting is the same! You can still count on the INSIDER to keep you up to date on all the news from Master Management.

A beautiful new East Gate, new street lights, smoother roads, and improved security are just a few of the completed 2018 Master Management projects. So what does Master Management have planned for 2019?

Here's a quick list of planned community improvements in 2019:

It's going to be a busy 2019!