Category Archives: commonground

motorbikes prohibited on common ground


since february, kids have been riding their motorbikes on common ground, leaving ruts that will collect water for mosquito-breeding puddles and causing problems for our mowing contractor.


the board had passed a bylaw prohibiting motor vehicles on common ground in the wake of the incident on parcel J 2 years ago, and recently installed signs to that effect at 2 locations, 1 of which has been stolen.

spring cleaning

A huge thanks to new boardmember Krista Donlon for power washing the front entrance walls yesterday. She did a wonderful job; the walls look great.

Thank you, Krista!!!

It does appear that the mortar will need re-pointing soon, though…btw, the white mortar visible on the western wall above comes from the repairs made when a drunk driver careened up sterling blvd & flew into it, knocking out the entire center section.

westbound traffic rt7@cgc

wonder if the coming pedestrian path will follow the traffic;-)

parcel B herd:-)

storm water management plan for the Parcel F swale announced

parcel F swale
After 2½ years of working with the county on this, they have at last come back with a proposed design plan for retrofitting the existing swale. Here are the details:

  • The county will retrofit and subsequently assume responsibility for the existing swale from top to bottom (i.e., the entire length, hurray!). We will consequently need to grant them a maximum 20-ft wide easement to do so (more about granting them this easement below)….continue reading