One of the four owners of the Club West Golf Course said he and his partners will seek talks with the Foothills Club West Association Board now that a judge has ended the impasse in a lawsuit filed against the HOA. Read the entire article……………………………….
Pickleball a source of contention in Charbonneau (OR)
To the chagrin of a group of neighbors, Charbonneau Country Club is considering building up to four pickleball courts at Edith Green Sports Park — the lone park in the neighborhood. Read the entire article……………………………….
Eastwood residents fight developer over plan to build 200 homes on former golf course (FL)
Teed-off residents of Eastwood in east Orange won a hard-fought battle a year ago when county commissioners sided with them and rejected an Orlando real-estate developer’s plan to build 200 houses on the community’s defunct golf course and driving range. Read the entire article……………………………….
Preserve Vistoso raises two-thirds of money to buy defunct golf course for conservation (AZ)
Preserve Vistoso has until Dec. 15 to raise the $1.8 million. Preserve Vistoso has been working with community members who donated money in earlier an attempt to purchase the property and is kicking into high gear with more strategies to get new donations from the community this time around. Read the entire article……………………………….
Meadowbrook Golf Club remains closed until its owner proposes a plan to Alachua County (FL)
Living on the ninth hole, Steve Smittle had the perfect view of Meadowbrook Golf Club’s lush greens from his porch. He watched golfers go by and enjoyed the quiet, friendly atmosphere. Now, all he sees is wilderness. Read the entire article……………………………….
HOA purchases golf course, raising homeowner dues (AZ)
The Sabino Springs Homeowners Association purchased the Arizona National Golf Club, which it surrounds, from Romspen Arizona National LLC for $1.5 million following a homeowner vote. The purchase follows years of triumph and decline of the course dating to 2012, when existing owners fell behind in HOA assessments and water bills. The lack of payments […]
Staying The Course – The golf course is dead. Long live the golf course! (OR)
“Now they want to change the rules. They want to pave over the golf course and pack it with streets and homes,” Jeff Kramer, a former lawyer and one of the homeowners suing Pahlisch Homes, told KTVZ in August. “And that’s not what we were promised, and that’s not what we relied on when we […]
Club West case gets messier as The Edge claims land use rights to the course (AZ)
The four men who bought the Club West Golf Course two years ago have obtained the declarant rights to the beleaguered site. Papers filed with the County Recorder Sept. 22 show Shea Homes transferred the declarant rights to The Edge. The quitclaim filed by Shea makes no reference to whether The Edge paid anything to […]
Local people solving local problems (AZ)
Some interesting real estate stuff is happening in Tucson regarding golf courses. Interest in golfing has steadily waned for years, to the point where there is not enough revenue to support the businesses or even physically maintain the courses. How will all this be resolved? Read the entire article……………………………….
‘Spite fence’ angers neighbors of West Neck golf community in Virginia Beach (VA)
Tom Luckman used to sit on a bench in his backyard, sipping coffee and taking in the view. He and his wife, Sis, live on what used to be Hole 3 of the Signature at West Neck golf course, designed by Arnold Palmer, in the southern part of the city. Read the entire article……………………………….
The Hot New Amenity for Co-ops and Condos? Green Space (NY)
Smart co-op and condo boards are always looking to add amenities that will make their buildings more livable – and make the apartments more valuable. Instead of weighing conventional options, such as a gym, community room or bike storage, those boards might want to consider adding or expanding an amenity whose value has been heightened […]
How To Correctly Fix Broken Amenities Within a Homeowners Association
An HOA board member is a person who devotes a great deal of time and resources to the community. You are not a passive observer destined to pass judgment without doing anything. Being in a position of power involves certain responsibilities. As one of your duties, you are responsible for ensuring your association is run […]
Club West HOA suggests it holds course’s land rights (AZ)
The Foothills Club West Association board hit back hard at The Edge’s claim that it has been holding up a resolution of the golf course suit and contended it has not lost the declarant rights to the course. In a filing last week, the HOA board said, “All of the allegations made by The Edge […]
What Boca Country Club Residents Are Worried About & Delray Looks at Seawalls (FL)
A week from Friday, the formerly private Boca Country Club becomes the public Boca Raton Golf and Racquet Club. Traffic remains the main issue between the city and residents of the nearly 1,000 homes that border the golf course, and there remains no resolution that pleases the residents. Read the entire article……………………………….
Course owners want to enter Club West lawsuit (AZ)
As a judge neared a final ruling in the Club West Conservancy’s lawsuit against the Foothills Club West Association Board of Directors last Thursday, the owners of the beleaguered golf course asked to intervene in the case and charged the two parties of “colluding” to interfere with its property rights. Read the entire article……………………………….
Removal of Common Area Amenities (CA)
Asked – Many owners in the community have requested that the board of directors consider removing an old, largely unused tennis court. We have three other tennis courts in the community and the space could be repurposed for a variety of other uses. Does the board have the authority to remove the tennis court? Read […]
River’s Edge homeowners sue Pahlisch Homes over plans to remove golf course for residential housing (OR)
“Save the golf course!” Save River’s Edge!” read lawn signs that have proliferated across west Bend. The signs are a component of community organizing being done by residents of the River’s Edge in an effort to halt the conversion of the public 18-hole River’s Edge Golf Course into housing. Read the entire article……………………………….
Rock Springs Ridge HOA President still favors land swap deal with City to purchase golf course lands (FL)
For a while, it looked like a match made in heaven. Back in April, the residents of Rock Springs Ridge (through its Homeowners Association), The Golf Group (owners of the closed Rock Springs Ridge Golf Course), and the City of Apopka proposed a three-way deal that made sense to all parties. The City would swap […]
Club West legal stalemate heating up (AZ)
When Superior Court Commissioner Andrew Russell made his initial decision March 24 in the Club West Conservancy’s lawsuit against the former Foothills Club West Association board, it seemed like only a matter of time before the two parties would iron out the final ruling’s wording that would put the case to bed. Read the entire […]
The roller coaster ride continues for Rock Springs Ridge residents on golf course purchase (FL)
The ongoing, and seemingly never-ending drama of the Rock Springs Ridge Golf Course took yet another unexpected turn this week as the RSR Homeowners Association Board entertained a new option for purchasing its closed golf course – the sale of 51 acres on Kelly Park Road owned by the HOA. The sale of the land […]
13-year-old child with autism drowns in Friendswood community pool, officials say (TX)
A Friendswood family is in mourning after their child drowned Thursday in a community swimming pool. It happened around 8:00 a.m., about the same time a family in the Heritage Park Village Sub-Division realized their 13-year-old son who’s autistic was missing. Read the entire article……………………………….
Stoneybrook West homeowners approve agreement with Kemper Sports (FL)
Homeowners in the community voted overwhelmingly in favor of entering a lease agreement with Kemper Sports to revitalize the shuttered golf course. Read the entire article……………………………….
Staffing Challenges: How Communities Can Cope With Lifeguard Shortages
It’s summer, and most community associations are now planning to re-open their swimming pools. Others have opened the pools already, but still, many are suffering the effects of the lifeguard shortage. Since the pandemic struck, many community associations have struggled with the lifeguard shortage issue. Of course, lifeguard shortage issues have been there for years, […]
Out of the ashes: Rock Springs Ridge GC deal back on the table according to HOA president (FL)
It had all the signs of a deal gone wrong, but out of the ashes, a phoenix in the form of Rock Springs Ridge Homeowners Association President Gary McSweeney arose with the good news of an agreement pulled out of the jaws of disappointment. Read the entire article……………………………….
Update: Judge orders water to be turned on at La Quinta golf course (CA)
During a court hearing Friday, a judge ordered the water at Coral Mountain Golf Course at Trilogy in La Quinta be turned on after owners shut off the water supply. During the hearing, Brendan Ozanne, an attorney who represents the golf course’s owners, revealed that some water services had resumed as of this morning already. […]
Water shut off at La Quinta golf course as owner files for bankruptcy (CA)
News Channel 3 has learned exclusively that the golf course at Trilogy at La Quinta has declared bankruptcy and a partial owner has shut off the water unless the homeowner’s association pays tens of thousands of dollars. Read the entire article……………………………….
Tips to Determine How Your HOA Clubhouse Can Be Used
There are numerous considerations when allowing third parties to use a common area clubhouse to provide classes or other services. However, it is the facilitation of exercise classes that raises the most concern. Read the entire article……………………………….
Should Chlorine Shortages Ruin Your Summer Fun?
The thought of summer invokes specific, tangible memories. The sticky sweetness of watermelon juice. The cool tang of a popsicle touching your tongue. The scent of barbecue in the breeze. The clear blue of the summer pool. Unfortunately, one of our most cherished summer traditions could be in jeopardy due to ongoing chlorine shortages. Read […]
Stoneybrook West community to decide fate of golf course (FL)
Stoneybrook West homeowners are in the process of a vote that could determine whether the golf course will be brought back to its fully functional state again. Read the entire article……………………………….
Liability protection: State laws facilitate community pool operations
Many community association residents have enjoyed cooling off at pools this summer as more boards opened the amenity in 2021 with appropriate COVID-19 restrictions in place. Other communities have elected a cautious approach to their pool season, looking to state laws for guidance or limited liability protection. Read the entire article……………………………….
Homebuilder eyes buying Club West Course (AZ)
A new player has entered the discussion over the Club West Golf Course, adding new uncertainty to the site’s future. Shea Homes is in escrow to buy the beleaguered course from The Edge, a partnership of four Club West homeowners that bought the course from Wilson Gee early last year. Read the entire article……………………………….
Pebble Creek Golf Course in New Tampa to close permanently on July 31 (FL)
The original plans included enough room to build an additional 600 homes on the golf course, however, Place says ultimately around 300 homes would be built under a plan he hopes the HOA would approve. If the property sits vacant with no development, the Pebble Creek neighborhood could suffer a similar fate as Walden Lake, […]
Summer Means Play: 4 Steps to Properly Maintain Your Community Playground
In order to enhance the community spirit and provide amenities, many HOA’s successfully maintain community playgrounds. This is of particular interest during summer when school is out in North America and most children are at loose ends. Read the entire article……………………………….
Club West course’s future remains unresolved (AZ)
Ahwatukee’s other beleaguered golf course remains in a holding pattern. At the Club West Association’s monthly meeting May 21, board President Julie Tyler said that one committee is studying the course’s future while another is studying solutions to the expensive problem of irrigating the course with less expensive water. Read the entire article……………………………….
Be Careful with Swimming Pool Contracts (GA)
Associations can minimize potential liability and set the stage for a successful pool season by carefully negotiating and reviewing swimming pool contracts. Read the entire article……………………………….
More than half a dozen kids hospitalized after swimming in neighborhood pool (TX)
More than half a dozen kids are spending the holiday weekend in the hospital after swimming in their neighborhood pool. “I thought, at first, I was like this, this is kind of crazy,” said Joe Drewnowski, the Talise de Culebra HOA president. Read the entire article……………………………….
So What’s the Deal With Pools Now? (CO)
The latest public health order, PHO 20-38, issued May 14, 2021, has removed the mask mandate for vaccinated individuals and most people are thrilled! With the removal of the mask mandate comes the follow-up questions of what this means for opening pools, playgrounds, gyms, and the like. Read the entire article……………………………….
Board of directors vote to rezone Fianna Hills from golf course to residential property (AR)
Attorney John Alford, who represents the property owner’s association, said that when the golf course closes, it will drive down the value of the more than 1,000 homes in the area. “Is that really fair to the property owners around the whole area,” Settle asked the board. Read the entire article……………………………….
Plans to build homes on closed Florida golf course riles up residents (FL)
A local investor group has purchased the former Tomoka Oaks Golf & Country Club with plans to redevelop it as a new home community. They paid $2.6 million, according to Volusia County property records. Read the entire article……………………………….
Court Rules Condo Developer Improperly Charged Fees for Recreational Facilities (MI)
In Charles E Phyle Restated Revocable Trust v Scheppe Investments, et. al., unpublished opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued April 22, 2021 (Docket No. 353045), the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that the successor developer of a RV condominium improperly charged the co-owners for fees related to recreational facilities that the developer owned on […]
Hideout Homeowners to Decide on Purchase of Outlaw Golf Club (UT)
Hideout homeowners have to decide whether to purchase a golf course in their community. If they don’t, the current owner says he will sell to someone else. Read the entire article……………………………….
There’s a Major Shortage of This Backyard Staple & It Could Ruin Your Summer
BioLab, a leading chemical plant that manufactures pool and spa treatment products, caught fire on Aug. 27, 2020—and the chlorine shortage stems from that incident, USA Today reports. The factory, located in Westlake, Louisiana, burned for nearly three days until the fire could be put out by firefighters. Read the entire article……………………………….
HOA Pool Season 2021: Best Practices And Preparation (NC)
The HOA pool season is just around the corner. With that in mind, board members must prepare ahead of time to ensure everything is working smoothly. Read the entire article……………………………….
Swim Lessons and Swim Teams in Your HOA: Is It Worth It?
The community pool is a great place for community members to practice different swim strokes and build up their endurance, which is a big reason why the pool is there! However, what happens if homeowners want the HOA to offer swim lessons at the community pool, or even host a swim team? Even though holding […]
The Ultimate Amenity – Pool Rules and Challenges in your Community Association
In a bid to attract affluent tenants to their locales, many homeowner associations are offering more amenities than ever before. Today, it’s almost a requirement for an HOA or COA community to have certain amenities to remain competitive. A swimming pool is one of these amenities. Read the entire article……………………………….
Amid dry year, neighbors next to closed golf course concerned about overgrowth (CA)
As drought-like conditions persist and warmer months draw near, some east Petaluma homeowners are voicing concern that a neighboring property, the abandoned Adobe Creek Golf Course, presents a potential fire risk. Read the entire article……………………………….And it’s not the first time.
Are Pools the Ultimate Luxury or Overwhelming Hassle?
Lounging by the pool and taking a dip can be very refreshing, especially when the temperatures are high. Homeowners Associations and Condominium Owners Associations provide this ultimate luxury amenity for prestigious homes and condos. Read the entire article……………………………….
Chesdin Landing homeowners sue over assessments to fund golf course (VA)
A dispute over assessments charged to homeowners in Chesdin Landing to help fund the neighborhood’s privately owned golf course is playing out in court, with an initial round going to its developer and board of directors. Read the entire article……………………………….
Ruling protects Club West homeowners and course (AZ)
The Superior Court of Arizona – Maricopa County granted a summary judgement “as a matter of law” in favor of Club West Conservancy in its suit against the former Foothills Club West Board for actions it took to assume rights related to the golf course land and to issue related amendments. Read the entire article……………………………….