EHHOA News Archive

Emerald Hills News Archive

Rear Entrance Sign - A small rear entrance sign, approved at the November HOA meeting to identify the start of our subdivision, was attached on 1/4 just below the "Watch for Children" sign along Wyndham Hill Drive. Just CLICK HERE to see a picture of the new sign.
New HOA Board for 2005 - The new Emerald Hills Association's Board of Directors, elected at the 11/15/04 HOA, has taken over as of January 1st. Please welcome as President: Scott Jones, Vice President: Kurt Michael, Treasurer: Larry Mattox, and Secretary: Bethany Butcher.
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**News Items as of 12/24/2004**
Please welcome our newest neighbors: Brian & Tina Lightfoot, 183 Peterson Pl, 12/22 New HOA Board for 2005 - The new Emerald Hills Association's Board of Directors, elected at the 11/15/04 HOA, will take over on January 1st. Please welcome as President: Scott Jones, Vice President: Kurt Michael, Trearurer: Larry Mattox, and Secretary: Bethany Butcher. Neighborhood house decorations and lights - Have you walked around our neighborhood at night recently? Many homes are nicely decorated and lighted for the holidays. Just CLICK HERE for pictures of just a few of them. Rear Entrance Sign - A small rear entrance sign, approved at the November HOA meeting, will be attached just below the "Watch for Children" sign along Wyndham Hill Drive and carry the caption "Entering Emerald Hills". This sign has been ordered and will be installed during the first week in January and will look a bit like the image shown here. Click on the sign to see how it might look when installed. Have a suggestion, comment, or concern that you'd like to pass on to the EHHOA Board? Please use our on-line suggestion box. Just CLICK HERE to get started.

**News Items as of 12/21/2004**
Neighborhood house decorations and lights - Have you walked around our neighborhood at night recently? Many homes are nicely decorated and lighted for the holidays. Just CLICK HERE for pictures of just a few of them. Rear Entrance Sign - A small rear entrance sign was approved at the 11/23/04 HOA meeting to be attached just below the "Watch our Children" sign along Wyndham Hill and carry the caption "Entering Emerald Hills". Work on the sign is being done by the Special Projects committee and should be complete prior to year end. CLICK HERE to see an example of what this will look like. Please welcome our newest neighbors: Kathy Roach and Rudy Mullin at 108 Emerald Hills Drive (12/8) Have a suggestion, comment, or concern that you'd like to pass on to the EHHOA Board? Please use our on-line suggestion box. Just CLICK HERE to get started.

**News Items as of 12/7/2004**
Restricted login - Links to the restricted area of our website have been moved from the member database page to the new Restricted login link (bottom of left frame). You must have a personal username and password to get into this part of our website. Christmas Lights - An easy walk from here is a house that literally lights up the sky. For more information and pictures, just CLICK HERE. Many events are coming up. Remember that you can come back daily to our website to view our events calendar. If you have an event that you would like us to consider for our events calendar? Just use our EmailUs facility to send your event information to "Events calendar submissions". Not getting our weekly news and events email? It may be that we do not have your correct email address. Check your name in our member database to see what email address we have for you in our database. Have a suggestion, comment, or concern that you'd like to pass on to the EHHOA Board? Please use our on-line suggestion box. Just CLICK HERE to get started.

**News Items as of 11/24/2004**
Minutes and the financial summary from the 11/15 HOA meeting are now available on our meeting minutes & notes link. Wondering about all those worms? Here's a bit of trivia. At certain times, best called seasons, worms come to the surface after a drenching rain to... yes... to mate. How they do that you'll have to find out on your own. Have an event that you would like us to consider for our events calendar? Just use our EmailUs facility to send your event information to "Events calendar submissions". Changes made to our member database search facility today that add more fields as well as allow display of grid lines in the results. New EHHOA Board of Directors were elected for 2005 at the 11/15 HOA meeting. President: Scott Jones, Vice President: Kurt Michael, Treasurer: Larry Mattox, and Secretary: Bethany Butcher. HOA board transfer will take place on 1/1/2005.

**News Items as of 11/18/04**
New EHHOA Board of Directors were elected for 2005 at the 11/15 HOA meeting. President: Scott Jones, Vice President: Kurt Michael, Trearurer: Larry Mattox, and Secretary: Bethany Butcher. HOA board transfer will take place on 1/1/2005. Please welcome our newest neighbors: Ilkem & Pinar Koyhan at 16 Ida Court (11/12) Have something to share with your neighbors? Maybe you've lost or found something, perhaps you're seeking a baby-sitter. Consider using our E-mail listserv. With E-mail listserv you can easily send a note to all those in our community who have provided us with their Email id. Check out the E-mail listserv page for more information. Have a suggestion, comment, or concern that you'd like to pass on to the EHHOA Board? Please use our on-line suggestion box. Just CLICK HERE... it's totally anonymous.

**News Items as of 11/14/04**
Emerald Hills Homeowners Meeting, Monday 11/15, 7pm at Yancy Firestation. All owners are encouraged to attend and take part in HOA meetings. Nominations will be accepted and considered at this meeting. Check the meeting minutes & notes page for the proposed meeting agenda, previous meeting minutes, financial summary, and nomination instructions for additional information. Nominations are now being accepted for all Emerald Hills Homeowners Association positions for consideration at our next HOA meeting on Monday, November, 15th. This is your opportunity to participate in our association. Please CLICK HERE to make your nominations. All submitted nominations must be received by November 11, 2004 to be considered for the November 15th HOA meeting. We are currently seeking ideas and bids for the maintenance of the front entrance sign for next year. Currently, the contract is held by Village Garden Center. This will be discussed and a budget will be approved at our next association meeting on 11/15. We only received one bid last year which dictated our selection. Hopefully, we will receive a wider variety of ideas and bids this year for this project. Please contact us with your ideas and / or bids. Have something to share with your neighbors? Maybe you've lost or found something, perhaps you're seeking a baby-sitter. Consider using our E-mail listserv. With E-mail listserv you can easily send a note to all those in our community who have provided us with their Email id. Check out the E-mail listserv page for more information. Have a suggestion, comment, or concern that you'd like to pass on to the EHHOA Board? Please use our on-line suggestion box. Just CLICK HERE... it's totally anonymous.

**News Items as of 11/3/2004**
Looking for election results? Check out CNN's tracking page for live updates in complete detail. Nominations are now being accepted for all Emerald Hills Homeowners Association positions for consideration at our next HOA meeting on Monday, November, 15th. This is your opportunity to participate in our association. Please CLICK HERE to make your nominations. All submitted nominations must be received by November 11, 2004 to be considered for the November 15th HOA meeting. Check the meeting minutes & notes page for the proposed meeting agenda, previous meeting minutes, financial summary, and nomination instructions. We are currently seeking ideas and bids for the maintenance of the front entrance sign for next year. Currently, the contract is held by Village Garden Center. This will be discussed and a budget will be approved at our next association meeting on 11/15. We only received one bid last year which dictated our selection. Hopefully, we will receive a wider variety of ideas and bids this year for this project. Please contact us with your ideas and / or bids.

**News Items as of 10/16/2004**
Please mark your calendars now. The next Emerald Hills Homeowner Association meeting will be November 15th. Nominations are now being accepted for all HOA positions. This is your opportunity to participate in our association. Please CLICK HERE to make your nominations. Check the meeting minutes & notes page for the proposed meeting agenda, previous meeting minutes, financial summary, and nomination instructions. All member mailing was done 10/19. A package was sent to all Emerald Hills HOA members that contains a cover letter, financial summary, subdivision map, ARC and database update forms, covenants for your section, and a dues status slip. If you do not get this package by Friday the 22nd or it does not appear correct, please contact our Vice President so we can fix any problems. Please let our webmaster know via Email or the enclosed database update / correction form of any addressing problems. We are currently seeking ideas and bids for the maintenance of the front entrance sign for next year. Currently, the contract is held by Village Garden Center. This will be discussed and a budget will be approved at our next association meeting on 11/15. We only received one bid last year which dictated our selection. Hopefully, we will receive a wider variety of ideas and bids this year for this project. Please contact us with your ideas and / or bids.

**News Items as of 10/19/2004**
All member mailing was done today, 10/19.: A package was sent to all Emerald Hills HOA members today that contains a cover letter, financial summary, subdivision map, ARC and database update forms, covenants for your section, and a dues status slip. If you do not get this package by Friday the 22nd or it does not appear correct, please contact our Vice President so we can fix any problems. Please let our webmaster know via Email or the enclosed database update / correction form of any addressing problems. Please mark your calendars now. The next Emerald Hills Homeowner Association meeting will be November 15th. A proposed agenda will be posted soon. All property owners are urged to participate in HOA meetings. We are currently seeking ideas and bids for the maintenance of the front entrance sign for next year. Currently, the contract is held by Village Garden Center. This will be discussed and a budget will be approved at our next association meeting on 11/15. We only received one bid last year which dictated our selection. Hopefully, we will receive a wider variety of ideas and bids this year for this project. Please contact us with your ideas and / or bids.

**News Items as of 10/14/2004**
Crime in our neighborhood has increased significantly in the last month. There have been reports of cars being broken into at night as well as mailboxes being vandalized. To decrease the likelihood of being a victim of these cowardly acts, please leave your outside lights on at night and lock all your car doors. If you see something suspicious, do not hesitate to report it to the Augusta County Sheriff's Office at 943-8896. We are currently seeking ideas and bids for the maintenance of the front entrance sign for next year. Currently, the contract is held by Village Garden Center. This will be discussed and a budget will be approved at our next association meeting on 11/15. We only received one bid last year which dictated our selection. Hopefully, we will receive a wider variety of ideas and bids this year for this project. Please contact us with your ideas and / or bids. Foliage along the Skyline Drive is 'showing its colors'. Check out our photo album for a couple of pictures. If you haven't been up there... now's the time. Easier to read covenants are now available on our covenants page. Covenants are by subdivision section. Use the subdivision map to locate which section you are in. Then CLICK HERE to find the matching covenant document. Please welcome our newest neighbor Sarah Hite, 15 Lost Pond Court , 9/30 A new subdivision map is available on our maps page.

**News Items as of 10/6/2004**
Many, many events are coming up this weekend. Be sure to check out our events calendar. Please welcome our newest neighbor Peter Boutros, 39 Beatrice Court, 10/3 Did you know that Fishersville dates back around 1740? For a brief history of Fishersville just CLICK HERE. To submit comments, suggestions, and concerns to our Emerald Hills Homeowners Association please use our suggestion box.

**News Items a 10/4/2004**
Please welcome our new neighbor Peter Boutros, 39 Beatrice Court, 10/3 Registered to vote? Today, 10/4, is the last day to register to vote in the upcoming general election. Check with the Virginia State Board of Elections for details. The Emerald Hills Homeowners association covenants do not permit signs placed in yards unless the sign is advertising the property for sale or rent (refer to the covenants for details). The only exception to this is section 1, which does not have this restriction in their covenants. To verify what section you are in, please refer to the online maps. The association officers do not patrol the neighborhood looking for covenant violations. If we receive word that there is a violation, we will contact the owners of the property to clarify the circumstances and resolve the violation. The association does not want to discourage political involvement however, we have to enforce the covenantsthat are in place.

**News Items as of 09/30/04**
The Emerald Hills Homeowners association covenants do not permit signs placed in yards unless the sign is advertising the property for sale or rent (refer to the covenants for details). The only exception to this is section 1, which does not have this restriction in their covenants. To verify what section you are in, please refer to the online maps. The association officers do not patrol the neighborhood looking for covenant violations. If we receive word that there is a violation, we will contact the owners of the property to clarify the circumstances and resolve the violation. The association does not want to discourage political involvement however, we have to enforce the covenants that are in place. Got rain? We sure did, 4.66 inches fell over the 27th and 28th as measured at the Fishersville Weather Station. Minutes from the 9/20 HOA meeting can be found on the meeting minutes & notes page. Several website changes have been done to improve performance as well as to add decorative graphics. Please use the suggestion box submit comments about our website.

**News Items as of 09/28/04**
Got rain? We sure did, 4.66 inches fell as measured at the Fishersville Weather Station From the 9/20 HOA Meeting Meeting minutes and the treasurer's summary can be found on the meeting minutes & notes page. Thanks to our new neighbors that took time to attend. The sight distance project is 1/3 completed, other phases to come soon. Help needed! Please contact us if you are able to help. common area development project team additional Internet and Database committee members Several website changes have been done to improve performance as well as to add decorative graphics. Please use the suggestion box submit comments about our website.

**News Items as of 09/18/04**
Emerald Hills HOA meeting coming up on Monday at 7pm at the Yancy Firestation. All residents are encouraged to attend. For more information and meeting agenda please CLICK HERE. Not getting our weekly news and events e-mail? Perhaps we don't have your correct E-mail id or maybe your inbox is full. Send us your E-mail id using the Resident information form and we'll add or update what we now have. Check the E-mail error report on the member database page to see if we are getting errors with your E-mail id. Refer to the new Database report report to verify your database information. Don't have the UserName and Password? You can request the UserName and Password by providing our webmaster your name and physical address via the EmailUs facility. Have a suggestion? Just CLICK HERE to submit a suggestion.

News Items as of 09/13/04

Watching Ivan? Chances are pretty good that we will see significant rain from hurricane Ivan starting as early as late Thursday night. Now's a good time to check the drainage ditches around your home to make sure they are clear of debris. You can track Ivan by clicking HERE.
Not getting our weekly news and events e-mail? Perhaps we don't have your correct E-mail id or maybe your inbox is full. Send us your E-mail id using the Resident information form and we'll add or update what we now have. Check the E-mail error report on the member database page to see if we are getting errors with your E-mail id. Refer to the new Database report report to verify your database information. Don't have the UserName and Password? You can request the UserName and Password by providing our webmaster your name and physical address via the EmailUs facility.
Motor bikes on our roads? The Augusta County Sheriff's office has advised that those having engines larger that 49cc's must be registered via DMV. All operators must be licensable (at least 16 years old). All traffic rules (speed, stop signs, etc.) must be followed.

News Items as of 09/10/04

Got rain? Emerald Hills was spared significant rain from Francis. Just under 3" inches of rain fell here from the 6th through the 8th, with 1.81" on the 8th. For more detail, just CLICK HERE. Some debris has been deposited along the drainage ditches. Please remember that no materials, grass clippings, etc. may be placed into the ditches.
Have you checked out our member database? Various reports are available including a search facility. Don't have the UserName and Password? You can request the UserName and Password by providing our webmaster your name and physical address via the EmailUs facility.
Motor bikes on our roads? The Augusta County Sheriff's office has advised that those having engines larger that 49cc's must be registered via DMV. All operators must be licensable (at least 16 years old). All traffic rules (speed, stop signs, etc.) must be followed.
Planning on an addition or modification to your property? All residents are reminded to check with the Architecture Review Committee before proceeding. In addition, an Augusta County building permit may be required. Pools, decks, fences, and sheds are but a few examples of items that require both HOA and county approval.

**News Items as of 09/09/04**
Have you checked out our member database? Various reports are available including a search facility. Don't have the UserName and Password? You can request the UserName and Password by providing our webmaster your name and physical address via the EmailUs facility. Motor bikes on our roads? The Augusta County Sheriff's office has advised that those having engines larger that 49cc's must be registered via DMV. All operators must be licensable (at least 16 years old). All traffic rules (speed, stop signs, etc.) must be followed. Planning on an addition or modification to your property? All residents are reminded to check with the Architecture Review Committee before proceeding. In addition, an Augusta County building permit may be required. Pools, decks, fences, and sheds are but a few examples of items that require both HOA and county approval. Please welcome our newest neighbors, John and Nancy Wadley at 14 Marie Court, 8/31 The Emerald Hills Homeowners Association annual neighborhood picnic went off without a hitch. Thanks to the social committee for their hard work in making this event come together. Just click HERE to see some of the event pictures.

News Items as of 9/6/2004

Have you checked out our member database? Various reports are available including a search facility. Don't have the username and password? You can request the username and password by providing our webmaster your name and physical address via the EmailUs facility.
Planning on an addition or modification to your property? All residents are reminded to check with the Architecture Review Committee before proceeding. In addition, an Augusta County building permit may be required. Pools, decks, fences, and sheds are but a few examples of items that require both HOA and county approval.
Please welcome our newest neighbors, John and Nancy Wadley at 14 Marie Court, 8/31
The Emerald Hills Homeowners Association annual neighborhood picnic went off without a hitch. Thanks to the social committee for their hard work in making this event come together. Just click HERE to see some of the event pictures.