As announced in last quarter’s
newsletter we have begun our repair and replacement project
involving Calumet, Saddlebridge, Donamire, Maytime, Clayborne
and Cannonade trails. Unfortunately we have not progressed
as quickly as we anticipated primarily due to the weather but
also the holidays and some concerns relating to the final landscaping
once the sidewalk was installed. Everyone who has had the opportunity
to walk, jog or bicycle over the new sidewalks in Calumet has
been very positive on the finished product. Thanks to all for
seeing we did not have any extra markings on the fresh concrete.
However, we did have a couple of animals who didn’t get
the message. If you do walk the Calumet trail, see if you can
find what I have been told is a raccoon’s footprints
and a deer’s.
While discussing the progress of
our project with Mark Young, M.A.Y. Construction, who is overseeing
the project just prior to publication, said he felt we should
have the sidewalks completed by the end of March “weather
permitting”. The major concern is the wet ground is unable
to literally support the equipment needed without causing major
landscape damage. Hopefully, by the time you receive this newsletter
the next phase of the gravel trails to be done in the Saddlebridge
sub-division will have been started or possibly completed.
For
those of you who made New Year’s resolutions to walk,
jog, or bicycle your way into 2007, you might recall in last
years Winter newsletter we provided a chart listing several
of our trails and their approximate distance some of which
could be combined if you chose to go for a longer distance.
In order to provide space for new information we have posted
the chart on our web site, fieldstone-farms.com, and click
on the Grounds and Landscaping page.
Januarypresidentnewsletter2007
GROUNDS COMMITTEE UPDATE
By Glenn Schwartz
During the past few months, our landscape company has been busy hard pruning the eleagnus and burning bushes that have become overgrown in several areas of Fieldstone Farms. They have also completed fertilizing, weed control, and have installed new mulch in our planting areas. In April the full mowing program begins and in May, the planting of colorful annuals in the flower beds.
During the annual meeting several volunteers stepped forward and joined the Grounds Committee to help with monitoring all of our common areas and the various projects in front of us. I’d like to thank the following: Nathan Spradlin, Paula Woodfin, Beth Johnson, Dennis Pett, John Witherspoon, Rommy Tajague, Marie Cavender, and Jack Beaudoin. If anyone else wants to join, please contact Linda Ivey, our property manager.
