Rosetta Canyon Community Association
in the Hills
Early last year on a lazy Saturday afternoon I drove, from my home in Moreno Valley, to Lake Elsinore. Our community lake had just suffered a huge ‘fish-kill’, and after doing a little research I found out that Lake Elsinore had suffered the same fate a couple of years back. And so I thought as a board member of my association I’d drive over there to talk to some of the lake folks about what measures they took to prevent something like that happening again to their lake, and use that information at our community lake. The last leg of my drive found me cruising down California highway 74, from the city of Perris down to and crossing Interstate 215, before heading into the tidewaters of Lake Elsinore. An interesting and relatively peaceful drive, for sure. And once there I did the expected Q & As with the locals regarding their own ‘fish-kill’ and, in fact, picked up some rather useful information to take back with me. On my way back I couldn’t help 18 | ISSUE TWO 2012 • Connect with grie
but notice a group of homes nestled on top of one of the nearby east hills that, at least from my visual perspective, seemed to be almost glowing as a result of the setting sun’s light hitting the western-facing sides of the homes. Intrigued enough to take a turn off the highway at the next corner, I drove up to the area to check it out. Just the ‘curiosity’ in me, and nothing more. A short drive and I found myself in the near-middle of a relatively new community that I later found out was named Rosetta Canyon Community Association. I drove around the area, which looked as if there was still some future developing to be done, but most of the homes that had been plotted for had already been built. The setting was pretty amazing, especially if like me, you’re one that enjoys being close to nature and all of its peaceful serenity, including a multitude of canyons, traditional southern California high-hills shrubbery, soft-rolling hills, nicely
laid-out walkways, and a quietness broken only by an occasional sound of a single mockingbird chasing an interloping ravine away from his protected territory. Located in the Ortega hills between Highway 74 on its western side, Interstate 215 on its south side, and the rolling hills and canyons on its east side, and officially a part of the city of Lake Elsinore, Rosetta Canyon Community Association is comprised of 1,040 single-family homes, with a total population of approximately 3,000 residents. Development began back in late 2005 and early 2006, with most of the homes completed over the next two years. Included in the development is a K-6 Grade school that is part of the highly regarded Elsinore School District. Managed professionally by Avalon Management Group, located in Canyon Lake, the community is governed by a five-person Board of Directors, made up of residents of the association. There are also a number of committees, comprised of residentvolunteers, that provide various resident-friendly activities yearround, and at no cost to the residents, including an annual Easter-egg event, a Breakfast with Santa, and even Movies-in-the-park, all of which are hosted at their nearby 23-acre park. I later discovered that one of our newest members of our Chapter Board of Directors, Linda Cooley, not only lives there, but is also a member of the Rosetta Canyon Board as well. I grabbed at the opportunity to ‘pick her brain’ about all things Rosetta Canyon,