The Grand Valley Grapevine Official Monthly Newsletter of Grand Valley G.V.H.A. 8146 Mill Springs, New Port Richey, FL 34653 May 2018 Editor: Connie Cote 727/741-5853 Email: conniec16@tampabay.rr.com Brenda Brady, Park Manager 727-243-5336 Emergency Number
FROM MANAGEMENT
FROM THE EDITOR
Our speed limits and stop signs are for your safety and for the safety of your neighbors and guests. Please obey them. Tethering of pets outdoors is not permitted. Some residents believe they do not have to follow rules. You know who you are. Please follow the Rules & Regulations and keep our community one of the best in the area. PLEASE….If a solicitor stops at your door, tell them we are a “no soliciting” community and that if they don’t leave the police will be called and have them arrested for trespassing.
All items must be given to Connie by the 20th of the month. ALL NEWSLETTERS WILL BE HAND DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME. They can be emailed to snowbirds if you let me know when you leave and when you are to return. If you prefer a mailed copy, just provide self addressed and stamped envelopes for the months you will be away.
THE PRESIDENT Well, it’s that time of the year again! Our quiet community has become a bit quieter with our Snowbird friends and family gone for the season. I encourage everyone to continue with the activities all year round. It can be a challenge to restart activities once they have stopped. Beginning May 1st, Peggy Madison will oversee BINGO. She will provide more information in this month’s Grapevine. I would like to thank Management for purchasing the new BINGO program and laptop for us. Grand Valley is a unique neighborhood that all of us selected to live in. Your Board members are open to new ideas and are driven to establish open lines of communication between the Board and the homeowners. Homeowners are encouraged to become involved in the HOA. Serving on a committee, attending monthly meetings, asking questions via email, and
Or writing to Board members concerning your thoughts on the neighborhood are all ways to become involved in your HOA. The goal is to improve and maintain our neighborhood as a quality place to live. A hive of bees is a perfect example of a community working together in harmony and for the common good of all it’s members. A bee living alone can barely survive, let alone prosper. But, in a hive made up of hundreds of other bees, each taking responsibility for the various jobs necessary for the survival of the community, the lone bee not only survives, it contributes mightily to the success of the hive. The secret of the bee’s success in living together in a close knit community is that each bee not only understands the interrelationship that exist between it and the rest of the members of it’s community, but is willing to accept some of the responsibility for the hive’s prosperity by expanding their role in the community. whenever necessary. As homeowners, we too can choose to recognize the interrelationships that exist between ourselves and our neighbors and how those interrelationships have a direct impact on our quality of life. We can ake some responsibility upon ourselves to contribute to improving those relationships and in the process improve our community. So let’s work at recognizing what roles we can choose to accept in our community and like the bee, work