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DECEMBER 2015
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Landings Forward Plan Moves Ahead Michael Knupp Chairman, Forward Planning Committee
The Landings Management Association (LMA) Executive Committee requested the Forward Planning Committee to review the previous strategic plan and update it with a new long range plan for the Association. A draft of the 2015 Forward Plan is currently under review by the Landings Management Association board of directors and the various association presidents. The plan is designed to provide guidance to the LMA’s board of directors as it considers decisions impacting the future of the Landings community. With this plan, the board can more effectively draft and implement programs serving LMA needs and fulfilling the expectations of the residents. The plan sets forth the long term health and vitality of our community. The plan is a living document and should be viewed as a permanent, continuous process of planning for the future and a vehicle for facilitating community consensus on important issues. The plan started with a vision that The Landings exists to preserve and enhance The Landings as one of the premier Sarasota communities of choice. Our goal is that the percentage change of property values in The Landings reflects a more positive outcome than any other Sarasota area residential community of similar status. The vision will be accomplished through tactics in seven strategic drivers:
1. Maintain and enhance the friendly and engaging culture which embraces diversity, continuing education, beautiful aesthetics and concern for the environment through active involvement by all residents in Landings activities. 2. Manage security as our top priority and promoting a safe walking, biking and driving community.
USTA National Father/Son Clay Court Championship Photos on page 18
3. Effective management of the environment, common area facilities and road infrastructure. 4. Effective management of financial resources. 5. Enforcement of LMA covenants and restrictions. 6. Interworking relationships with the Landings Racquet Club. 7. Participating in the greater Sarasota community. It is important that the community’s culture is supportive of the strategies and tactics contained within the plan. To that end, once we have comments back from the LMA board and the association presidents we intend to seek community input through a “wants and needs” survey of ideas. The results of that survey will be incorporated into the plan and the final plan will be presented in a town meeting forum on a date to be announced. Only through active community support and communications can the culture continue to evolve and reinforce the values and principles that are important to ensure that sense of community pride that is necessary to maintain The Landings as a premier community. We hope you all will participate in these discussions as we move forward with the Forward Plan.
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The Mike Davies Trophy USTA National Father/Son Clay Court Championship
Former Tennis star and Landings resident, Mike Davies passed away on November 3. As a player and an executive of the sport, Davies helped transform tennis into what it is today. “He had done so much for the sport of tennis over the years,” said Kevin Lechlitner, General Manager of the Landings Racquet Club. “The way we see tennis today, he’s responsible for a lot of it. He was an amazing guy.’’ Mike was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2012. On page 9, we have published one of the last interviews Mike had. It appeared in Play Sarasota Magazine, “One-on-One with Ray Collins”.
In the Neighborhood: By Roger Drouin profiles of communities in The Landings
|In the Trees As the name implies, the Treehouses in the Landings are in the trees — lots of them — including tropical palms and towering moss-covered oaks. There are 76 total condominium units that comprise the Treehouse I and Treehouse II communities. The Treehouses, developed in 1981 to 1983, were built to take advantage of the lush natural environment towards the westerly terminus of The Landings. “It was an opportunity
to create a home where residents could live amid the trees and among nature,” said Michael Saunders & Company Realtor Lenore Treiman, who has listed several units over recent years in the Treehouses. The multi-level units all share a setting amid the natural environment. The westernmost units on the Intracoastal are situated amid the mangroves. Continued on page 30