SEPT/OCT
2013
PUBLICATION OF SAW CREEK ESTATES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
New Members Voted to Board of Directors The votes are in, and after being tallied Kathi Connell was re-elected to a second three year term. Joining her on the board are newly elected directors, Bob Long and Robert Shrekgast. Kathi Connell has been a long time resident and has been volunteering her time to the community for years. She hopes to encourage more community members to volunteer. In fact, Connell identifies one of the most pressing issues that the Board of Directors currently faces as “successfully recruiting and training of volunteers willing to lend their time and talents for the benefit of our community.” Connell also states that “volunteers play an important role in our organization and finding and keeping volunteers has been a difficult task.” She hopes that the Board can develop ways to encourage teens and adults to volunteer. “Our residents are our best talent” she said stating further that volunteers help “the Board to identify events, possible maintenance and safety issues….and overall community improvement…” Connell values her own experience as a volunteer. “Volunteering has allowed me to connect to Saw Creek and make it a better place as well as allowed me to make new friends and get to know my community.” Bob Long is no stranger to the Board of Directors having served on the Board from 2006 - 2010. Long has also been an active member of the Maintenance Committee as well as the Bylaws Committee. Long was instrumental in the improvements at both the Decker Road and Mill Pond trash areas. Long has a strong business background and looks forward to promoting Saw Creek’s strategic plan. He states his objective as “striving to move SCECA to the next steps in the development of the community”. The future of the community is foremost on Long’s mind as he feels the most pressing issue for the Board is (Continued on Page 16)
2012 Su rv e y Resu lts Discussed at A nn ua l Meeting On July 20, 2013 Saw Creek’s Annual Membership Meeting was held in the Top of the World Creek Room. During this meeting, results of 2012’s communitywide survey were discussed. Some of the highlights from the survey are listed below. To see the entire report presented at the annual meeting, please visit our website at www.sawcreek.org. • Nearly all respondents (98%) were SCE property owners. Almost half of all respondents (46%) consider their property to be their primary residence while another 49% consider it to be their seasonal or vacation residence. Relatively few (5%) rent their property to others. Of those that rent their property, the majority rent yearly with very few renting it weekly and seasonally. • Nearly half (43%) of the respondents live in their Saw Creek property full time. • 70% of households have at least one person under the age of 17 living in Saw Creek. • SCE respondents are primarily of Caucasian decent (68%), the remaining respondents were of Hispanic (10%), African American (7%), and Asian/Pacific Islander (2%) decent. • Most respondents either commute long distances to work (37%) or are retired (33%). Only one in four respondents works locally, commuting less than one hour. • More than half of the respondents (58 percent) reported an annual household income of $75,000 or more. • 59.4% of respondents indicated the main reason for purchasing a house in Saw Creek was because it was a gated community.
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