Park Updates Complete

We have great news to report that the park updates and annual maintenance of the common spaces is complete, and finished quite a bit under budget.

Spirit Landscaping removed the old wood railroad ties from the playground area and replaced with rubber playground borders. They also built up the low points around the edges to reduce tripping hazards, installed fresh pea gravel, and removed weeds.

This part of the project got delayed with some issues with the rubber border (including a broken piece and a lost shipment) so it was just completed this week! At the suggestion of our landscape company, we ordered the border ourselves at wholesale and had it delivered to the park. This was a big cost savings.

Thanks to Jim Cole for installing new swing seats and removing the old broken plastic covering on the chain. This area looks so fresh!

Spirit Landscaping also removed weeds and trimmed trees in the park entrance, the entrance to the neighborhood, and weed whacked the grassy rectangle across the street from the park entrance that is HOA property. Doesn’t this look great? These barked areas were also treated with herbicide spray.

Because we were under budget in the projects above, we also had Spirit Landscaping blow off and then install fresh gravel in the park driveway, which has been a top request. The driveway floods a bit in the winter and stays mucky all spring. The fresh rock will help save the low points.

The membership voted for spend $12,000 on these updates, and the total bill was under $9000. Full details in the upcoming treasurer’s report but we are very pleased.

Also, the officers voted to have Spirit Landscaping continue with weed maintenance every other month moving forward. This small investment will keep the areas from getting overgrown and hopefully avoid more costly updates in the near future.