Widewater Homeowners Association

New Year’s Greetings 2024

The  past year your HOA completed the following:

• Over $1800.00 in unpaid annual dues collected via the lien process
• Property taxes, incorporation, insurance, post office box, and website fees paid
• No soliciting sign installed at Front Entrance
• Lake treated twice for weed growth–spring/mid-summer—and raked
• Streets lights repaired/replaced
• Front entrance, lake entrance, and all street and stop signs pressure washed
• County Public Works Department contacted re possible replacement of General Lee, Jeb Stuart, and Blue Ridge in 2023—all three have made the tentative rehabilitation list. Public Works advised us that all street replacements should be completed by 1/31/24.

Those of us who have called Widewater home for a number of years could have never imagined that homes would one day be selling for in excess of $300,000. Help us to protect our property values, as well as being a good neighbor, by adhering to both Coweta County Codes and Widewater Homeowners Association Covenants. The appearance of your property has a direct impact on the property values of your neighbors. If you were not given a copy of the WWHOA Covenants at closing, you can obtain one at our website: widewaterhoa.com .

Please refrain from blowing grass clippings into the street, as they are mixing with pine needles and getting hung up on the corners of our storm sewers impeding the flow of waterduring storms. In addition, if you have a storm sewer in front of your property, it would be a great help if you would keep it clear of obstructions.

The WWHOA Facebook Page grew in 2023 to 144 members. It is a great resource for keeping people informed and creating a sense of community in our subdivision. Please consider joining at:

If you are a lake property owner please consider acting as lake keeper. It would involve the following:

• Twice annual application of Aquashade for weed control
• As needed lake raking to remove dead weed close to the shore

The Aquashade treatment is applied in March and July. The number of lake rakings fluctuates with the aggressiveness of lake weed growth. The last couple of years it was done four or five times. These tasks are currently performed by a Board Member who does not live on the lake. It would constitute three to five total hours of volunteer time for the year.

The 2024 dues statement is included with this newsletter.

Thank you to John Cook and Amy Brown for their time serving on the Board.

We currently have two openings on our HOA Board. Please consider joining the Board and serving your community. If you are interested please contact the Board through the Contact Us page of our HOA website: widewaterhoa.com .  

Do not hesitate to contact—info on website—your Board with any questions or concerns.

Lastly, we would like to extend a hearty welcome to homeowners that moved into Widewater during 2023. Welcome to the neighborhood!

Best,

President – James McCurdy

Vice-President – Open

Treasurer –Larry Burns

Secretary – Open

Our annual meeting will be Saturday, October 10, 10:00 am, at the front entrance. The following is the agenda:

• Brief review of past year by the Board
• Brief summary of coming year by the Board
• Presentation of 2021 budget by our Treasurer
• Questions answered on budget
• Vote on 2021 budget
• Board election of 2021 officers
• General question and answer session

We presently have the Secretary position open on the Board. The meeting will last less than an hour depending on the number of questions asked at the end. The general question and answer session is placed at the end, so those who do not have any questions can leave at their leisure.

In our Annual Newsletter we indicated that it was the intention of the Board to send out unpaid dues notices every September, as we did last year.

We find ourselves, however, in most difficult economic circumstances as a country, due to the COVID-19 virus. Recognizing the difficult financial times we are going through, unpaid dues notices will not be sent out next month.

Any homeowner who wishes to bring an outstanding balance up to date, or simply wants to be sure that their account is up to date, may contact us—see contact page—and we will be happy to provide you with the account status of your property. Many thanks, as always, to those of you that keep your accounts up to date and are faithful in remitting your annual dues.

The Board wishes to be very clear that this not an exoneration of any property account that is in arrears due to non-payment of annual association fees. This is simply an acknowledgement of the very difficult situation that we find ourselves in as a country.  While the Board is charged with the administration of WWHOA business, we are also your neighbors.

Those of you that frequent the lake may notice a darkening of the water to a deep blue greenish color. We treated the lake on 7/16/20 with chemicals to address the weed growth that has been spreading since this spring. The coloration change is part of that process. The chemicals are non-toxic and safe for both fish and the environment.