A pair of eye glasses (possibly childrens) and a walkie-talkie have been found on a walkway near the pond. If they are yours please contact Scott at slkula88@gmail.com.
The Wyatt Farm HOA Board of Directors welcomes two new members: Kristine Lattimer and Michele Lewis. Thank you both!
And we again want to thank our outgoing board members: Tom Rubenstein, Bob Gogal, and Dennis Sossi for their participation and contributions. Tom, especially, served as board President for several years, guiding us through some key points in our neighborhood’s evolution. Thanks, everyone!
The full makeup of the current HOA Board can be found here.
The 2009 Annual Meeting of the Wyatt Farm Homeowners Association, held on December 10, was well attended and had lively discussions. Outgoing HOA President Tom Rubenstein led the meeting and discussed various activities that the HOA Board of Directors has been involved in this past year.
The playground committee, made up of Julie Hodge, Kristine Lattimer, John Lewis, and Sarah Woolsey, presented their proposal for the installation and maintenance of a playground in the Wyatt Farm Commons area near the pavilion. A question-and-answer period followed, and finally a vote was taken. Including proxy votes, the playground was approved with a vote of 71 in favor and 4 against. Installation of the playground and additional landscaping will take place in the spring.
The HOA Board and the membership in general expressed their warmest regards to Tom Rubenstein for the excellent leadership he has provided our neighborhood during his tenure as president. The Board will determine who will serve as president for the 2010 at their January meeting.
Full minutes of the Annual Meeting will be posted on this web site soon.
A committee of Wyatt Farm homeowners have been exploring various possibilities for the continued development of the Commons area, including playground equipment and benches. After meeting with various company representatives and exploring options, the playground committee presented a plan to the Wyatt Farm Board of Directors. Evolving plans for additional landscaping and electrical work in that area were then incorporated into the proposal. The Board voted to allow the proposal to go up for a vote by the neighborhood membership at the Annual Meeting on December 10.
[Update] The proposal files have now been separated for easier download:
Homeowners are asked to download and review the proposal carefully, then come to the Annual Meeting on December 10 at which the playground committee will present the proposal and answer any questions. Following the discussion, a vote on the proposal will be taken.
If you absolutely cannot attend the meeting, you may submit your vote on the proposal by proxy, which must be signed and delivered to the meeting by another homeowner. Only one vote may be submitted, in person or by proxy, per lot. The proxy voting form can be downloaded here.
Wyatt Farm will hold our annual Homeowners meeting on Thursday, December 10th at 7:00 pm. Agenda details will be distributed soon.
At their Tuesday, November 10th meeting, the Blacksburg Town Council will consider the development proposal for nearby Mountain Breeze Drive, which includes multi-family housing, a cultural center, and religious assembly. The Planning Commission previously decided in their October 6th meeting to recommend rejecting the multi-family housing portion and approving the rest. The decision now goes to the Town Council. You may want to make your views known regarding this issue.
A small dog was found in Woodbine on Saturday, 10/24 around 8 pm. The dog is about 35-40 lbs and dark brown with white coloring. It is wearing an invisible fence collar and has one brown eye and one blue eye. It is a very friendly dog.
If you have any information about its owner please contact Ed (703-909-2351) or Paula (703-909-2359).
Update: the dog’s owners have been found!
The Wyatt Farm Homeowner’s Association will sponsor a picnic for neighborhood residents on Friday, September 18th. It will be held at our evolving Commons area on the corner of Vinyard and Hardwick. We’ll have the grills going by 4:30 or so.
We’ll bring the burgers, hot dogs, buns, drinks, plates, utensils, etc. and we ask that you bring a side dish (chips, potato salad, veggies, beans, etc.) or dessert to share. You may also want to bring a chair as seating is limited. And if you have a spare folding table we could borrow, let us know or bring it with you.
Come out and help us break in the Wyatt Farm Commons area, with its new pavilion and grill. And find out what the future holds for that area!
UPDATE: There will be a moon bounce at the picnic for the kids, ready to go by 4:00 pm!
UPDATE #2: A reminder email about the picnic went out to our resident mailing list on Monday (9/14) afternoon. If you didn’t get it, you’re not on our list! Let us know if you’d like to remedy that.
Rain date: Friday, September 25th.
Due to the many problems caused by the large skunk population this year, the Wyatt Farm HOA Board arranged for skunk traps to be set throughout our neighborhood for two weeks in August. This resulted in 13 skunks being captured and removed. The technicians at Blue Ridge Wildlife Management, who administered the effort, thought those results were well above average, especially given the size of the area we were covering.
The HOA Board concluded that, although the process was expensive, it was almost certainly worth it in this case. Thank you for your input on this issue!
The Town of Blacksburg will provide a Fall Cleanup for the Wyatt Farm neighborhood during the week of October 5th. This includes yard debris and brush. Details can be found here.
Wyatt Farm residents are reminded that they should not dump any debris, including grass clippings, in the neighborhood green spaces. Please help us keep our neighborhood beautiful and safe!
