What's In Your Mailbox: Effort to Amend the Fallsmead Covenants
April 18, 2025
Dear Fallsmead Neighbors,
Most of you have now received, by US mail, a proxy ballot and accompanying information explaining the effort to amend the Fallsmead Covenants to encourage responsible and gradual increases in the annual homeowner assessment.
We all receive a lot of junk mail that we throw away or stack up in piles and forget about. Please don’t let this mailing be among them. To succeed, this initiative needs affirmative votes from at least 175 of Fallsmead’s 291 homes (a 60% supermajority). For that reason, not voting is the same as voting “no.”
The Fallsmead board and its dues committee urge you to act right now (unless you have already submitted your proxy ballot). As the proxy instructions spell out, you can mail, scan-and-email, or drop off your filled-out ballot. Or email
dues@fallsmead.org and one of us will be happy to come pick up your completed ballot.
If you have questions and/or are thinking of voting “against” the Covenant change, we are also available to talk this through and explain the reasoning behind it. Please email
dues@fallsmead.org and one of us will get back to you.
If you have no questions and have decided to vote “against,” we of course respect that.
Residents who are renting may not receive the mailed material, as it was sent to the homeowner.
Homeowners who haven’t received the mailed material in the next few days can reach out to
dues@fallsmead.org and we will deliver a copy to you. The material in the mailing is also available by clicking
here and
here.
Sincerely,
Justin Brandon
President, Fallsmead Homes Corporation Board of Directors
Jason Woo
Chairman, Dues Committee
Upcoming Fallsmead Social Events
May 12, 2025
Mark your calendars for June 22 for Clayboys Shaved Ice in the Fallsmead Park parking lot at 11 a.m. The first 110 residents get a free shaved ice!
July 4: Neighborhood Fourth of July parade and festivities
August TBD: Adult Happy Hour and Movie
Late August TBD: Ice Cream Social
Fallsmead Swim Team
April 15, 2025
Swim among sharks! It’s hard to believe, but it’s almost time for swim season! You may sign up for the team and get updates
here. We look forward to seeing everyone May 25 at the Shark Tank (aka the Fallsmead pool) for a meet-and-greet with the coaches, questions about the season, swimsuit try-on, and information about ordering Sharks gear.
Are you interested in promoting your business or know someone who might be? If so, please reach out to Joanna Band and Nina DiPadova at
Fallsmeadsharks@gmail.com to discuss sponsorship opportunities. Some examples include your logo featured at swim meets on swimmers’ gear or by banner, sponsoring a pep rally with your logo featured at the event, your business announced at swim meets -- truly the opportunities are endless.
Block Captains Needed
January 27, 2025 (Updated April 21, 2025)
Fallsmead’s 20 block captains are responsible for delivering print materials – mainly the quarterly Fallsmead Forum, plus other documents on rare occasions – to their immediate neighbors. These delivery “routes” range from 10 to 23 homes. The materials to be distributed will be delivered to your front door (usually by the communications chairman), with ample advance notice.
We try to have two captains – a lead, and an alternate for when that person isn’t available -- for each block. At present, we have openings for these blocks:
- 1422-1438 Fallsmead Way
- 1076-1096 Pipestem Place
- 1102-1113 Pipestem Place
- 2-14 Old Creek Creek
If you live within those blocks, please reach out to Larry Arnold at
larryarnold0101@gmail.com. He will let you know if you are needed as a lead or an alternate. It’s not a lot of work, and it’s a great first step into becoming involved in the neighborhood.
The Architectural Control Committee has multiple openings for new members. This important committee, established by Fallsmead’s bylaws and covenants, is charged with making sure homes are “well maintained so as to foster a sense of community pride and maintain general property values.” See more information
here. To volunteer or to learn more, please contact ACC chair Janice Frankle at
ACC@fallsmead.org.
