Good afternoon WGC Neighbors!

We’re now a month into 2023, and your WGC Board is just getting started for the year. This is a good opportunity to provide a quick overview of our planned activity for the year, as well as a few Board membership news and asks to be aware of.

2023 AGENDA

As was discussed as the November annual meeting, we have a number of high priority items to tackle in 2023, as follows:
– Rental restrictions: In this economic environment, purchasing homes for rental is a profitable business. In the past year, 5 WGC homes have been purchased by rental companies, and we expect more to come. We want to ensure that WGC remains a majority homeowner-occupied community. Accordingly, we will be working with our legal counsel to draft rental restrictions for homeowner consideration. Passing this covenant change will require a minimum 75% homeowner vote, so we encourage you all to be engaged in the process — provide feedback when requested — and make sure your voice is heard through a vote later in the year.
– Dues shortfall: Amenities and services have been reduced for 2023, due to the “no” vote on the recommended dues increase. To address this continuing shortfall, we will again be recommending a dues increase in 2024 to catch us up to the levels needed support the neighborhood appropriately. More information will be forthcoming on details, an educational meeting and voting dates/times.
– Homeowner maintenance: As a nearly 20-year-old neighborhood, our properties/homes are starting the show their age. To keep WGC attractive to existing residents and potential buyers, homeowners need to do their part to maintain their homes regularly. Beginning late Spring (on a street-by-street basis), homeowners will receive a letter outlining maintenance needed to get your home up to par, if needed. Items that could be shown on this letter include, but are not limited to, repairs, painting, mold removal, tree planting, mailbox issues, etc. More details to follow when letters begin to go out.
– Landscaping: Three WGC entrances will need landscaping work this year, due to tree/bush removal (due to disease) in Fall 2022. In addition, we are trying to get a grant from Keep Indy Beautiful to purchase trees for the areas surrounding WGC. All of these projects will require assistance from homeowners other than Board members. Please keep your eyes on the website and Facebook pages for upcoming volunteer opportunity dates.
– HOA Management Companies: As requested at the annual meeting, we will provide homeowners with information on HOA management companies, in case that is a direction the homeowners would like to go vs. our current self-management approach. This information will be shared at the May meeting.

Though this is not an exhaustive list of topics the Board is working on in 2023, but it’s the big stuff that that’s taking up a majority of our time. Are there any items you’d like to see on our agenda for the year? If so, please email us, provide more information and we can add items to our working list as capacity allows.

CELEBRATE

I wanted to take this opportunity to welcome Tim Curren to the WGC Board. We are excited to have a new face/voice on the team and look forward to the value he’ll bring to the group.

With the new year also brings a departure from the board. Natalie Scaife has been an at large member for 2 years and was a founding member of the former FUN Committee. We thank her for her service to WGC and wish her well with the many other endeavors on her plate.

NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS!

WGC homeowners benefit from living in a neighborhood with access to amenities such as the swimming pool, playgrounds and entertainment areas without the direct responsibility for upkeep. In order for this community to maintain home values and shared space/amenities, we require the dedication of a group of volunteer board and at-large members to keep everything running behind the scenes. 

We’re actively looking for new board members to help guide and run this community into the future. Please complete and submit this form if you have interest in joining and learn more about how you can make a greater impact within WGC. We’re ALWAYS interested in new voices, skills and energy to help make WGC a great place to live.

Current openings (as of 2/5/2023):
– Board Vice President
– At Large member
– We have a few Board members that have been active for many years and would like to step back into other roles. We need a consistent flow of new interest in joining the Board to give these individuals an opportunity to step back and allow others to lead.

Please — if you have ANY interest in being involved with the running of Woods at Grassy Creek, reach out and we will right size a role for you!

2023 DUES ARE DUE!

Another reminder: We only received about 1/4 of homeowner dues payments in January. Remember, dues should be paid by the end of February at the latest before late fees begin to apply.
– If dues are not paid by March 1, late fees will begin to accrue.
– If dues are not paid by April 1, late fees will increase, and homeowners will be referred to collections.