Flynn's Crossing News

A revised Parking Policy and cover letter were mailed to all residents and owners on May 9th. Please take a moment to read about these important changes, which take effect June 15, 2012.

The letter and revised policy appear here.

The 2012 Annual Meeting and Elections will be held Tuesday, October 9th, 7 pm at Heritage Baptist Church on Shellhorn Road.

While we would very much like to meet everyone in person, the reality is that, at least to date, the annual meeting has not been well attended. Because it is our annual meeting and election, this causes a problem: if we do not have 10% of the community (including both Flynn’s and our sister HOA, Hearthside condominiums), we cannot hold the meeting and must continue to make attempts to gather at least 10% of residents for the voting.

If you do not plan to attend the annual meeting, PLEASE complete a proxy form and submit it either to NRP or directly to the Board by emailing the completed document to us. Please do not rely upon others to do this: we need every resident to take the simple step of printing and submitting this proxy, as soon as possible, to avoid a problem with the vote. You can still decide to attend in person, at which point we’ll ignore your proxy and take your note in person. Click here to download a copy of the form. Thank you!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 5, 2012

Residents Reminded to Lock their Vehicles and Remove High-Dollar Items After Rash of Recent Thefts

Loudoun County, VA – The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office reminds residents to remove high-dollar items and garage door openers from their vehicles when left unattended. In the past several days vehicles in the Lowes Island were entered and were either rummaged through or items were taken. Most of the vehicles entered were left unlocked.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Crime Prevention Unit is offering residents several tips for deterring thefts from vehicles:

• KEEP YOUR VEHICLE LOCKED. Most stolen items are taken from vehicles that are left unlocked.

• Remove all items from your vehicle, including garage door openers, when not in use. When you cannot do this, put the items out of sight (inside a lockable glove box or trunk). If your vehicle has anintegrated garage door opener, please try to park your vehicle in the garage.

• A visible GPS unit is an obvious target, but car prowlers also look for any signs that one may be inside your vehicle, such as a mount on the window or dashboard. Even the circle impression left on the windshield from the suction cup mount is enough for thieves to break-in. They assume a GPS is hidden somewhere inside. Please try to rid your unattended vehicle of all tell-tale signs.

• Park inside your garage, if available, and keep the garage locked. Or, try to park your vehicle near or under an illuminated area.

Residents are also encouraged to register high-dollar items such as GPS units, tablets, laptops and MP3 players with the manufacturer and have the serial number available for the responding deputy if a theft occurs. This may assist with recovering the item in the event of a larceny.

Anyone with information about the perpetrators of these crimes is asked to contact the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division at 703-777-0475. If the caller wishes to remain anonymous they should call Loudoun Crime Solvers at 703-777-1919. If the information provided leads to an arrest and indictment, the caller could be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1000.

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We’ve heard from enough residents to get the preferred pricing, and are going to be scheduling the work as soon as ProArbor can accommodate us.

Please sign up by Friday, July 29th if you would like to join in, by emailing us to let us know you are a definite. We’ll then schedule the work.  As discussed in a previous post, each resident is responsible for payment to ProArbor.

Hope you’re staying cool!

The Board has worked with ProArbor Tree Care Professionals to arrange Group Buy pricing on trimming (or removal/replacement, if you are interested) of the front yard trees. If your tree is in need of trimming, as many are, this is an opportunity to get the work done at a discount, and in a uniform way throughout the community.

Based on the pricing we have seen on other trimming and removal services, we feel ProArbor’s pricing is excellent. Please note though that you are free to hire whomever you like to do the work (note that tree removal requires a Covenant Application be submitted to the HOA, prior to starting work).

Pricing is based upon us signing up at least three residents, and will vary depending on the size “crown” your particular tree has. The attached document from ProArbor gives specific pricing based on address: click here to review it.

We are asking that interested residents sign up immediately, and we’ll be setting a deadline for the signup soon, based on ProArbor’s availability. For now, please just let us know if you are definitely in; we will then contact you directly when the work is ready to be done so you can contact ProArbor and provide payment.

Thanks!

This latest round of covenant inspections found many trees in need of trimming. Here are three highly-rated service companies in our area. We are working on “group buy” pricing with ProArbor, and will pass the information on when we finalize things.

Here is a good site on general tree care, as well.

SavATree
5330 Port Royal Road
Suite A
Springfield, VA 22151
(571) 282-2500
Email: springfield@savatree.com
Website: http://www.savatree.com/tree-service-va.html

JL Tree Service, Inc.
3301 Old Pickett Rd Fairfax VA 22031
703-359-4444
Email: support@jltree.com
Website: http://www.jltree.com/

ProArbor
Michael Leibfreid, ISA Certified Arborist
Email: mike@proarbor.com
Website: www.ProArbor.com

Runs from May 7th until Oct 29th
Saturdays, 8 am until Noon

44036 Pipeline Plaza, Ashburn Crossroads Restaurant Park, at the corner of Ashburn Village Blvd and Farmwell Rd, behind IHOP & Fuddruckers

more info here…

This group buy is closed. We’ll keep residents who signed up updated via email. Thanks!