Get Involved: New Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet Available!

At the November Townhall, we heard a strong message from our community: many of you want to help and volunteer, but aren’t sure how to get involved. We’ve listened and are excited to announce a new tool designed by the Communications Committee to make volunteering easier and more accessible for everyone!

How You Can Help

We’ve created a list of tasks and a sign-up form for volunteers. This way, even if you can’t attend the scheduled clean-up times, there are still plenty of opportunities to contribute. Whether it’s gardening, cleaning, or other community upkeep activities, your participation is crucial.

Why We Need You

As a self-managed homeowners association, we rely 100% on the volunteer efforts of our board members and residents. This approach helps keep our assessments down and ensures our community remains beautiful. However, to sustain these efforts, we need everyone’s help. If we can’t continue self-managing, we will have to hire professional services, which will increase our assessments.

When you see neighbors cleaning up or gardening, they are volunteering to maintain our community. We need more volunteers to sustain these efforts and keep Crane Ridge a wonderful place to live.

How to Get Involved

Join us in making a difference! Your help is essential. Sign up for a volunteer task today by visiting our new volunteer task page. The list of tasks will be updated regularly as needs change, so check back often for new opportunities.

Sign-Up for a Volunteer Task

Additionally, the link to the Volunteer Sign-Up is now available on the Home page of our website for easy access.

Thank you for your continued support and dedication to our community!

Road Work in Craneridge!!!

🚧 Attention Craneridge Residents! 🚧

🔨 Road Work Alert! 🔨

The Town of Concord is gearing up to enhance our streets! Here’s the schedule:

📅Power Brooming: May 15th & 16th
They’ll be power brooming along Hardwood, Hardwood Ct. Autumn, Deer Run, Woodstock, and Tarn Trail!

🚗 Parking Notice: Please, DO NOT PARK your vehicles in the streets during this time to ensure smooth progress and safety for all.

⚠️ Tar & Chipping: May 20th – May 22nd
Tar & chipping work will take place on the mentioned streets.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Join your neighbors at the Craneridge Spring-Clean-up on Sunday, May 19th, from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm.

Looking for Volunteers for the Community-Wide Spring-Clean-up happening on Sunday, May 19th, from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm.

Plan on Meeting at the Pool Shelter at 9:00 am this Sunday. We plan to work until Noon. Even if you can only come for an hour or will be an hour or two late, please consider volunteering. Any amount of help is appreciated!

We will assign “jobs” as you arrive. Please seek out a member of the Maintenance Committee as you arrive for directions. If you have tools to share, please consider bringing items such as rakes, brush trimmers, weed puller, handsaws, etc. with you. Please label them with your name!

We especially need tools for pulling or eradicating weeds!

Questions?
craneridgeassociationinc@gmail.com

Craneridge Brush Pick-up on Monday June 3rd, 2024

Craneridge brush pickup will be done on Monday, June 3 – One day only!

Brush must be out to the road by 6:00 AM on June 3rd, placed perpendicular to the road.

NO leaves, NO gravel, NO twine, NO strings, NO bags, etc. allowed,
Nothing raked will be picked up.

Only brush/trees/limbs less than 14″ in diameter, and max of 10 feet long. 
Entire pile of brush should measure 10 feet x 4 feet, no larger.

Each member is limited to ONE pile of brush which should be No LARGER than 10 feet x 4 feet,

Each road will be cleared once only. They are not going back through, so don’t add more after they picked up your pile.

🏊‍♂️ Exciting News for Our Community Pool! 🏊‍♀️

We’re thrilled to announce some exciting upgrades happening at our community pool! 🎉 This month, we’re upgrading the pool heater room with waterproof walls, an updated electrical layout, a new grounding rod, exhaust and intake fans, and plumbing updates to meet 2024 standards. These improvements are set to be completed by June 1st, just in time for the summer season! ☀️

Last year, we encountered some unexpected challenges that required immediate attention. However, rest assured, we’ve been actively working behind the scenes to ensure the pool is in top condition for this summer. We’re taking proactive steps to make necessary repairs and upgrades to enhance the pool heater room performance and longevity. The pool will be opened by a professional pool company on June 3rd, and we can’t wait for a fantastic summer ahead! 🌊

But wait, there’s more! 📣 We’re on the lookout for dedicated members of our community who would like to volunteer for the pool committee. As member volunteers, the more we work together and help, the better our community and pool will be! We’re especially seeking adults 18+ who are interested in learning about pool testing levels (e.g., Alkalinity and Chlorine) and how to balance pool water chemicals. Don’t worry if you’re new to this – you’ll receive training from our current volunteers. If you’re always at the pool and would like to lend a hand, you’d be the perfect candidate to join us! Please reach out to Kathryn Orrange at 716-867-9147 for more information. 🙌

Let’s make this summer at our community pool the best one yet! See you by the poolside! 🌟

Annual Members’ Meeting on Sunday June 9, 2024


The association’s 🎉 annual meeting is the best opportunity for you to learn about this year’s events and get caught up on everything happening in our community. 📆

Vote for new Board Members – There will be three (3) Board positions open!!

Stay after the meeting for a pizza social! 🍕

Next BOD Meeting – Monday May 6th @ 6:45 pm via ZOOM

Monday, May 6, 2024  @ 6:45 pm
Via Zoom– This meeting will be held online via Zoom and is open to all community members. This meeting is password protected. To obtain the link and password for the online meeting, please log into the Craneridge Homeowners page: https://craneridge.org/homeowners-2/

Craneridge Association BOD Meeting Agenda:

Mission Statement: Enhance our living environment through woodlands stewardship, shared property maintenance, and community building.

Outcomes [or Intended Results] for this meeting: 

By the end of this meeting we will accomplish the following: 

  • Understand the latest developments occurring within our committees;
  • Update BOD on the progress made on “Actions we agreed to complete” that are outside of the committees;
  • Review options for Video Surveillance at the Pool/Playground/Basketball Court Areas.  .  
Sections and TopicsLeaderTime (minutes) 
CONNECT – Check-in Shannon W. 5
COMMENTS – Member’s Public Comments WelcomeN/AN/A
Meeting Minutes Meeting Approval for April 2024Shannon W. 5  
CONVENE – Quick review of Outcomes, Agenda, and rolesShannon W. 5
CONSENT AGENDA – Officer & Committee ReportsPresident, Vice President, Secretary, & Treasurer/Finance ReportCommittees Executive Secretary Officers, Committee Chairs & Executive Secretary 1 minute each

(~10) 
CONTEXT – Review Follow-up Action Plan Template ItemsShannon W. 5
CONTENT – with “open,” “narrow,” or ”close”
Security Camera at the Pool, Playground, and Basketball Court Areas  (O,N,D) – discuss the installation of video surveillance at the Pool, Playground, Pool Shelter and Basketball court areas.Shannon 30
Any other Topics that need to be Discussed N/AN/A
CONTINUE & CONCLUDE  – Summarize, Action Plans, Next MeetingShannon5

NOTES: ONC label meanings
O = Open (Talking about it for the first time & opening the discussion)
N = Narrow (Focusing on Options & narrowing down the discussion)
C = Close (Making a decision and closing the discussion)

Board of Director Candidates Needed – 3 Positions opening!

There are THREE (3) Craneridge HOA Board Positions opening, to be elected during the Annual Meeting scheduled on Sunday, June 9, 2024

If you are interested in joining the Board of Directors and getting involved in the community, please send an e-mail indicating your interest to The Nomination Committee Chair: Austin Ridley 607-279-9141| austin@go-cmc.com

In order to ensure that your name and short bio is placed in the Spring Newsletter, the Association we would like your Nomination no later than May 8, 2024.

Heads Up: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Treatment Begins

This Sunday (April 21), we’ll begin our first year of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid treatment. We’ll focus first on HWA infested trees and adjacent areas (common and homeowner property). We’ll also start to proactively treat selected trees in areas with dense Hemlock populations. A highly effective liquid treatment (Imidaclorid) will be applied directly to the base of the trees and will last for 5-7 years. There will be NO spraying. Left untreated, HWA infested trees will die within 10 years. We will not be able to save all our Hemlocks.

DETAILS, FAQs, TREATMENT STEPS, and MORE
If you love Craneridge and our Hemlocks, you’ll want to spend some time exploring this page. https://craneridge.org/take-a-stand-against-hemlock-woolly-adelgid/

QUESTIONS? CONCERNS?
Should you have questions or concerns, please contact Gwen Alegre at gwenalegre@gmail.com or Sam Lewandowski at slewandowski92@gmail.com.