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Building “Community” Within Your Community

Filed Under Building Community, Governance

Posted September 20, 2011

Community spirit means pride in a community. Building community spirit creates an emotional equity allowing residents to have an invested interest in their community. The key to having a spirited community doesn’t rest in the size or the wealth of the association, but rather the enthusiasm and energy of the residents. Community associations throughout theGo to Resource

Join the Club

Filed Under Discrimination, Litigation

Posted September 20, 2011

In the classic film The Breakfast Club aspiring principal Richard Vernon watches over a brain, a basket case, an athlete, a princess, and a criminal, during a Saturday detention. Does this sound like your Board? The day at Shermer High School is an entertaining one, with this “Breakfast Club” of rapscallions being largely misunderstood byGo to Resource

Discrimination Claims – Where Do They Come From?

Filed Under Discrimination, Litigation

Posted September 20, 2011

It’s a bright spring morning and the market is beginning to defrost from its long winter chill. Spring purchasers are out, including Polly Purchaser who is looking to move her family to a new community. While looking at the community, Polly asks a board member what the community is like. The Board member responds byGo to Resource

Community Associations Must “Accommodate” Emotionally Troubled Residents

Filed Under Discrimination, Litigation

Posted September 20, 2011

Every profession has its war stories. For community associations, these stories increasingly involve owners who, because of age, emotional problems, or both, pose a threat to themselves and to others in the community. Like the woman with Alzheimer’s, who wandered regularly from her complex when her son, with whom she lived, was traveling on business. Go to Resource

Xeriscaping and Covenant Controlled Communities

Filed Under Enforcement and Fines

Posted September 20, 2011

American society has experienced a “green” movement. This eco-friendly movement has created many new laws and measures that have been enacted to encourage more earth friendly practices. But how do some of these laws impact your homeowners association? One common situation that may arise is the topic of xeriscaping. In 2005, Colorado enacted law thatGo to Resource

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