The Board is always looking at ways to improve the neighborhood. We are particularly focused on finding ways to increase home values by making our neighborhood a more inviting place. This year the HOA approved a budget of $4,000 for a general improvements fund. While we hoped to increase this through the Fishers neighborhood grant fund, unfortunately we weren’t chosen for this year. We hope to be better prepared for next year and increase our bang for the buck.
This year though we wanted to focus on the first impression potential home buyers have while also making existing owners proud to come home each day.
We settled on the addition of a sign on the neighborhood entrance wall, past the apartment entrance. There are two thoughts behind this. The first is to visually separate the single family homes from the apartments; as it is, I’ve always felt like we are secondary and I want to change that. The second is that we feel this sign will give our neighborhood a high end impression and make the wall feel more complete.
For the design we chose aluminum letters in an aged bronze finish that will stand off from the wall. This will be particularly nice looking at night with the up lighting we will be adding. Within budget we will also include uplighting on the trees behind the wall. You can see an example of this type of sign below.
With the remainder of the improvements budget we will add a bench at a location to be determined. If you have any ideas please let us know. We would like to add more in the coming years.
This is just the start of many improvements I would like to make. Next year we plan on focusing on the 121st entrance which can definitely use attention.
We are looking for feedback on this current plan, please reach out asap if you have any specific suggestions. If you have ideas for additional improvements I encourage you to attend our end of the year meeting when we will be discussing next years improvements