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Grogan's Mill Village Association Newsletter
February 26, 2007
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in this issue
-- Woodlands Elections
-- Wal-Mart Construction
-- Noise Wall in Glen Mill
-- The GMVA Has Given $500 Donations to Each of the Four Schools in Grogan’s Mill -- Spring Fun Run -- Lake Wyndemere Apartments -- GMVA joins with all the other Villages in opposing the newly approved roofing styles on the condos on Woodlands Parkway and Grogan’s Mill Road -- Apply for the Grogan's Mill Village Scholarship -- Mailbox Locations Listed on Web Site -- Spring Flea Market -- Woodlands Symphony Orchestra
Greetings!
We are interested in your concerns and comments.
Please let us know what we should do to make
Grogan’s Mill a more vibrant community. Send your
comments to: suggestions@grogansmillvillage.com.
Pass It On: If you find this newsletter of value,
please pass it on to your friends and neighbors.
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Woodlands Elections
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Deborah Sargeant was reelected as the GM resident
representative to the Woodlands Community
Association. Tom Campbell was reelected as an at-
large representative and Walter Cooke has replaced
David Witt as an at large rep.
Three new board members were elected to the
GMVA,
- Sally Johnson: she lives on Timber Wagon, her kids are
all off at school and she has been very active in scouts,
schools and is a tennis player. She has already become
the GM rep to the Woodlands Recreation Committee.
- Glenn Cox: a Houston fireman and a landscape engineer,
lives on Meadow Rue.
- Robie Avalos: is concerned about the future of Grogan's
Mill, lives on Red Cedar.
- Incumbents reelected were Jim Upham, Nick Ransford,
Franklin Palmer and Bruce Cunningham
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Wal-Mart Construction
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Construction has begun at the new Wal-Mart store on
Sawdust. A number of residents on Wind Whisper
have contacted us because they have been told by the
construction workers that paving is going to be done
right up to their property line.
We have been in touch with Wal-Mart and they tell us
that drainage coffers are being constructed to keep
the water from draining off their site onto the
neighboring homes.
We will continue to monitor this situation and if you
have concerns please contact us through the GMVA Web
site. Dan
Avalos is the Board member who is working directly with
Wal-Mart.
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Noise Wall in Glen Mill
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All the residents living between 82 and 124 North
Deerfoot Circle have indicated they would like a noise
wall constructed. TxDOT is now looking at this
structure which appears to feasible. The original
wall would have been from the houses numbered 36
to 136 but four residents have now said they don’t
want a wall and two have not given a definite
response. We will keep you posted.
If you have questions Jim
Upham is the local coordinator for this effort.
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The GMVA Has Given $500 Donations to Each of the Four Schools in Grogan’s Mill
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Lamar Elementary - Lisa Garrison. They will be using
the money to fund a butterfly garden in their atrium.
Hailey Elementary - Dr. Pat Nichol. They will be using
the money for technology. They are trying to get flat
screen monitors for the teachers.
Wilkerson Intermediate School - Marie Hartley. They
are in the middle of a library update and will use the
money for their Literacy Library for Science and Social
Studies.
Knox Jr. High - Gale Drummond. They will be using
the money for technology-LCD Projectors.
Koby Brand,
a GMVA Board member, has joined the schools Site Board.
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Spring Fun Run
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Saturday March 3, 2007 in Grogan’s Point Park
This certified 3.1 mile course runs through the
neighborhood of Grogan’s Point. It is a flat
tree-lined course with a tranquil park-like setting. The
streets will be monitored by local police with times
called at each mile marker.
Read
more...
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Lake Wyndemere Apartments
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It appears that 360 new apartments will be
constructed on the south side of Sawdust Road next
to Grogan’s Point. The Houston Planning
Commission approved the changes from single
family to apartments.
More importantly the Montgomery county engineer,
Mark Mooney, and Precinct 3 Commissioner Ed
Chance have stated the buildings meet the
Montgomery County building requirements. Building
requirement in Montgomery County are limited to
basic items like drainage issues, encroachment on
flood plains, sewage and street issues.
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GMVA joins with all the other Villages in opposing the newly approved roofing styles on the condos on Woodlands Parkway and Grogan’s Mill Road
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The officers of all the village associations in the
Woodlands meet quarterly to discuss issues of
common interest and concern. At the January 31
meeting all the villages agreed that the new shiny
aluminum roofing materials now being applied to
these new town houses and condominiums is not
consistent with the standards that have been
developed by the WCA and TWA.
We were all concerned that this very different style
from has been approvable will destroy the ability to
main existing covenants in the whole community. We
have asked that the roofs be made consistent with
existing standards that are applied in other parts of
The Woodlands.
The new buildings are in the area controlled by The
Woodlands Association and are in Grogan’s Mill for
voting purposes. The Woodlands Development
Company has established a new East Shore Design
Committee with new standards that allows these
construction materials.
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Apply for the Grogan's Mill Village Scholarship
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Each year, the Grogan's Mill Village Association,
serving on behalf of the residents of the community,
raises funds for and awards several $1,000
scholarships to outstanding local students pursuing
higher education. This scholarship is intended to
recognize and encourage a spirit of community
involvement and good citizenship among students
residing in the village.
Scholarships are open to all graduating high school
and current college students and who are residents of
Grogan's Mill are at the time of application. Applicants
must also be in good standing at their school at the
time of application. Applicants may attend either a 2 or
4 year college or vocational school.
Completed applications must be mailed post-marked no later than April
1, 2007 and applications are available on the Grogan's
Mill Web
site.
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more...
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Mailbox Locations Listed on Web Site
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The Grogan's Mill Web site now has a listing of
mailboxes around Grogan's Mill Village, complete with
pickup times. The next time you have a piece of mail
that needs to go out that day, check our Web site to
find the nearest mailbox.
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more...
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Spring Flea Market
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The Woodlands Spring Flea Market will be held
Saturday, March 17, 7:00-10:00 a.m., at the Town
Center Parking Garage. This garage is located at the
southwest corner of Six Pines Drive and Lake
Robbins Drive, adjacent to the Cynthia Woods Mitchell
Pavilion.
Shopping at the flea market is free to the public.
Homeowners wishing to sell used household goods
can purchase booth space at the market. Tickets for
booth spaces will go on sale Saturday, March 3, 8:30
a.m.-12:00 p.m., near Randalls Supermarket in the
Panther Creek Village Center. Any booth tickets
remaining after that date will be available at the
Community Associations Building, 2201 Lake
Woodlands Drive, directly across the street from The
Woodlands United Methodist Church.
Booth prices are $45 for residents, $70 for non-
residents and $100 for Commercial sellers.
Samples, craft items and new merchandise are
considered commercial. Each booth space consists
of two parking spaces and allows entry for two
vehicles. A vehicle and trailer requires the purchase
of two booth spaces, and one additional vehicle is
allowed. Trailers are limited to a maximum bed
length of 12 feet. The maximum height limit for
vehicles, trailers and their loads is 7 feet. There will
be no space for vehicles exceeding this height limit.
There will be a charity truck and dumpsters for unsold
merchandise after the flea market.
The GMVA gets a share of the proceeds from the flea
market. These funds are used to support our
scholarship program. If you would like to help us in
this effort by volunteering to assist at the flea market,
please contact any member of the GMVA.
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Woodlands Symphony Orchestra
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The Woodlands Symphony Orchestra's next concert is
on Saturday, March 24th at McCullough at 7:30pm.
The orchestra will perform music written by students
from The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University
that has been written to describe original art from
students in CISD fine arts program.
If you are interested in joining a local group that meets
before or after the performance let us know at Bruce@gmva.org.
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