solar lights
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Third Solar Light in Park
Though there were some issues at first, there is now a new, 3rd, solar light in the park. Again, the objective was to provide light on and around the basketball court as well as the west side entry pathway. Solar lights do not get as bright as electrical powered lights, but considering the low cost and free power for the sun, I think it works well for our purposes. The Board does have more ideas for the parks, but I think everyone can agree the changes, additions we’ve made in the past few years have improved on safety as well…
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Solar Lighted Park Pathway
The West side pathway into the park now has a much needed solar light. That part of the park was always a dark spot at night. This solar light was originally placed by the basketball court, however it wasn’t doing any good there and the Board felt it could be better utilized by providing light for that pathway.. which you can see it, indeed, does. We have also moved the solar light on the other side of the basketball court to where the above mentioned light used to sit, between the ramada and the court. And we will then have…
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Accent Lights on the New Steps
We’ve added some accent solar lights to the newly installed platform steps at the north side of the large park. While it wasn’t that dark there at night, it does provide some light to show where the steps edges are. Stay tuned for more lighting updates soon.
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Theft & Damages in the Community
Recently there have been theft of flowers from the entryway monuments on Acoma, tampering with the solar lights, and damages to community property including the message board and shed. This cost the community money and, in the end, you the residents will pay for it with increased fees and possibly fines, unless we do something about it. During my (Jason/President) on the Board, my main goal was to make this community look better with flowers, plants and more and to drive a sense of an actual community and friendship by having meet ups, BBQs and events like we just had…
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More Solar Lighting
We know there are some residents that like to utilize the park at night. where to play basketball, sit at the benches or just to walk around. While we encourage use of the park, even at night, while being respectful of neighboring homes and keeping the sound down, of course, we do want to make it a safe as possible. A months back, we added one solar light as a sort of trial, which seemed to be working successfully, so we then added one to the ramada where the table is. Again, successful. The ramada in the smaller park will…
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Light Shines on Our Monuments
We have added some solar lights to the monuments as you enter from Acoma. These lights not only shine a little light on the community name but also are part of our efforts to improve the community visuals and show nearby residents and visitors that we care about our community and how it’s viewed by others. As part of those efforts to improve the community, we also are trying to make it safer. We already added one large LED solar light in the park to help bring some light to an otherwise darker area. But we have seen various people…
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Solar Light Added In Park
We’ve added a new solar light in the large park just off the side of the basketball court. The goal is the light the darker side of the park and it seems to be doing just fine in that area. We will be testing it out for a few months and possibly will be adding a few more if it works out. We may add one above the basketball net to help light the court as well. While we know thinning the trees will help with that, having a light dedicated to the court would be help all year round.