Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 261, Issue 29

[Jack & Carolyn Salmon (2salmon]

Do you have Reserve funds for maintenance and replacement of community 
property?   Are landscape maintenance and replacement included as reserves 
fundable items?

If not, you are probably going to need to ‘bite the bullet’ and use monies 
designated for another use or make a special assessment.  Neither are very 
palatable; but delay just makes the work more difficult and expensive. And the 
situation more dangerous to people and property.

Be sure to include major landscape work in your next reserves study.

Carolyn
Quimper Village

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> Today's Topics:
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>   1. Tree Management: Overgrown Trees in Co-housing Communities
>      (Ed Sutton)
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> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:57:42 -0400
> From: Ed Sutton <ed440 [at] me.com>
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: [C-L]_ Tree Management: Overgrown Trees in Co-housing
>       Communities
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> In a recent Cohousing USA program, very brief mention was made of communities 
> which, due to lack of foresight in early years, now find dangerous, aging 
> trees growing over and near to buildings. 
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> One community had several instances of damage from falling trees or branches 
> and has had to change financial plans to pay for extensive tree trimming and 
> removal.
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> I'd like to hear from communities about experiences with tree management, 
> especially where a community has neglected tree management for 20+ years and 
> now is trying to come to terms with the fact that trees do not get smaller 
> when people delay.
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> Thanks!
> 
> Ed Sutton 
> Eno Commons
> Durham NC
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