Presidents Message
Tom Russell
May 28, 2025
The PRPOA is a not-for-profit business organized to protect our individual home values and the enjoyment of our collective benefits of being a member. This is ensured by the Board of Directors, our operating documents, and enforced through the Property Manager and staff.
The Board has fiduciary responsibility for maintaining these documents and our amenities, which in turn protect each member’s property value and ultimately the collective value of Pine Ridge. Anything that diminishes that objective becomes the purview of the Board to act to remove that impediment to the best of its ability.
We have been challenged on multiple fronts: North, South, East and West. None of us have escaped encroachments that will have an immediate or snowball detrimental effect on our property values, our neighbors’ property values, and our peace of mind. The good news is many members have stepped up to answer these challenges and we should all be thankful for their diligence and efforts to protect their neighbors, even if they are miles away.
The Board can only do so much. We need the commitment of concerned members to stand up and be recognized by the powers that be that we are a political force to be reckoned with. We can’t be passive. We must have vision, determination and fortitude to protect our community.
And yes, this is a community. The downside of our large lots is that it is easy to ignore our fellow members’ troubles. Sadly, we have seen a small number actively supporting our challengers due to ignorance of how the association operates and being told that defending other members somehow adversely affects them. That is not neighborly and as we have seen with recent events you may face the next challenge and expect others to come to your support.
I assure you that this Board is committed to preserving our community and protecting its members from challenges to our equity and the peaceful enjoyment of our homes.