Pool Project Progress

The pool project made some strides, but only because two men pushed vendors to perform and stay on schedule to complete the job by Christmas. Ripley is thanking one of them in the picture, and I add my thanks to Mark Hullinger, who is not even on the board, but has been the neighbor who embraced this project and decided that if it was going to get done, he was going to have to push all parties to complete it. Mark has done some fantastic videos on YouTube, very professionally done. Google his name Mark Hullinger or winding oaks pool update to see some of his excellent work. Ripley is standing next to his video gear in the small inset picture.

Bill Urban, the other guy I reference, is the Board VP, and fully engaged once he and his wife returned. I've seen Bill and Maggie doing other things for the neighborhood as well, including putting up Christmas lights at our entrances. This week the board will meet to approve a budget and several other matters, including choosing the pool colors after Mark sent out a ballot. In future blog entries, you will see what color palate was selected.

So now, we have gotten to the point where the primary concrete layer is installed, which allowed the "shade structure" people to come in on a Saturday and complete their part of the deal. In the next few days, fencing will go up, and repairs to the pool building will start. Mark and Bill promise this job will be completed by Christmas, and hopefully they'll be right. I'm just happy that somebody on the board cares - Lord knows some of our absentee board members have been less than engaged. That's what elections are for, I guess.