2014 ANNUAL SPRING MEETING

GILLETTE WOODS ASSOCIATION

TODAY’S AGENDA

• A Brief Overview of Gillette Woods Association Evolution

• A Look at Last Year : Updates & Efforts

• The Treasurer’s Report

• Tryon/Gillette Woods Real Estate Outlook

• Presentation of new GWA Director Candidates

• Member Input, Q & A

LET’S START HERE ~

1. Gillette Woods – A Brief Overview

•William Gillette acquires Tryon acreage 1917 – 1925

•700 acres in “Gillette Woods” is sold to Thermal Belt Development Company

•1st Lot, Lot # 11, in Piney Top area is sold on 1/7/1926

•The registered Deed included 9 Covenants re land use & single family dwelling restrictions.

Gillette Woods becomesA Neighborhood Association

• Thermal Belt Development becomes Gillette Woods, Inc. – 1941

• Revised & expanded covenants are adopted, effective 1/1/1941

• A Neighborhood Committee is formed, with 1 vote per Household, regarding the Gillette Woods Development

• The Neighborhood Committee becomes the Gillette Woods Association as of 2/14/1946 (Happy 68th, GWA!!)

• Dues were set at $10. per “Active Member”

TIME MARCHES ON ~ 1954

Gillette Woods’ Areas

As of Jan. 1962, the Gillette Woods development included the 6 sections known as -

Glenwalden Thousand Pines Overlook Piney Ridge Hogback Mountain Upper Crest

Gillette Woods Association, INCORPORATED

• In 1978, the Association was incorporated as a 501 (c)(4) corporation in the State of North Carolina

• Covenants & Restrictions were agreed upon and published:

to the purpose of the support and benefit of Gillette Wood residents and/or property owners, and to promote the

goal of the serene ambience of the unique wooded community of Gillette Woods.

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A BRIEF LOOK AT THE PAST YEAR

1.Emphasis on Communications

Via Email, Newsletters, Web Site… even Phone Calls!

In the past year, GWA sent out:

16 “blast” Emails 3 Newsletters/Mailings 3 Updates to the Website

GWA Blast Emails Have Included -

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Sign Up for Tryon’s NIXIE Email Alerts

• DO sign up with the Tryon Town Manager’s office to receive alerts and notices that are as current as possible

• Contact Joey Davis’s office :

tryonmng@tryon-nc.com

Example Of Nixie Email -

Community: Emergency Siren Test, 4/12Hi Tryon Communications Subscriber,

The Town of Tryon will be conducting the quarterly test of our Emergency Siren on Saturday, 12 April at noon. This test will last for 4

minutes.

For more information on Tryon's Emergency Siren: http://tinyurl.com/TryonSiren For full details, view this message on

the web.

Sent by Tryon Communications291 North Trade Street, Tryon, NC 28782

To manage your email settings, click here. To update your account settings, login here.

If you prefer not to receive future emails, unsubscribe here.Powered by . © 2014 Nixle, LLC. All rights reserved.

GWA Is On The Web!

www.gillettewoods.webs.comNewsletters, Notices & Pictures

GWA Covenants & Restrictions (“C & R”s)

GWA Good Neighbor Handbook

2. NEW GWA SIGNS

The Gillette Woods signs - our “Calling Card” to Friends & Visitors.

The 6 signs were all in need of rehabilitation – 4 were not salvageable for the wear & erosion that had occurred over the years.

NEW GWA SIGNS

• Community Input received: Make the Signs More Welcoming

• The Board determined that all 6 signs should be alike and be provided to all GWA areas.

• Local sign maker, SignSource, produced & installed the signs, and removed all old material.

New signs were in place in February, 2014.

NEW GWA SIGNS

The Generous Donations from 48 Gillette Woods residents covered 68% of the cost of this Project!

We are grateful for the generous support and are pleased with the outcome!

3. GWA & Invasive Plants

Facts of Life: Death, Taxes and Invasive Plants !

The GWA Irregulars experienced something of a “stand-down” during the extraordinary 2013 summer

rains which created a damper to those efforts.

The culprit plants: English Ivy, Tree-of-Heaven, Privet, Bamboo & Kudzu

GWA & Invasive Plants

The first line of defense is for the homeowners to maintain their properties. 

Tips & Resources:

•This NC State website provides a wealth of information

http://www.ncsu.edu/goingnative/howto/mapping/invexse/kudzu.html

GWA & Invasive Plants

Tips & Resources:

2. The Polk County Extension Office in Columbus (828/894-8218)

3. The Polk County “Weed Watch” column, written by John Vining each month for the Tryon Daily Bulletin

If you see an infestation that needs control, especially on  vacant property, please contact

Gillettewoods@gmail.com

We will maintain an inventory of these reports, will try to engage the Town of Tryon to address these locations if in Town limits and will otherwise try to address

4. GWA Neighborhood Watch

• There is a Neighborhood Watch Program – it is as good as YOUR participation!

• Watch out for your neighbors as yourselves –

• Know your Neighborhood Watch “Pod Captain” and keep him/her informed as necessary.

GWA Neighborhood Watch Captains

Know your Captains:

• Dick Belthoff  440 East Park Dr

• Craig Williams  1345 Braewick Rd

• Christine Mariotti  707 Dogwood Tr

• Jim Wright  10 Hillswick Rd

• Lucy  Mauney 1421 Carolina Dr

• Need a Captain: Greenstoke Loop

• Norma French 387 Carolina Dr

• Beth Childs  611 Carolina Dr

• Paty Ausum  10 Thousand Pines Ln

• Kathy Gross  664 Braewick Rd

 

GWA NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH TIPS •Notify your neighborhood watch captain and/or your near neighbors when you plan a time away from home.  •If you live in town limits, notify the Tryon Police. If outside town limits, notify the 911 center at the Sheriff’s administration secure number...894 3001. •People living alone should consider having a daily telephone contact person or may use the Sheriff Dept. "Are you OK" program".  Call Kim Pack at 894 3001 for more information.

5. GWA Welcome Wagon

GWA has renewed the Welcome Wagon program to new resident homeowners!

Welcome Wagon greeting bags, filled with information about Gillette Woods, Tryon and introduction materials from Tryon merchants and beyond are all “part of the package”

Should anyone wish to participate, or know of a new resident homeowner, please let Kathy Gross or Paty Ausum know via email at Gillettewoods@gmail.com

THE TREASURER’S REPORT

Historical View: Dues Paid

• 6/2008 – 5/31/2009$920• 6/2009 – 5/31/2010$839• 6/2010 – 5/31/2011$955• 6/2011 – 5/31/2012$910• 6/2012 – 5/31/2013 $1,070

• 6/2013 – 4/2014$1,650

THE TREASURER’S REPORT

Member Dues were increased in 2013 to $20. per Owner.

We anticipate that at the end of 2014-2015Dues paid will approximate $2,400.

Current assets are:Tryon Federal Checking: $ 325.65Tryon Federal Savings: $7,024.07

Gillette Woods Real Estate Update

Kathy Toomey, New View Realty

Broker/OwnerEmail Kathy@kathytoomey.comOffice: 866-498-0088Mobile: 828-817-0942Fax: 866-256-5957

GW ACTIVE – 4/2014

MLS List $ Street ACRES BR FB HB SQFT Built Prior $ CDOM

543660 173,500 Redbird Road 0.43 2 1 0 970 1960 286

465240 219,000 Glengarnock Rd. 1.23 3 3 0 2316 1950 235,000 1444

528404 238,000 Glenwalden Circle 0.57 3 3 0 1692 1992 248,000 539

538819 249,000 Carolina Drive 2.79 3 2 1 2506 1989 279,000 349

552298 269,900 Hogback Mountain Rd. 0.69 3 2 0 2954 1975 269,000 741

518576 279,500 Hogback Mountain Rd. 1.52 3 2 1 2728 1954 299,500 708

553210 285,000 Hogback Mountain Rd. 2.2 3 2 1 2184 1980 126

525656 295,000 Hogback Mountain Rd. 0.94 4 2 1 2316 1955 589

540201 295,000 Devil's Ridge Lane 2.17 3 4 1 2400 1969 335

502661 379,500 Jervey Road 4.16 3 2 0 1996 1964 393,500 1145

556003 599,999 Carolina Drive 2.18 4 3 1 5764 1978 58

534500 649,000 Carolina Drive 2.24 3 2 1 3870 1932 645,000 999

525379 795,000 Carolina Drive 3.2 3 2 1 3870 1932 594

GILLETTE WOODS – SOLD 2013 - 2014

MLS List $ Sold $ Date Street ACRES BR FB HB SQFT Built CDOM % of ask476184 329,000 260,000 17-Jan-13 Hogback Mountain Rd. 1.66 4 4 0 3460 1966 829 0.79510612 135,000 93,000 23-Jan-13 Glenwalden Lane 0.50 3 2 0 2754 1950 329 0.69488876 275,000 330,000 2-Feb-13 Hogback Mountain Rd 1.50 3 3 1 4085 1975 271 1.20506512 129,500 110,000 2-Apr-13 Forest Lane 0.63 3 2 0 1512 1947 550 0.85520654 459,000 427,500 6-Jun-13 Carolina Drive 1.62 3 4 1 3080 1953 337 0.93522262 163,500 155,000 20-Jun-13 Carolina Drive 1.25 2 2 0 1400 1966 452 0.95535689 319,000 275,000 16-Jul-13 Carolina Drive 5.69 4 3 0 2457 1952 85 0.86537107 328,000 300,000 19-Jul-13 Braewick Road 1.07 3 3 0 2135 2011 81 0.91542140 389,000 385,000 26-Jul-13 Greenstoke Loop 0.55 4 3 1 2627 2006 37 0.99532864 324,500 306,000 23-Aug-13 Dogwood Trail 8.00 3 4 0 2670 1985 189 0.94522306 235,000 199,000 28-Aug-13 Marion Street 0.63 3 2 0 1439 1960 377 0.85516295 595,000 525,000 24-Sep-13 Dug Hill Trail 3.90 3 3 1 2800 1955 491 0.88541983 129,500 125,000 9-Oct-13 Forest Lane 0.63 3 2 0 1512 1947 109 0.97547949 225,000 170,000 16-Jan-14 Doubleday Road 2.74 3 2 0 1800 1966 126 0.76550113 398,000 373,000 3-Feb-14 Carolina Drive 2.45 3 5 0 2840 1950 115 0.94552473 169,900 154,000 7-Mar-14 Forest Lane 0.73 3 2 1 2648 1964 45 0.91545841 79,900 58,500 17-Mar-14 Forest Lane 0.65 3 2 0 1561 1907 165 0.73

218,200 188,875 2 3 3 0 2212 1947 113 0.83 275,518 249,765 Average 2.01 3 3 0 2399 1962 270 0.91

554832 225,000 Dogwood Trail 1.08 3 2 0 1547 1991 83

GW SOLD YTD

MLS List $ Sold $ Date Street ACRES BR FB HB SQFT Built CDOM % of ask545841 79,900 58,500 17-Mar-14 Forest Lane 0.65 3 2 0 1561 1907 165 0.73552473 169,900 154,000 7-Mar-14 Forest Lane 0.73 3 2 1 2648 1964 45 0.91547949 225,000 170,000 16-Jan-14 Doubleday Road 2.74 3 2 0 1800 1966 126 0.76550113 398,000 373,000 3-Feb-14 Carolina Drive 2.45 3 5 0 2840 1950 115 0.94

218,200 188,875 Average 1.64 3 3 0 2212 1947 113 0.87

554832 225,000 Pending 4/30/2014 Dogwood Trail 1.08 3 2 0 1547 1991 83

GW ACTIVE LISTINGS 2012 - 2014

GW CLOSED SALES 2012 - 2014

GW MEDIAN SALES PRICES 2012 - 2014

CURRENT GWA BOARD

• Paula Jordan, President*• Ken Miller, Vice – President*• Peggy Wyllie, Director*

• Kathy Gross, Director• Paty Ausum, Secretary• Libby Rauch, Treasurer• John Ryan, Director

* Rotating Off Board

NEW BOARD CANDIDATES

Parky Flanagan, upper Hogback Mountain Rd.

Louis McCray, Greenstoke Loop

Jim Steckel, Doubleday Street

Stephanie Kaneps, Greenleaf Lane

Bill Cummings, Marion Street

GWA Spring Meeting Conclusion

• Q & A

• Input

• Suggestions

GWA Spring Meeting - Drawing

May the best ticket win!!

See you at the GWA web site!!