Next Meeting: March 17th—7pm @ VC

1. We ask motorists to exercise caution when driving through Spring Ridge in the morning hours as we will switch to Daylight Savings on Sunday, March 8th.

2. In preparation for Pool Season (yes, summer will come sometime), the locker room floors were resurfaced this winter to improve both the cleanliness and appearance of these facilities.

3. Plans continue for the build out of the Newport Ridge Townhouse project. Lennar will be looking to establish a sales office in the Spring Ridge Community in the near future.

4. Patriot Land and Wildlife will begin work on repairing the Storm Water Management Easement Area in the upper portion of Bannister Drive.

5. Spring Ridge Elementary will again host the Roo Run on Saturday, June 6th. Look for more information in this newsletter and future newsletters about this exciting event.

Board Corner

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Boy Scout Mulch Sales/ Annual ACC Inspection/ A Plea to Residents

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Spring Ridge Elem. Roo Run/FAN Club News/ Classifieds

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The Spring Ridge Review newsletter is available to owners/residents via email. If you get the newsletter via email, you won’t receive a hard copy mailed. Instead, you’ll receive an email with the newsletter attached. Receiving the newsletter via email benefits the owners of the community because it saves money that would need to be used to mail it via U.S. mail. To sign up for the email version of the newsletter, contact nadena.mg@pmpbiz.com with your name, property address and email address.

Winter Pool Talk

NO GLASS in the pool complex has always been a rule in Spring Ridge. But for your safety, 2015 will bring a stronger effort to enforce this rule. Each month will have a reminder in the newsletter so that by Memorial Day weekend when the pools

open, we won’t have anyone bringing glass bottles into the pool complex. So make your alternative container plans now, before summer. NO GLASS will be allowed this year and from now on.

March 2 ~ 7:30pm—Recreation Committee Meeting @ VC

March 6 ~ 4pm—ACC Application Submission Deadline

March 11 ~ 7pm—ACC Meeting @ VC

March 17 ~ 7pm—Conservancy Board of Directors Meeting @ VC

March 18 ~ 7pm—Friends and Neighbors (FAN) Club Social @ VC

March 28 ~ 1-3pm—Spring Festival/Easter Egg Hunt @ Soccer Field (Residents Only)

Calendar of Events

Trash Cans

Management would like to remind you about an ongoing and unsightly problem—trash cans/trash bags. We know trash must be put out for c o l l e c t i o n a n d removed from the property, but we want to remind you of the following: 1) Trash bags must be in a trash container when put curbside. 2) Trash containers can be placed to the curb the evening before pick-up after 6pm. 3) Once trash is picked up by the contractor, the cans need to be placed back into a garage/storage area OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW AND NOT STORED ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE OR LEFT IN FRONT OF T H E H O U S E PERMANENTLY. Thank you for your cooperation.

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The Annual ACC Inspection will take place soon. The Covenants allow Management/Board to perform on-site property inspections. Richard, Victor and Nadena will be out on the property noting any changes homeowners have made to their property, both in front and rear yards. After, we’ll verify applications were submitted and structures were built as applied for. The only exception to this is storm doors that meet the requirements set forth in your documents. The Board has given Management authority to approve applications for storm doors that comply with architectural guidelines. However, if a storm door has already been installed without having been previously applied for, it will be “grandfathered in” as long as it complies with the architectural guidelines. If you’ve made other changes but forgot to apply for them, please apply for them now. We will be requesting applications for any changes that currently do not have one. Visit www.springridgeonline.com or stop by the Visitor Center for an application. Please see the newsletters for ACC Application Due Dates and ACC monthly meeting dates. If you see one of us on your property, please keep in mind that we are there to perform this inspection. Thank you.

Annual ACC Inspection

Two Boy Scout Mulch Sales

Two Boy Scout Troops will he holding Mulch Sales this spring. Details are as follows:

Boy Scout Troop 628—Spring Ridge residents may pre-order bagged mulch by downloading the form at www.springridgeonline.com. Delivery of the mulch is available OR residents may pick the mulch up at the Lake Linganore Coldstream Pool Parking Lot. Delivery/Pick-Up is scheduled for Saturday, April 11th from 9am-Noon.

Boy Scout Troop 2017—Spring Ridge residents may pre-order bagged mulch by downloading the form at www.springridgeonline.com. Delivery is available OR residents may pick the mulch up at the Spring Ridge Visitor Center parking lot . Delivery/Pick-Up is scheduled for Saturday, April 18th from 9am-Noon.

A Plea To Spring Ridge Residents—This May Apply To You

Spring Ridge is a beautifully landscaped community, and we are proud to call it home. Unfortunately, there are those among us do not feel the same. Despite repeated appeals in this newsletter and signs along our walkways, our common areas are being littered with dog waste. With the warmer weather coming soon, this situation has historically escalated to the point where one cannot take a walk without one's senses being assailed.

We realize that it is more difficult to pick up after your pet when you are freezing or being pelted by rain or snow, but it only takes a few seconds to pick up your pet’s waste. You don't need fancy equipment. Just a plastic bag will do the job nicely. Put your hand inside the bag, grasp your dog's "contribution," turn the bag inside out, and fasten. Put it inside a second bag, and carry it to the nearest waste bin.

Although aesthetics are important, they are not the only reason for keeping our community clean. Dog waste is a definite hazard. It contains parasites and E. Coli bacteria, among other things. Our children step in it and bring it into our homes and schools. Round and hook worms seep into the soil, where they can remain for 15 years! When the weather turns warmer, flies will lay their eggs in it and produce more flies. No, it won't disap-pear on its own, and the birds don't eat it.

An average dog deposits about a pound of waste a day. That's seven pounds a week. 365 pounds a year! Multiply that by the number of dogs in Spring Ridge, and try to visualize the scene if nobody bothered to pick up after their dogs. Of course, we can hire someone (at great expense to you, the homeowner) to clean up the mess, but what good will it do if you continue to neglect your responsibility as pet owners? Let's all work together to keep Spring Ridge a healthy and pleasant place in which to live.

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Important Dates:

March 2nd – Rec. Committee Meeting, 7:30pm at VC

March – April 3rd Discount Hershey Park/Dutch Wonderland Tickets for Purchase

March 28th – Spring Festival

May 16th – Yard Sale

Spring Festival: Join us for the annual Spring Ridge Spring Festival and Easter Egg Hunt on March 28th from 1-3pm at the Spring Ridge soccer field. Rain Date will be March 29th, from 1-3pm. The event is free and for Spring Ridge Residents only! This event will include an egg hunt, pony rides, moon bounce, face painting, music, dancing, and more! Hot dogs and snacks will also be available for purchase. The Egg Hunt will start promptly at 1:05, so please arrive on time! Also, bring your own basket/bucket/bag since these will not be provided. After the children gather their eggs, they will be able to turn in their eggs for a prize!

Spring Yard Sale: Our annual Fall Yard Sale is scheduled for Saturday, May 16th from 8am-Noon (RAIN DATE: Sunday, May 17th from 8am-Noon). So, gather up those treasures you no longer want and get ready to sell them!! The Recreation Committee does collect a $2.00 fee from each household participating, to help with the cost of advertising. Please fill out the form online at www.springridgeonline.com and drop it off at the Visitor Center with your $2.00, to register and be added to our Yard Sale map and list of items for sale! There will be a neighborhood wide Goodwill Pick up at the Visitor Center parking lot, right in front of the Visitor Center between 12:30-1:30pm on the day of the sale. Come drop off your usable items after the Yard Sale and it will taken to Goodwill.

Attention Townhouse & Condo residents: If you live in a townhouse or condo and wish to set up your sale in the Visitor Center parking lot, we are making parking spots at the Visitor Center available to you. There will be 30 spots available, $5.00 per spot. Please stop in the Visitor Center to sign up and grab your spot! (NOTE: YOU MUST PROVIDE YOUR OWN SALE TABLES.)

Discount Amusement Park Tickets: We are offering discounted tickets for admission to Dutch Wonderland and Hershey Park again this year for the group rate, it is a significant discount from full price admission. We are not offering meal plans this year. The tickets can be used at any point in the summer. The ticket order forms are available for download at www.springridgeonline.com. All order forms and checks need to be at the Visitor Center by 4pm on April 3rd to be included in the order for the deadline set by the parks. Please make checks out to the “Spring Ridge Recreation Committee” and make sure that the check is written for the correct amount, or it may not be included in the purchase. Checks only, NO CASH. In order for the community to receive the discount, we must submit a group order of at least 20 tickets total to each park.

Recreation Committee Meeting - Do you like planning events? Do you think you have some new ideas? If so, please come join the Recreation Committee! It is not a huge time commitment, you can choose which events (if any) you‘d like to help plan, and it‘s a great way to meet new neighbors. We meet the first Monday of every month. Join us for our meeting at the Visitor Center on Monday, March 2nd at 7:30pm to see what we’re all about.

Recreation Committee News

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FAN CLUB HOSTS PROGRAM ON SAVING ENERGY - The March 18th meeting of the Friends & Neighbors (FAN) Club will address ways to make our homes more environmentally friendly. Lisa Orr from Frederick County's Office of Sustainability and Environmental Resources will join us to speak about ways we can "green" our homes and special initiatives including the Green Homes Challenge

which helps households reduce energy use, adopt environmentally-friendly practices and use renewable energy. Lisa's own household has reduced their energy use by 42% since implementing basic energy saving practices! The FAN Club Socials are held at the Spring Ridge Visitor’s Center and are open to all adult members of Spring Ridge. Meetings begin with refreshments and socializing at 7 p.m., with a short meeting about all of the FAN Club upcoming activities at 7:30, followed by the speaker. Meetings end around 9 p.m. For more information contact Diane DeMarco, President, at 301-696-8886 or ddemarco2@comcast.net.

Looking for help with Snow Removal? I'm a Spring Ridge resident, Father of twins. I have an ATV with a Snow Plow attached. Can clear any size driveway or walk for you. Please call or text Martin at 301-343-0704. Thanks for your interests.

Spring Ridge Adult looking for babysitting work. CPR/First Aide Certified, Works part-time at the Banner School. Contact Mary Ann at 301-305-1742.

Found: Hearing Device. Was found and turned in to the Visitor Center. Contact 301-620-0782 or nadena.mg@pmpbiz.com and be prepared to provide a description in order to claim it.

Classifieds

Friends and Neighbors (FAN) Club News

The Spring Ridge Elementary School PTA is excited to bring back the Roo Run 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run to Spring Ridge again this Spring! This year's race will be a twilight run, held on Saturday, June 6th from 6:30pm-7:30pm. Registration is open to everyone- runners, walkers, kids, and strollers are all welcome! The race course is certified. A DJ, snacks, drinks, trophies for age group and grade-level winners, a finishers award, and a T-shirt are all included in the low registration price. Silent raffle with great items after the race! The race starts and ends at SRES, and winds 3.1 miles through the neighborhood. Registration opens March 1st on www.active.com. Paper registration forms are also available at SRES or through our website. Registration is just $20 for adults, $10 for students and SRES staff, and $50 for the whole family. For more details and registration, please visit www.roorun5k.com, or contact Monica Robyns at mmrobyns@hotmail.com.

3rd Annual Spring Ridge Elementary Roo Run