Social Committee Meeting
This month's Social Committee Meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, September 8th, at 1880 Patrick Mill Place. New members are always welcome.

Classifieds Update
Pet Care is now available in the neighborhood. If you are looking for someone to take care of your pet(s) over the Labor Day weekend and or anytime after please call: 770-752-8786. We also have another resident who is available for Child Care. For further details, please visit the Classifieds section of this site.

Yard of the Month for August
Congratulations to the homeowners of 5775 Little Mill Parkway for being chosen as August's Yard of the Month!

Finances & Committees
The audit is now complete and Gladys will finally get the report and past financial records. There have been no volunteers yet for the Architectural Committee. Josh is trying to set up a new system for dealing with covenant violations but he needs help.

Ambassador Program
The next step will be to meet with those interested in the “adopt-your-block” concept. Rita and Lisa volunteered their home for an informational meeting Thursday, 8/14, at 7:30 p.m. Lisa will call to invite those who signed up so far. The garage sale flyers will be ready by then and can be given to anyone willing to help distribute them to their neighbors.

Garage Sale
Date: 9/20 & 9/21: Signup target date will be Sept. 7 so that we get an idea of how many people are likely to participate. The next newsletter will include a reminder and phone/email options for those who decide to sign up later. We will be collecting a registration fee of $5 this year, which will be used for newspaper ads, larger signs for busy intersections, and balloons. If enough people sign up, we can invest in at least one sign that is reusable.

New Residents
Little Mill Farms would like to welcome the following new residents to the neighborhood: Jacqueline Huggins, Lauren Pitts & Avery McClain.

President of the Homeowners Association
Due to unpredictable medical conditions, Kevin Meuse was forced to resign as President of the Home Owners Association. Todd Withrow, the Secretary, was appointed President until further notice. If anyone is interested in assisting the Board of Directors and or the community in any way, please contact us via voicemail at: 678-714-0330, or email at: Board@LittleMillFarms.com.

New Homeowners Association Board of Directors
As most of you know there has been a turn over in the Homeowners Association board. The new board members are as follows:

President: Kevin Meuse
Vice President: Dennis Hord
Treasurer: Gladys Avella
Secretary: Todd Withrow
Social Committee Chairman: Joshua Avella

We would like to thank the previous board members for all their work and effort in establishing the resident operated Homeowners Association. They have put the neighborhood in the resident’s hands and created a base in which we can continue to serve our community.

As your new H.O.A. board, our main objective is to include all residents in the decision making process and future development of our community. We encourage all to express comments, concerns and ideas in order to make this community a great place to live. We plan to have in place community programs to build relationships between residents and board members. We welcome participation in every aspect of developing a community in which everyone can be proud to call home. In order to achieve this we also encourage you to use the resources available to express your ideas.

These resources include our web site, E-Mail address, voice mail and the adopt-a-street program. One of the best ways to be active in the community is to attend the Homeowners Association meetings. You will have plenty of notice as to the time and place of these meetings.

We as board members hope to serve you well and make Little Mill Farms a great place to live.

Thank you,
Kevin Meuse
President

E-mail: KMeuse@LittleMillFarms.com
Voicemail: 678.714.0330

State of the Treasury
As your new treasurer, one of my goals will be to keep the Homeowners informed of what funds we have available to us through your Homeowners dues payments. As we have just complete a turnover of board members, we are still awaiting an audit of the past two years accounting. Once this is received my report can be more detailed but for now, I can describe what we have in our accounts.

At the turnover of the bank account, we had a total of $1,088.31 in our checking account and a total of $21,861.38 in our savings account. Within the first few weeks of the turn over of funds we have received a lawn care bill of $906.00 and a check was posted for $6,750.00 to complete the payment of the basketball court in the new recreation area, which is still under construction.

We will be allotting funds to finish the landscaping and parking area of the recreation area. We are currently exploring avenues to collect unpaid dues although we will not be making public the names of the residents who are past due. Unpaid dues severely limit the funds we currently have available by approximately $4,000.00. We strongly encourage those who have not paid your dues in the past to do so as it will provide our neighborhood the funds needed to maintain the entire subdivision.

A more accurate accounting of funds will be known after the audit is received. Before the cost of completion of the recreation area, we currently have $2,359.32 in our checking account, and $12,132.20 in our savings account.

I look forward to serving as your treasurer and will continue to provide updates to the state of the treasury.

Gladys Avella,
Treasurer

Secretary of the Board
As your new Secretary, one of my goals will be to improve communication amongst all Little Mill Farms residents and the Board of Directors. Two means of communication in which I plan to improve include the neighborhood website and newsletter. Both of which I have redesigned and constructed to improve visual appeal as well as level of information.

We will continue to release newsletters every other month, plus two additional issues for special occasions through out the year. The website will be updated daily to ensure the most up to date information is made available to you.

Another personal goal of mine is to improve the overall organization of the Board’s records and activities. This will be done by implementing a new system for storing and tracking all that the Board is responsible for.

I look forward to serving as your new Secretary and will continue to provide you with updates as we progress with our endeavors.

Todd Withrow
Secretary

Homeowners Association Meetings
We will now have two regular Homeowner Association meetings through the year, as well as two additional meetings for special events. The dates, times and locations of these meetings will be made available to you in the near future.

August Social Committee Meeting
The August Social Committee Meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, August 4, at 1840 Patrick Mill Place. New members are always welcome.

Subdivision Garage Sale
The next Subdivision Garage Sale will be held on Friday, September 19, and Saturday, September 20. Watch for a flyer in August with sign-up details.

Holiday Luminary Candle Night
Our first Holiday Luminary Candle Night will take place this December. Residents who wish to participate will be able to purchase the supplies needed through the Homeowners Association. Watch for more information in the next newsletter.

Ambassador Program
The Little Mill Farms Ambassador program is to add a point of contact for neighbors to talk with about Homeowners issues. If we add a personal touch to our neighborhood, think what we can do to make a beautiful place to live. This is starting to be established, we need more ambassador volunteers and more neighbors that want to participate.

After neighbors are paired up with ambassadors that live near each other, our first project will be to decide what we want to do with our common areas. When we break it down to you "Adopting your Street" and getting together with your neighbors that have the same common areas, the task of beautification does not seem as large.

Lets work together! For more information, e-mail or write the HOA. Don't forget to include your name, address and phone number. For those that have already signed up, thank you.

Volunteers Needed
The Architectural and Social Committees need new members to replace those who are not able to continue this year. If anyone in your family would like to join one or both, please contact us by voicemail at: 678-714-0330 or by email at: Social@LittleMillfarms.com or Architectural@LittleMillFarms.com.

Sponsors
We are now accepting ads to sponsor the Homeowners Association. If you are a business owner or know someone who is and would like to place an ad in the Little Mill Farms newsletters and website, please contact by voicemail at: 678-714-0330 or by email at: Sponsors@LittleMillFarms.com

Our current Sponsors include: Big Dog Tennis Factory, Bulldog Lawn Care, Magnolia Lawn, and Casa Realty Group. Please review the Sponsors page in our newsletter and on this website under the Sponsors section for more information regarding our Sponsors.

The annual cost for Sponsors to advertise in our newsletters and on our website is as follows: a business card size ad is $100.00, ¼ page size ad is $175.00, ½ size ad is $220.00, and a full-page ad is $300.00.

BFI News
BFI has agreed to re-grade and level the park and recreation area. We plan to landscape this area shortly after BFI is through. We are currently looking for help in maintaining the common areas and the recreation area. If you can help or have suggestions, please contact us by voicemail at: 678-714-0330 or by email at: HOA@LittleMillFarms.com.

Front Entrance
Bulldog Lawn Care, a Little Mill Farms Homeowner, will now be maintaining the front entrance to our neighborhood. The quality of their services is excellent and we feel confident they will continue to do a great job. Please review our Sponsors section on this site for information on their services.

BFI Landfill
We spoke with BFI recently in regards to the landfill. They plan to cap the first dump area by the end of this year, as well as install another air freshener. Both of these actions should help reduce the odor through out the neighborhood.

Resident Directory
We are in the process of trying to update the entries in the Residential Directory to ensure they are as accuracte as possible. In order to do so, we plan to visit Homeowners to gather better information about who is iving in each home.

Yard of the Month for July
Yard of the Month is a new program that we have recently implemented. We plan to review the neighborhood once a month to determine which homeowner's yard best represents our community. Congratulations to the homeowners of 5763 Dexter's Mill Place for being chosen as July's Yard of the Month!

Speed and Safety
Our community has a large number of children who use the streets of Little Mill Farms. Please help us keep our children safe by maintaining the 25mph speed limit.

New Resident Directory Listings
Little Mill Farms would like to welcome the following new residents to the neighborhood: Bill & Sue Anton, Damon & Melissa Burgess and Carol McKenzie!