The Projects that the Landscaping & Aesthetics Committee has been working on was based on a poll that was conducted where a long list of items were looked at and got membership input into what was most appealing. The committee took on what was feasible and worked on them as time and budgets allowed, what is listed below are the item that have been completed but work is still on-going on other initiatives.
Upcoming Projects
New lighting for the entry system. The new lights feature a standard outlet as well as settings for motion activated lighting.
The instructions on how to program them is located here:
Patio Light Instructions
Landscaping Upgrades
Zone 4 Upgrades
As a test, we simply added 35 Aspen Trees with drip system that utilized hose bib style controllers and added bark as ground cover help with the visual as well as to retain moisture.
- Trees planted in 2023 as well as free mulch to start to build the cover.
- Walk on bark added in 2024 to complete the build-up and complete the Aesthetics.
- Zone 4 Trees and Bark
- Zone 4 Trees and Bark2
Original Comprehensive Designs
Building and Navigation Signage
The signage through the entire Association was old and needed to be updated. The decision was made to maintain a modern palate of colors but make it specific to our Association and existing decisions on building stain and front door colors.
Old pathway signage showing severe weathering, inconsistency in color.
New Signage consistent in color with the rest of the Association:
Entrance Monument Signs
There was no signage indicating that the two entrances on Silver Strike and Aspen Grove were private entrances. The Committee was given approval to move forward with adding appropriate signs. We researched designs, colors, location and decided to incorporate existing elements already present in the Association such as the wire frame, color pallet and added our custom logo of the Aspen leaf.
After numerous iterations the final signs were approved and installed.
Paved pathways and stairs
The old pathways were asphalt and were in poor shape with numerous cracks and deterioration around the edges. Decision was made to upgrade to pavers instead of replacing the asphalt.
New pathways.
Old and new stairs leading from walkway to parking lot.
Exterior Siding Painting
The exterior siding originally had a transparent stain applied which made for an inconsistent look as well as not covering the areas of woodpecker damage where metal plates were affixed to the siding.
- Committee met numerous times to discuss options, the decision was made to use a semi-transparent stain
- Decided that we would have 3 different colors instead of just one for all buildings
- Approach was discussed and a three year plan was decided to phase in the new product
- Mapped out a plan for each year spread throughout the Association instead of starting on one side and working in sequence
- Cinder blocks treatment was discussed, options to do a stucco like product that was applied to one of the tower builds as a test was used as the example.
- Decision was made to paint the blocks due to time and cost
New siding stain and stucco paint.
Original look of the buildings before new stain and stucco paint.
Initial plan to spread out the work in each year across the entire association.
