Roof Project Moving Forward

The Board voted in favor of a motion, which was made and seconded, to replace the roof this year and fund the expense with a commercial loan.

We are investigating our best option for a loan and plan to have the work on replacing the roof begin around September 2010.

Courtyard Furniture

The Trustees are currently looking into replacing the furniture in the courtyard. We are hoping to replace it soon so everyone can take advantage of the warm weather!

We are in the process of getting a quote from the same company that made the beautiful tables and chairs for downtown Worcester, but we are also looking at place like Home Depot, Lowes and Target...

Check out Renaissance Site Furnishings (company that made the Worcester tables) for more pictures of what they can make!

If anyone has a recommendation they'd like to make about courtyard furniture, leave a comment or send an email to ChathamCondos@gmail.com

Trees along Irving Street

If you take a walk down the Irving Street side of the building you'll notice that the tree areas have been cleaned up and re-mulched. Ken Alderfer and Robyn Casati spent some time on Sunday afternoon to do the work. Thank you!

Lets hope the dog owners of the neighborhood appreciate their work and are respectful enough to pick up after their dogs!

Because we are waiting for the city to remove the damaged tree, it was left as is.

Update: Tree @ 29 Irving Street

I spoke with the city again about the tree @ 29 Irving Street. They have our request on file from back in September by Ann (Thanks Ann!). However, due to the beetle problems, the tree inspectors are really behind on work.

The Tree Inspector will need to come out and file their report before the city will act on removing the tree. The Customer service Rep I spoke with also informed me that it is generally the city's policy to not replace the tree.

FYI to file a DPW work request with the city call the Customer Service Center @ 508-929-1300

On a related note, I would still like to organize a mulching/clean up of the sidewalk and tree area on 29 Irving Street. I had intended to do it back in May, but looks like this coming weekend might work. If you're interested please e-mail ChathamCondos@gmail.com or leave a comment below.

Citizen participation in local government

Just an FYI... if you feel like volunteering or being more involved with Worcester, the city could use your help. There are open positions for boards and commissions:

http://www.worcesterma.gov/boards-commissions

"All residents committed to preserving the vitality of our democratic institutions are urged to volunteer their services to one of these local government agencies whose effective operations depend so heavily upon enlightened citizen participation."