Why You Should Consider Joining Your Neighborhood’s Voluntary Homeowner’s Association

In established neighborhoods throughout Dallas, homeowners are re-instituting or initiating voluntary homeowners associations to bring residents together with common goals. The Northwood Hills Homeowners Association, for which I serve on the Board of Directors, was formed to:
 
1.  Preserve and enhance the value of property and improve the quality of life in our neighborhood.

2.  Assure that neighboring properties affecting our property values are maintained at or above City of Dallas Code requirements.

3.  Support anti-crime activities and provide the NHHA Security Patrol a private service company that cases our neighborhood seven days a week and responds to emergency calls, does out-of-town checks and generally makes Northwood Hills a safer place to live.

4.  Support neighborhood beautification activities and projects, by upgrading and maintaining the common area medians at the many entrances to our neighborhood.

5.  Host special events like the annual Independence Day Parade, Spring Alley Clean-Up, and Battle the Bugs.
 
6.  Work with other neighborhood associations for the good of our area. 

7.  Communicate with our members and neighbors using open meetings, newsletters, and the Internet, with members receiving MemberMails, with all kinds of neighborly news ranging in content from suspicious persons sighted in the area, to criminal activity in or near Northwood Hills, to lost pets, and more.

And by the way, did I mention, just be neighborly! Northwood Hills is like neighborhoods most of us remember growing up in. Each morning, it is common to see residents of all ages, jogging or walking through our streets to get in their daily dose of exercise. Some have dogs on leashes with them, but some come back around later in the afternoon, to make sure their pets get their exercise. It is not uncommon to receive a MemberMail (see above) inviting our members to welcome a new family to our neighborhood. Young Moms organize monthly Playgroups for those with small children and the ladies have been celebrating 4th Wednesday Luncheons, once a month for as long as I can remember.

Northwood Hills is truly a special place to live and raise a family. My husband and I have been here for nineteen years. To learn more about The Northwood Hills Homeowners Association, visit www.northwoodhills.org. Read more about what we are accomplishing by clicking on past issues of our newsletter, The Northwood Hills Breeze.