April 2012 Vol. 10, No. 4
The April 2012 issue of New England Condominium newspaper focuses on Landscaping & Lawn Care.
In this issue, you can read about New England Condominium's Condo Expo, eco-friendly landscaping, chemical concerns, and treating trees.
Visit our archives to see other articles that were published in 2012.
News Briefs
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05.17.12 WASHINGTON —
Thousands of condo unit owners and buyers around the country could soon be in line for some welcome news on Read More
mortgage financing : Though officials are mum on specifics, the Federal Housing Administration is readying changes to its controversial condominium rules that have rendered large numbers of units ineligible for low down-payment insured mortgages.[Worcester Telegram] - 05.12.12 Massachusetts residents who have to buy their homeowners, condominium or renter’s insurance through the state’s high-risk pool won’t see a price hike at least for now.[MassLive.com] Read More
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05.01.12 Five condominium complexes in Abington, MA, will be dumped when an automated trash pickup system begins on July 1. [Enterprise News]
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05.05.12 A group of condominium associations have banded together to ask East
Windsor, CT, officials to reimburse them for what they say is double billing
for things such as fire hydrants and street lights.[Windsor Locks Patch]
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05.06.12 A Portsmouth, NH, condominium owner being sued for planting flowers hopes her homeowners
association will come to her defense and instruct the condo's board of
directors to drop the lawsuit, said her lawyer. [Seacoast online]
Read More - 04.12.12. Connecticut's Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) announced on Tuesday that he would support legislation that would prohibit condominium bylaws preventing Jewish residents from hanging mezuzahs on their doorposts, according to the Connecticut Post.[CTPost.com] Read More
Featured Articles
The New England Condo Expo
The topics are timely, the advice is free—and it’s all done with a personal touch. Hang up the phone, close the laptop. Come get
the latest information about community association operations at the 2012 New
England Condo Expo!
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Eco-Friendly Landscaping
In the face of rising water costs, maintenance costs, and a continued depressed
housing market, many community associations are finding long-term savings
through new landscape strategies that also help our environment. Eco-friendly
landscaping practices are not just the domain of the nature lover anymore. They
can mean significant returns on your investment.
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Chemical Concerns
Since the 1950s, American lawns have been “hooked” on petroleum-based and synthetic chemicals. A plethora of pesticides,
herbicides, fungicides and fertilizers have been eagerly embraced by both
homeowners and landscape professionals, who cannot resist the dramatic results—an almost instantaneous, lush, green lawn. But many industry experts today view
this practice as akin to a drug addict who cannot function without a fix.
Grasses became dependent on an endless feed of chemicals for their sustenance
as the underlying soil became sterile.
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Treating Trees
Months have slipped by, but it’s not easy to forget the damage that last year’s brutal weather brought to the trees in the New England area. In June, severe
tornadoes touched down in Massachusetts, leaving total devastation in their
wake. Hurricane Irene swept through the area at the end of August with its
120-mph winds and flooding rains that caused heavy property damage. Then, in a
nasty one-two punch, a historic October snow and ice storm weighed down both
strong and already-weakened trees, snapping them in half and often pulling them
right out of the ground.
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