News Archive

July 14th, 2007

Summer Greetings A new fee schedule has been posted to the website in the Owners area. Looking to buy property? Check out the properties that are for sale by clicking on the Community Map and clicking each lot to see the Status.

May 20th, 2007

Spring Greetings Summer is almost here , The website has been updated with the latest contact information as well as the association's fee schedule. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the neighbors in the near future.

January 29th, 2007

Winter Greetings It's been awhile since the last update. So far it's been an extremely warm winter, but it appears winter has finally arrived at Deep Creek Lake. Minutes from the October 2006 meeting are in the mail. Click here for an electronic copy. In brief, new officers have been elected, the proposal to hire a management firm was voted down and the annual association fee will increase $20 a year. See minutes for complete details.

September 15th, 2006

Fall Greetings The annual meeting is scheduled for 2:30pm on October 14th at the Red Run Inn. One proposal is to hire an outside property management firm to handle the day to day administration tasks of the association. Unfortunately, no one has volunteered to assist and I can no longer continue to devote the amount of time that I have in the past two years to keep the association running. Naturally, this cost will be passed on to all property owners. The meeting invite/proxy is in the mail. Click invite/proxy to get an electronic copy. See you there. John

April 26th, 2006

Spring Greetings Well, it looks like we survived another winter. Really nothing major other than to report that we have successfully transferred ownership of the roads to the association. Hope to see everyone wondering the neighborhood at sometime.

February 2nd, 2006

Winter Greetings Happy Groundhog's Day. I've updated the webpage with a new link to a page of local area web cams. Click on the Web Cams link under the Regional Links. Please contact me if you find a interesting Deep Creek area web cam and would like to add to the page.

October 27th, 2005

Fall Greetings The minutes of the 2005 Deerfield Property Owners Association Meeting have been published. Details about the meeting are here. In effort to curb costs, meeting minutes are being e-mailed to property owners who have registered an e-mail address and mailed to property owners who have not registered e-mails. Due to the lack of a participation (8 of 35 property owners) at the annual meeting, a proxy vote of the issues is required. Please return the proxy form via e-mail or snail mail as soon as possible.

October 12th, 2005

Fall Greetings The 2005 Annual Deerfield Property Owners Association Meeting was held on October 8th at The Red Run Lodge Restaurant. Due to the lack of a participation (8 of 35 property owners), a proxy vote of the issues is necessary. Details will be mailed out shortly. One issue raised prior to the meeting was the lack of availablity to the incorporation papers. The documents have now been placed on the web in the restricted area.

September 7th, 2005

The 2005 Annual Association Meeting is tenatively scheduled for October 8th at 2:30 pm at The Red Run Lodge Restaurant. Details will be mailed to each lot owner within the next week.

June 28th, 2005

Everyone should have received their 2005 Annual Assessment in the mail. Due date is July 1st.

May 13, 2005

Association Update - The association has now been officially incorporated with the State of Maryland as the Deerfield Property Owners Association, Inc. We are now in the process of establishing a bank account and obtaining a postal box. Association assessments will be sent to all registered property owners in the early part of June with a due date of July 1st. I would like to thank everyone for the suggestions and comments. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.

March 22nd, 2005

Results of the funding proposal have been tallied. We heard from 16 lot owners (not including the officers). Proposal 1 received 9 votes and Proposal 2 received 7 votes. Unfortunately neither proposal received more that 50 percent (18 votes) of the vote. This being the case, we have to default to the assessment method detailed in the Declaration of Restrictions and Covenants, Article IV, Section 3, Uniform Rate of Assessments, "The annual assessment must be fixed at a uniform rate for all lots." To fulfill budget requirements each lot will be assessed $105 for the first year and $80 annually thereafter. As stated in the covenants assessments are due on July 1st of each year. Budgets will be discussed at each annual meeting and may be adjusted accordingly. The incorporation process is underway and bylaws will be sent to each of you in the near future. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.

February 14th

Happy Valentine's Day. A proposal for funding the Deerfield Property Owners Association has been sent to all property owners. Click here for a copy of the proposal. Please read and return the proposal ballot as soon as possible. If you prefer you can contact us via e-mail with your choice. Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.

December 23rd, 2004

Ho! Ho! Ho! Season Greetings Many have written and asked for news on the association. In brief, the newly elected board of directors have talked numerous times since our first association meeting back in October. We have been working hard on calculating a yearly operating budget and formulating a proposal to all property owners on how to fund the association. The proposal will be sent to all property owners in January for a vote. Stay tuned for more.

November 8th, 2004

Fall greetings. The first ever Deerfield Property Owners Association meeting was held on October 30th, 2004 at The Red Run Inn. You can read details about the meeting in the minutes. Please feel free to contact us with any questions, concerns or to volunteer your help.

October 6th, 2004

Fall greetings. Breaking News! The first ever Deerfield Association meeting is scheduled for October 30th, 2004 at The Red Run Inn on Mayhew Inn Road at 3pm. The meeting is being called to discuss items relevant to to formation of a formal association. Items to be considered include bylaws, incorporation. dues and election of interim officers. Please plan on attending, your input is valuable.

August 4th, 2004

Summer greetings. Things are really busy in the community. The house on Lot 11 is completed and has been on the market for sometime. The new home being built on Lot 14 is well on it's way to completion and last but not least Lot 10 has broken ground. In case you have some money burning a hole in your pocket, Lot 22 is for sale, asking price $69,900.

April 16th, 2004

Greetings after a very long winter season. Spring has finally sprung in Deerfield. Very little has change since the last update. The log home on lot 11 is still in the construction process. The latest rumor is that construction of a Mountaineer Log home will soon begin on Lot 14.

November 1st, 2003

Our website is official. Check out some of our community and regional links. Sign up for the Deerfield Community Forum. There is also a lot map of the Deerfield community. Check out your neighbors.

October 24th, 2003

Well all the lots are sold and we are in the midst of a building boom. The community currently has six homes with one under construction on Lot 11 for a total of 7 developed lots. I have a feeling that we are going to see many more within the next few years.