Security Gate Campaign Donation and Status
as of January 2025
If you would like to contribute to the Security Gate Capital Campaign, please click on the button below. It will take you to our PayPal site where you can contribute using a credit or debit card. We can also take your contribution via check, or stop by the office if you wish to contribute with cash. We really appreciate your generosity.
You will see progress happening! We engaged an engineer to develop the plan for the upper entrance, to include a turn-around area and two-way traffic (thank you Bob Oreskovic!). A contractor completed some work to define traffic and drainage in preparation for the gateway. Chip-and-seal will eventually be applied to protect the road bed, because the entrance cannot be paved in the near future.
The lower security gate, off Hwy. Y, is ready for hardware installation. You will see things happening there as weather permits. However, logistics for residents to use the system will not be implemented until later in the year, after people are familiarized with function and have passes and codes to operate the gates.
People will ease into using the gate at the lower entrance before the upper gate is fully implemented. That way, if there are problems during the trial period, you will still be able to use the upper entrance.
We're still seeking voluntary donations to this campaign, rather than a special assessment. Why? Because we believe there are enough generous members out there that will want to contribute -- especially now that you will see progress! If every member contributed $125 to the project, or every homeowner $500, that will get us to where we need to be.
In the mean time, the board and board member Brian Tharp, are conducting fund raising events, including: Community Golf Scrambles, a second downtown Owensville rummage sale this year, an auction, and two Carl Kurtz Memorial Fishing Tourneys so far.
What is this funding used for? The good news is that we've already blocked access to most of the remote parts of the complex, so the funds are being used to modify the upper and lower entrances for the two-way security gates. In addition, funds will be used to enhance the entryways with signage and landscaping to improve aesthetics at both entrances.
The lower security gate, off Hwy. Y, is ready for hardware installation. You will see things happening there as weather permits. However, logistics for residents to use the system will not be implemented until later in the year, after people are familiarized with function and have passes and codes to operate the gates.
People will ease into using the gate at the lower entrance before the upper gate is fully implemented. That way, if there are problems during the trial period, you will still be able to use the upper entrance.
We're still seeking voluntary donations to this campaign, rather than a special assessment. Why? Because we believe there are enough generous members out there that will want to contribute -- especially now that you will see progress! If every member contributed $125 to the project, or every homeowner $500, that will get us to where we need to be.
In the mean time, the board and board member Brian Tharp, are conducting fund raising events, including: Community Golf Scrambles, a second downtown Owensville rummage sale this year, an auction, and two Carl Kurtz Memorial Fishing Tourneys so far.
What is this funding used for? The good news is that we've already blocked access to most of the remote parts of the complex, so the funds are being used to modify the upper and lower entrances for the two-way security gates. In addition, funds will be used to enhance the entryways with signage and landscaping to improve aesthetics at both entrances.
Conceptual Image of Gate and Sign installation at lower entrance
To respond to member entrance and exit convenience concerns, we plan to issue key fobs/cards but also make access possible through an app on your phone. Through the app, you will be able to give guests and contractors one time access codes so you will not have to meet non-members at the gate. Emergency services, utilities and government services (like post office) have a standard access method.