President Emeritus

Eileen and I moved to 5034 Wedgewood Drive in May of 1999. Our move coincided to the day that the speed humps were installed on Seneca Place. Little did we know that that event was the direct result of the previous incarnation of a Madison Park HOA -- the precursor, if you will, of today's vibrant organization. Formed in response to the construction of the luxury apartments fronting Park Road near Seneca, that Madison Park HOA dealt with the immediate crisis of how to dampen the increased flow of traffic through the neighborhood. Effective as that organization was in getting the developers to see the problems that would be created by the influx of people adjacent to Madison Park, it soon ceased to exist as a continuing organization when the perceived crisis had been addressed and solved.

A New Association . . .

Founded on a Vision that Anticipates, Plans and Stands Ready to address any and every issue that concerns the community, the current Madison Park Neighborhood Association recognizes that it cannot know what the next crisis will be. But, it can work, train and apply what it has collectively learned and face the next problem organized and ready. What a breath of fresh air such thinking is in community relations !

Communication and Recognition

Two fundamental themes of my tenure as president of the HOA: Communication to ward off surprises and to squash rumors; recognition to point out what is going right. As a neighborhood in transition, let us take the torch handed to us from our respected elder neighbors as they depart for the next stage of their lives and hold it high on the foundation of caring, sharing and bearing what they have left to us. Let us, also welcome our new neighbors as the friends they will become and the foundation remodelers they already are. We are here to hand over a legacy of safety, concern and planning. We hope to reap the rewards of appreciation in the value of our properties based on worthwhile renovations, landscape beautifications and neighbor-to-neighbor communications.