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Girl's Cancer Fight Inspires Run To Raise Funds
A 5K race in Kailee Vance's honor will pass by her home May 10.
(Kailee's Run Web Site)
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Vance says she and her husband have been overwhelmed with the love and support the Loudoun community has shown her family.
"It's sad that it's taken something like Kailee's illness to bring people together like this," she said, "but it's reconfirmed my belief that people really are nice."
Potomac Club's Pool House Set to Reopen
A big amenity that draws home buyers to the Lansdowne on the Potomac community is the 30,000-square-foot Potomac Club, which, according to the HOA Web site, features a 25-meter indoor pool, a heated whirlpool, lockers, activity and exercise rooms, an outdoor resort-style pool and business center.
Wait a minute. Back up. The 25-meter indoor pool and whirlpool have been closed for two years. Sorry, folks.
It was two years ago, on April 7, 2006, that the pool house in the $6 million renovated Coton Barn was closed due to mold.
When the mold was initially discovered, the Lansdowne on the Potomac HOA reportedly spent $350,000 on mold analysis and cleanup, in addition to fees for engineers, architects and lawyers.
To help pay the estimated $2.7 million, which includes the indoor pool fix and other Potomac Club incidentals, the HOA went to battle with Hobie Mitchell, the community developer, which agreed to a $650,000 settlement.
The board also took out a $1 million loan to offset the costs.
Now there's talk that an additional homeowner assessment is needed to come up with the remaining money and cover HOA reserves that have been depleted.
Rumors are floating of a one-year, $58-a-month assessment per household or a one-time $700 payment. Residents currently pay HOA dues of $265 a month for a single-family home and $282.50 for an attached home.
John Caron, vice president of the HOA board and a pool committee member, would not comment on the possibility of a community-wide assessment.
Rick Loucks, a Lansdowne resident and mechanical engineer, sits on the HOA's pool committee and, along with four other residents, is overseeing the pool house renovations. "The contractor is estimating a midsummer opening, barring major setbacks," he said.
