Hedges & Trees hacked in Creekside

Last Thursday someone maliciously hacked up hedges and tree branches all along 72nd Ct E. in Creekside. The branches were left lying on the sidewalk or in front yards. This is an unsanctioned and unacceptable act of vandalism. The perpetrator may be a Creekside resident as this occurred sometime in the middle of the night and only in Creekside. The damaged trees and hedges line the sidewalks along 72nd Ct E as if the perpetrator felt inconvenienced while walking. This selfish behavior is reprehensible. Its disrespectful to other homeowners and a crime! It also makes our neighborhood look worse.

If you see any suspicious activity late at night in Creekside, such as an individual with hedge trimmers walking around, please call 911 immediately. Its better to be safe than sorry.
Furthermore, please contact AMI with any complaint about landscaping so the violations procedure can be used to enforce compliance.

School Started This Week

Back to School in Manatee County
Monday was the first day of school around Manatee County. Please be aware of students in the morning and evenings heading to and from schools, congregating around bus stops, and crossing streets. The Manatee County Sheriffs ask everyone to pay attention to posted speed limits as they will be out enforcing the school zone limits. Remember, speeding fines for school zones increase in amount. Here is a breakdown of the fines when the speed limit is exceeded:
1-5 MPH over the limit, the fine goes from a warning to $156 in a school zone
6-9 MPH over the limit from $131 to $156
10-14 MPH over the limit from $206 to $306
15-19 MPH over the limit from $256 to $381
20-29 MPH over the limit from $281 to $431
Going over 30 MPH over the limit in any zone is a mandatory court appearance before a county judge.

Creekwood Master Association Monthly Meeting Tonight

Tonight is the regularly scheduled monthly meeting for the Creekwood Master Association. As always this is open to all Creekwood homeowners. Meeting begins at 5:30 pm and is held at the AMI offices at 9031 Town Center Parkway in Bradenton.

Colonial Bank is closed. Will be part of BB&T

Last Friday, Aug. 14th, the FDIC closed Colonial Bank. All their accounts were purchased by BB&T bank. The Creekwood Master Association is currently is a customer of Colonial Bank. Based on the website everything should continue as usual. Click the image to the left to visit Colonial's website.

This was the 77th bank failure of 2009 and the 5th largest in history. The public radio program Marketplace has a very interesting discussion of how this FDIC takeover is different from all the previous takeovers.

Creekwood Town Hall This Saturday!

The Creekwood Town Hall meeting will be held this Saturday from 10:00 am to Noon at the Braden River Library. This is open to all Creekwood homeowners to attend and ask the Master Board any questions.