Barony Place I/Barony Place II

Is anyone in Barony Place II missing a recycle bin? This bin wss left at #38 last Friday. It's not the homeowner's. His is in his garage.  Please come and get it, before the HOA sends a nastygram to the homeowner.

The Summit's HOA has 28 neighborhoods. Each neighborhood is to have a three-member Neighborhood Committee. The Committee is to elect one of its three members as Voting Member. They serve for one year. The 28 neighborhoods follow. The date of its most-recent Neighborhood Meeting is shown. This list will be updated as the names of the newly-elected Voting Members become available. If you know who the new Voting Member is, use the Contact Form (upper left) to let me know. Thanks. Updated  6/8/2026 ABINGTON AMARYLLIS WOODS AUTUMN GLEN AUTUMN HILL AUTUMN RUN BARONY PLACE - 5/2/2026 CHAPELWOOD COURTYARDS AT FOUNDERS RIDGE FAWN RIDGE FOUNDERS RIDGE GLEN MEADOW HUNTERS POND INDIGO SPRINGS LAUREL SPRINGS LAKES AT BARONY PLACE MAYWOOD OLEANDER MILL PEPPER KNOLL PINE BROOK PINECLAVE RIDGE CREST STONE CHAPEL SUMMIT HILLS III SUMMIT HILLS IV SUMMIT HILLS V SUMMER CHASE WAVERLY PLACE WHITNEY FALLS

I heard over the week-end that The Summit's HOA may now have as many as seven-eight legitimate, duly-elected Voting Members. Before that, it has one; only one. Barony Place Neighborhood had the only duly-elected Neighborhood Committee and Voting Member. There should be 28. The Board finally started a push to assist 27 neighborhoods in holding Neighborhood Meetings and electing Neighborhood Committees, which would then elect their Voting Member.  Will the same Board Member who challenged the legitimacy of Barony Place's proxies raise questions about the hurried efforts of the latest neighborhoods? Will that Board Member demand that every proxy be investigated and determined to be proper? When were these latest Neighborhood Meetings? Which neighborhoods now have legitimate, duly-elected Neighborhood Committees and Voting Members? Which neighborhoods still do not have a duly-elected Voting Member? ALL Members (homeowners) of the HOA are properly concerned when neighborhoods do no...

Six months ago I needed an oil change and tried the new Valvoline Oil Change Center on Hard Scrabble at Lee Road. I was satisfied with the service and price. (And you may know how hard it is to satisfy me.) I was back this morning (3,000 miles later) and received fast, friendly service. The staff there is fast and competent. When you are ready for the next oil change, I recommend this business . The address is 331 Generations Way. Turn off Hard Scrabble at the Lee Road light. Phone: 803.752.2018. No appointment needed.

Culver's is coming to Columbia. The first Columbia-area restaurant is being built at 2744 Clemson Road. That's the northwest corner of Clemson Road and Longtown Road, right in front of Lexington Medical Center. Culver's has been one of my favorites since 1996 in Woodstock, Ill. Watch for opening. Opening Day may be announced on www.culvers.com

Did the Board of Directors of The Summit's HOA meet last night?   The Board went to bi-monthly public meetings, but they are meeting many times between public meetings.  Where are the Minutes of those meetings? How do Members find out what the Board is doing to them? The By-Laws (Art. III, §14) read, "Section 14. Conduct of Meetings. The President shall preside over all meetings of the Board of Directors, and the S [ sic ] a keep a minute book of meetings of the Board of Directors, recording therein all resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors and all transactions and proceedings occurring at such meetings."  It's unfortunate that the online copy of the By-Laws contains this error. What the official copy of the By-Laws probably says is, "the Secretary shall  keep a minute book..." Further down in the By-Laws a section provides that the Minutes are to be available to Members upon request, but I have not found a section in the By-Laws that requires the H...