Offering thanks for Steve Swigert's initiative

As a long time neighbor of Rainbow Park, I would like to take a moment to thank Steve Swigert for his ability to get things done.

It has been years since proper maintenance was administered to the little channel-side facility and its time was due. My parents purchased neighboring lots in 1969 (the same year I was born) and had completed their vision of a home five years later. As a child of theirs I frequented the park regularly and over the years I saw the little scrubby pines grow to be big scrubby dead and dying pines. They were a nice touch in the sixties, but had become an eyesore and a hazard until Steve moved in because nothing was being done to improve the park’s state of repair.

Shelter Bay rules state: “No tree, shrub or hedge shall be allowed to grow in such a manner that it becomes a nuisance, endangers or unreasonably depreciates the value or enjoyment of neighboring properties.”

The dead/dying trees and other overgrowth were (italicized) detrimental to property values and presented a very real fire risk, being situated next to a frequently used open fireplace cooking/heating structure, they were a spark away from ignition, until now.

We are happy that Steve and Crystal moved in next door as they would renew an abandoned property frequented by squatters and critters, and then tackle the park.

Aaron Partridge

Shelter Bay