Homeowners and HOAs: Take Heed of this Advice! [406]
Channel: Science and Environment Council
Date: 2021-04-10

Prevent problems in your community from worsening by following this simple advice.

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Based on our experience over the last few years, I think I would offer a couple of pieces of advice to potential homeowners and homeowner's associations. First one being: don't wait. If you see a problem, if you recognize erosion is happening, if you're concerned about your wildlife and nutrients, possibly in your water, the longer you wait, the more expensive it gets. At the point where we can do a low cost, low maintenance zone is much more cost-effective than a very expensive engineering process. The other piece of advice I would say is talk to your folks. Recognize the science, but talk to them. Let your community know what's going on, why it's important to them based on their orientation. So that they understand that property values might be affected. Lack of wildlife. You don't want those things. You want wildlife, you want strong property values. You want a pretty, attractive and aesthetic, beautiful place to live. Right. Okay.