Kingspoint Neighborhood Association June News

Summertime at last!  We hope that everyone has something fun planned to enjoy with loved ones.  We are blessed with so many opportunities to have a great time in the Williamsburg area, and the Fourth of July is always a special celebration in the community. 

New neighbors will notice that we can hear fireworks from both Colonial Williamsburg and from Busch Gardens here in Kingspoint.  We can expect to hear fireworks, weather permitting, every night from June 24 through July 4 at either 9:00 PM or 9:30 PM, and then every weekend (Friday through Sunday) through August 14.  Here is a schedule of the fireworks and concerts scheduled for this summer.

Fireworks at CW on July 4 begin at 8:00 PM on July 4.  Here is a list of special events at CW for the Fourth of July, many of which are free and open to the public.  There is a series of free summer concerts this year, and you’ll find details from the link above.  There is a Fife and Drum of Yorktown performance every Saturday at 11:00 AM at the Victory Monument in historic Yorktown.

As a reminder, the use, possession, display, sale or storage of fireworks is illegal in James City County.  This includes fireworks that were legally purchased elsewhere.   Anyone wishing to set off personal fireworks must first obtain a permit from the Fire Marshal.   (See FYI below for more information) The sounds of fireworks or weapons may be troubling to many neighbors and their pets.  Let’s work together to maintain our peaceful, neighborly community so that it feels safe and welcoming for all.

With children home for summer break and the pool open, we are all more mindful when driving around the community.  We have more walkers and bikers than any other time of year.  Neighbors have asked that we use special caution when entering Kingspoint Drive from Northpoint Drive and from Crownpoint Road.  Though no sign is posted, many of us stop and look before pulling out into this busy intersection and drive a bit more cautiously than usual through our neighborhood when school is out.

Summer also brings out a wide variety of animals in our neighborhood.  Our waterfront areas and ravines are home to a great many animal species.  Neighbors routinely see turtles, lizards, and snakes as well as many sorts of birds, rabbits, squirrels, deer and sometimes even foxes, raccoons, opossums, and other creatures.  Most of these wild areas are Resource Protection Area easements and vegetation there may not be disturbed, by law.  Please be aware that many of the animals, including all snakes, are protected, as well.  Learn more here. Please keep an eye out, don’t leave pets outside unattended at night, and remind children to use caution when playing outside. 

Remember to visit the ‘Little Library’ in the Smith’s front yard at 103 Southpoint Drive to check out the available books for summer reading.  The rule is simple:  If you borrow a book, then donate a book, or return the book you borrowed.  The library is there for everyone’s use and enjoyment.  What a fun way to encourage our kids to read this summer!

We’ve had a very stormy start to summer again this year, and we’ll likely weather more over the coming months.  You will find our ‘Severe Storm Preparation Guides’ on the Neighborhood Association’s website, filled with suggestions to prepare our families for the hazards summer storms can bring.   Our hurricane season began June 1 and will continue through November 1.  Many thanks, as always, to everyone who contacts Dominion Power when they lose power.  Those reports help document the need to get a crew assigned to restore the electricity.

The next VPPSA Household Chemical Collection will be August 13 at Warhill High School from 8:00 AM-Noon.

Many thanks to Ann Hobson, Chris Bonday, Tom Mahone and those working with them as theycontinue work on our neighborhood entrance and keep the area well-maintained throughout the year.  They work hard to keep that area beautiful.  Heartfelt appreciation to all Kingspoint neighbors who keep their homes and yards attractive.  Your pots of flowers, wreathes, and thoughtful plantings bring a bit of happiness to us all. 

We are very sorry to lose long time KPNA Board member Jean Durham, who has served the community for more than 50 years.  She has been a friend to many and tremendous source of wisdom for our Board.  We ill miss her in so many ways.  We offer condolences to her family and friends.  May her memory remain a blessing to all who knew her.

Please continue to let us know when new neighbors arrive near you.  We want to welcome all new neighbors and bring them a current Kingspoint Directory. 

Visit the  KPNA website for news and useful community links, regular updates and a link to the digital Crier.

Kingspoint Neighborhood Association June News

Happy summer to all! Congratulations to everyone with a graduate in the family, and to those who wrapped up another successful academic year.  Please remember to visit the ‘Little Library’ in the Smith’s front yard at 103 Southpoint Drive to check out the available books for summer reading.  The rule is simple:  If you borrow a book, then donate a book, or return the book you borrowed.  The library is there for everyone’s use and enjoyment.  What a fun way to encourage our kids to read this summer!

With children home for summer break and the pool open, we are all more mindful when driving around the community.  We have more walkers and bikers than any other time of year.  Neighbors have asked that we use special caution when entering Kingspoint Drive from Northpoint Drive and from Crownpoint Road.  Though no sign is posted, many of us stop and look before pulling out into this busy intersection and drive a bit more cautiously than usual through our neighborhood when school is out. 

Independence Day is only a few weeks away.  There will be a full schedule of special events at Colonial Williamsburg on July 4, 2021, including fireworks at 9:20 PM, from behind the Governor’s Palace.  Busch Gardens hosts “Summer Nights” from June 25 through July 29.  Fireworks are planned each evening, weather permitting.

As a reminder, the use, possession, display, sale or storage of fireworks is illegal in James City County.  This includes fireworks that were legally purchased elsewhere.   Anyone wishing to set off personal fireworks must first obtain a permit from the Fire Marshal.   (See FYI below for more information) The sounds of fireworks or weapons may be troubling to many neighbors and their pets.  Let’s work together to maintain our peaceful, neighborly community so that it feels safe and welcoming for all.

The Community Services Unit of our local police, under the leadership of Lt. Monique Meyers, offers a wide range of services to county residents.  Please visit their web page to learn more about Project Lifesaver and free tracking units for family members with dementia, Alzheimer’s, or other conditions that might lead them to wander away; autism awareness stickers and magnets for your home and car to alert emergency responders to a special needs family member; bike registration and child ID cards; kids’ coloring pages; and a variety of youth programs and crime prevention programs to assist families and local businesses.  Our Community Services Officer is MPO Brandon Frantz.

The next VPPSA Household Chemical Collection will be August 14 at Warhill High School from 8:00 AM-Noon.

Many thanks to David Miller and Gary Gordon for their work on our neighborhood street signs this summer.  Their work looks terrific and will help preserve our posts and signs for many years to come.  Gary also worked on our message boards near Fern Court.  If you see Gary and David out working, please stop and thank them for their hard work on this project.  We also appreciate neighbors who have trimmed shrubs and cut the grass around signposts in their yards, to make the posts more accessible for maintenance and the signs easier to read from a distance.

Many thanks to Ann Hobson, Chris Bonday, Tom Mahone and those working with them as theyspruce up our neighborhood entrance and keep the grass cut and shrubs watered throughout the summer.  Our front entrance team had a huge job to repair recent vehicle damage to some of  the posts and solar lights.

Stay well, and please remember to look out for your neighbors and their needs.  We are all stronger when we work together.

Please continue to let us know when new neighbors arrive near you.  We want to welcome all new neighbors and bring them a current Kingspoint Directory. 

We always welcome new volunteers.  If you have time to share, please reach out to me, or any member of the KPNA Board, and tell us how you would like to help.  We have several volunteer positions to fill in the coming months.

Please visit our KPNA website for news and useful community links, regular updates and a link to the digital Crier.

Elizabeth McCoy

for the Kingspoint Neighborhood Association Board

Repair Work to Neighborhood Street Signs

KPNA Volunteers maintain our vintage wooden neighborhood street signs. Gary Gordon recently stabilized and repainted this sign that greets all visitors to the neighborhood.

David and Wendy Miller began replacing neighborhood street signs last winter after making an inventory of the condition of our distinctive wooden signs, throughout the neighborhood.  KPNA volunteer Gary Gordon has joined the team working on the signs, and he will be making repairs to the signposts over the next few weeks.

You may and have noticed his repair to the first Kingspoint Drive post at the entrance.  It was leaning at a dangerous angle, and he has reset that post in concrete.  Gary will add a ‘No Soliciting’ sign to that post after he repaints the post.

We expect our KPNA volunteer team to work on all of the many wooden street signposts over the coming weeks.  If you have a post in your yard and have a concern about it, please contact David Miller, Gary Gordon, or me, at kpwebmistress@gmail.com .   You will see one of our volunteers prepping and painting the posts and potentially repairing and repainting the actual street sign if it is in disrepair.

If shrubbery is growing around the sign, making it hard to read, we ask that homeowners trim back those stray branches to make it easier for our volunteers to do their work.  If you are unable to do that, and want our volunteers to cut back the shrubs as necessary, please get in touch with us.

We all appreciate those neighbors who volunteer to work with the Neighborhood Association.  Our generous and talented neighbors keep our neighborhood beautiful, inviting, and a very special place to call home.

The Kingspoint Neighborhood Association May News

May 28, 2021

Warm congratulations to all of our Kingspoint neighbors who have worked so hard to successfully complete this academic year.  We also send a special ‘thank you’ to all of our neighborhood teachers and professors who have found innovative ways to teach and encourage their students online.  And we acknowledge the efforts of all parents, grandparents and family friends who took on the role of tutor to help others complete their work. 

This year’s class of 2021 graduates have shown tremendous resilience and dedication.  We celebrate you all!  Please find a list of this year’s graduates in the May Kingspoint Crier.

Soon, our neighborhood kids will be out and about enjoying summer.  Please watch for bikers, walkers, and playing children on our streets and more pets along the way.  Remind your guests to drive cautiously in Kingspointand to watch out for the children.  The 25 mph speed limit may be too fast in some areas and at some times of day.  Please be especially cautious at corners and wherever you may not be able to see who else is in the street ahead.

Late May in Kingspoint brings out the biting flies, mosquitoes and ticks.  Many thanks to all neighbors, especially those on corners, who keep their grass trimmed.  Biting insects love to wait in tall grasses and weeds for their next meal.

Walking is such a pleasure when neighborhood yards are well-kept.  Neighbors appreciate everyone’s efforts to make their own little corner of Kingspoint more beautiful this summer.   We all notice the fresh plantings, renewed mulch, potted flowers, wreathes on doors and fresh paint on homes.  Kingspoint remains a desirable neighborhood for families seeking new Williamsburg homes. 

Many thanks to Ann Hobson, Chris Bonday, Tom Mahone and those working with them as theyspruce up our neighborhood entrance for spring.  Thanks also to David and Wendy Miller, and Gary Gordon, for their efforts to repair and repaint our wooden street signposts throughout the neighborhood. 

If you have a signpost in your yard, please keep the area around it trimmed so that it is clearly visible to motorists, and so that volunteers can reach it safely to prep and paint it over the next several weeks.  Please trim back any grass or weeds so they don’t get bitten by insects as they work.

Your Kingspoint Neighborhood Association welcomes Don Garber, of 115 Kingspoint Drive, as a new member on our Board and as our new Treasurer.  Don and his wife Lisa moved to Kingspoint recently from Hampton.  Don will be taking over from our departing Treasurer, Brandy Belue, at the end of May.  Please welcome Don and Lisa when you see them out and about.

You may be aware that the Cox Communications contract with JCC is up for renewal in June.  At the last Board of Supervisors’ meeting, the Supervisors requested comments from citizens about their experiences with Cox.  Please contact our Supervisor, Dr. John McGlennon, at 757-272-2463 or john.mcglennon@jamescitycountyva.gov, if you have comments or suggestions you want him to consider in the contract negotiations.

You may also have noticed fresh utility markings on some streets and pink markers near some water meters.  JCSA continues to replace old water meters with new ones.  If you have questions about markings in your yard, please contact JCSA at 757-229-7421 for details.

May has been a busy month in Kingspoint, and I’ve heard from many different neighbors sharing their concerns.  Please refer to the ‘Notes from Neighbors’ column in the May Crier for specifics, but in general, we all need to show consideration for one another, and treat others as we want to be treated.   

Let’s all remain mindful of the many residents who continue to work or study from home.  Excessive noise from barking dogs and children playing loudly in the street makes it very challenging for those who need to concentrate on their work.

Please continue to let us know when new neighbors arrive near you.  We want to welcome all new neighbors and bring them a current Kingspoint Directory. 

We always welcome new volunteers.  If you have time to share, please reach out to me, or any member of the KPNA Board, and tell us how you would like to help.  We have several volunteer positions to fill in the coming months.

Please visit our KPNA website for news and useful community links, regular updates and a link to the digital Crier.

Kingspoint Neighborhood Association March News

Many thanks to members of our KPNA Board for their assistance with delivering the 2021 Kingspoint Directory earlier month.  If you haven’t received your new directory, please contact me.  We ask neighbors to please shred any old directories you may be discarding, to protect the personal information of our neighbors.

We appreciate Neighborhood Association Secretary Kenita Hill’s many volunteer hours to update neighbors’ contact information in our new directory.  Please contact Kenita at arubahill@gmail.com whenever you need to update your listing.   

KPNA Board member Ann Hobson remains busy caring for our neighborhood entrance.   I hope you agree that it looks very nice with the new mulch and blooming daffodils.   Anyone willing to join our crew of volunteers at the entrance can reach with Ann at annhobson@cox.net.

Local Tree Steward and master pruner Harry Fahl consulted with us earlier this month and did an outstanding job of pruning the Foster holly, our Crape Myrtles and several shrubs at the entrance.  Deer continue to visit from time to time to ‘help’ with the pruning, as our new trees and shrubs continue to grow in.

If you have questions or concerns about trees or shrubs on your property, you may be interested in the  Tree Call program, offered by WJCC Master Gardener Tree Stewards.  Tree Stewards offer a free consultation.  Call the Master Gardener Help Desk at 757-564-2175 for more information. 

April is Spring Clean-up Month across our area, and 43rd annual Countywide Spring Cleanup will be held on April 17, 2021, brought to you by the Clean County Commission. Please contact Peg Boarman at pboarman@cox.net or (757)565-0032 for more information and/or to register.   Individuals or groups are encouraged to take part in the annual Countywide Spring Cleanup, sponsored by the Clean County Commission.

Let’s work together to hold our own spring cleanup here in Kingspoint this month.  Many neighbors are already hard at work, cleaning up what winter left behind in our yards.  Our neighbors appreciate every small effort we each make to keep our community looking neat and well maintained.

You may request a county truck to pick up large debris such as discarded furniture, appliances, old stumps and tree trunks, yard waste, and other bulky refuse for a $75.00 fee.  Contact Jim Hill at 565-0971 to make an appointment, and find more information here.  You may drop most of these things off yourself at the Jolly Pond Road facility. Many items, such as old grills, propane tanks, scrap metal and lawnmowers, can be dropped off for free.  

As we prepare for spring indoors and out, we will have an opportunity to discard and recycle many household chemicals and electronics at VPPSA’s next Household Chemical collection day on April 10 at Warhill High School from 8:00 AM until noon.  Please check their website for a list of what they will and won’t accept.

The JCC Police also plan a Shred-A-Thon for Saturday, April 10 at the Courthouse on Monticello Avenue from 9 AM until noon.  The first bag/box of documents is free, with a $5 charge for each additional bag or box.  Identity theft continues to be a serious problem across the country, which is why our local police offer a Shred-A-Thon event several times each year.  This is a good and safe opportunity to dispose of any old neighborhood directories you no longer need, along with other documents you want to clean out this spring.  We offer the directory in hard copy only to help protect your personal information.

We always welcome new volunteers.  If you have time to share, please reach out to me, or any member of the KPNA Board, and tell us how you would like to help.  We have several volunteer positions to fill in the coming months.

Please visit our KPNA website for news and useful community links, regular updates and a link to the digital Crier.

Kingspoint Neighborhood Association February News

The Colonial Pipeline had numerous trees pruned and removed this month, forever changing the complexion of Northpoint Drive and parts of Kingspoint Drive.

Please watch for your new 2021 Kingspoint Neighborhood Directory, which will be delivered to you soon.  We will include a new cover for the directory and request that you keep the neighborhood maps from your 2020 directory to reuse this year.

Publishing an updated Kingspoint Directory annually is made possible with membership contributions to the Neighborhood Association.  We publish the Directory in hard copy, and distribute only to neighborhood residents, to protect neighbors’ privacy. 

We appreciate Neighborhood Association Secretary Kenita Hill’s many volunteer hours to update neighbors’ contact information in our new directory.  Please contact Kenita at arubahill@gmail.com whenever you need to update your listing.  We ask neighbors to please shredany old directories you may be discarding, to protect the personal information of our neighbors.

Neighborhood Association volunteers David and Wendy Miller continue repairing street signs this spring.  If there is a street sign that you know of which needs repair, please send me a note.  We plan to paint the posts once the weather warms in the spring. 

We appreciate the ongoing efforts of all neighbors to keep our community looking neat and well maintained.  Realtors tell us that Kingspoint remains a very desirable community.  We certainly welcome the many families who have chosen Kingspoint as their new home over the past year.

If you have questions or concerns about trees or shrubs on your property, you may be interested in the  Tree Call program, offered by WJCC Master Gardener Tree Stewards.  Tree Stewards offer a free consultation.  Call the Master Gardener Help Desk at 757-564-2175 for more information.

As we prepare for spring indoors and out, we will have an opportunity to discard and recycle many household chemicals and electronics atVPPSA’s next Household Chemical collection day on April 10 at Warhill High School from 8:00 AM until noon.  Please check their website for a list of what they will and won’t accept.

Long-time Williamsburg residents know that snowy weather may still find us in February or March.  We request everyone’s cooperation in keeping Kingspoint streets free of parked cars when it snows.  We always hope thatVDOT will spread sand and plow our community, and they will do a better job for us all if they don’t have to work around parked cars.

Welcome to all neighbors who have recently joined the free, local Nextdoor Kingspoint network.  If you’ve not yet joined Kingspoint Nextdoor, you may do so https://nextdoor.com/invite/yhcqxqjzhjfpnsctxgww .  All you need do is verify your Kingspoint address to join this free online neighborhood group.  The Virginia Department of Health, county government and VDOT now post useful information to this link.  You can set your parameters to determine what sort of information you receive with this service.

We always welcome new volunteers.  If you have time to share, please reach out to me, or any member of the KPNA Board, and tell us how you would like to help.  We have several volunteer positions to fill in the coming months.

Please visit our KPNA website for news and useful community links, regular updates and a link to the digital Crier.

Northpoint Drive Butchered

Arbor Pro of Virginia has the contract to butcher trees and shrubs along Northpoint Drive for the Colonial Pipeline right of way clearning

 The Colonial Pipeline runs through our neighborhood.  From the Colonial Parkway, it runs behind and beside homes on Woodbine Court, crosses Kingspoint Drive near the intersection with Northpoint, and continues down Northpoint Drive to College Creek.  This pipeline carries liquid petroleum products.  After clear cutting their way into the neighborhood a few years ago from the Colonial Parkway through to Kingspoint Drive, today they are butchering trees and shrubs in neighbors’ front yards along their right of way beside Northpoint Drive.

Efforts to mitigate this destruction were unsuccessful.  After consulting with our Roberts District Supervisor Dr. John McGlennon, our JCC staff in the Division of Stormwater and Resource Protection, and our contacts at our local VDOT residency, we learned that VDOT signed off on this tree trimming effort in the right of way, mainly along Northpoint Drive.   Property owners were notified by letter in advance and had the opportunity to consult with Colonial Pipeline representatives. 

Asking the Colonial Pipeline to respect the beauty of our neighborhood in direct communication with representatives of the Colonial pipeline were unsuccessful.  They are at it anyway, butchering our shade trees, flowering trees, and front yard landscapes.

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Corporate interest wins yet again over private homeowners.  VDOT signed off on this, as they have allowed so much destruction of trees and wildlife habitat in our county recently. Neighbors take the hit on property values and we are all left with the eyesore. It seems that monitoring the pipeline by driving past, as they have for decades, isn’t good enough for Colonial Pipeline anymore. They have to deface private front yards so they can monitor the pipeline from the air. Very sad for our property owners.

Arbor Pro of Virginia, LLC is wielding the chainsaws today.

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Kingspoint Neighborhood Association January News

Yuko Sato, Wendy and David Miller decorate the Kingspoint entrance for the holidays

We hope you and your family enjoyed the beautiful holiday decorations throughout Kingspoint as much as we did this year.  Many thanks to everyone who brought light into the winter darkness and shared your festive spirit with neighbors throughout the holidays.

Many thanks to Sarah Huber and Eric Hilton and their Kingspoint Club team for their efforts to organize our Kingspoint Luminary Night celebration on December 13.  Brandy Belue and her team set out luminarias at the entrance that were donated by the Kingspoint Club.   We hope you had the opportunity to walk or drive around our neighborhood to enjoy the beauty of it all.  There was tremendous participation throughout the community.  It is always magical to see a winter evening transformed by holiday lights.

Yuko Sato constructed the stunning evergreen holiday arrangements on our sign again this year.  We all appreciate her talents and willingness to continue this beautiful Kingspoint tradition.  We appreciate the Deal family, who donated greenery from their garden for the arrangements and Ann Hobson, David and Wendy Miller who decorated trees and shrubs at our entrance with white lights.  Chris Bonday blew away the fallen leaves and tidied up the grass.   We all enjoyed the beauty resulting from this terrific teamwork!

Neighborhood Association volunteers will be repairing street signs and sprucing up the entrance over the next few weeks.  Watch for new lighting and mulch at the entrance and new street signs where needed.  If there is a street sign that you know of which needs repair, please send a note to the webmistress.  We plan to paint the posts once the weather warms in the spring.

Although we have enjoyed a mild January, long-time Williamsburg residents know that snowy weather may still find us in February or March.  We request everyone’s cooperation in keeping Kingspoint streets free of parked cars when it snows.  We always hope that VDOT will spread sand and plow our community, and they will do a better job for us all if they don’t have to work around parked cars.

James City County will recycle your cut Christmas tree for free through the end of January at any of their convenience center locations. The centers are located at 117 Tewning Road, 1204 Jolly Pond Road, and 185 Industrial Boulevard.  No coupon is required, but the tree must be cleaned of decorations.

Kenita Hill is finishing up revisions to our 2021 Kingspoint Neighborhood Directory, which we plan to distribute to every home by early March. Please look over your own listing in the 2020 Directory and contact her by February 13 with any corrections to your personal information.  If you have a new family near you, please let us know so we can visit with a copy of the Kingspoint Directory and include them in the 2021 listings.

We publish the Directory in hard copy, and distribute only to neighborhood residents, to protect neighbors’ privacy. 

Many, many thanks to everyone who responded to our 2020 membership appeal for the Kingspoint Neighborhood Association.  Your contributions allow us to continue the work we do for the community. 

We always welcome new volunteers.  If you have time to share, please reach out to me, or any member of the KPNA Board, and tell us how you would like to help.  We have several volunteer positions to fill in the coming months.

Please visit our KPNA website for news and useful community links, regular updates and a link to the digital Crier.

Best wishes to all for a happy and joyous new year, from your Kingspoint Neighborhood Association!

New Surry Evacuation Assembly Center

Surry Evacuation Assembly Center for JCC Residents Moves to Warhill High on Jan. 1, 2021

Beginning Jan. 1, 2021, James City County residents living or working in the Surry Nuclear Power Plant’s Protective Action Zones (PAZ) will have a shorter drive to their Evacuation Assembly Center (EAC) when it moves to Warhill High School, 4615 Opportunity Way.

In the case of an incident at the plant, EACs serve as the public shelter. It is important that residents and visitors report to the EAC if ordered to do so. At the EAC, officials will monitor for contamination and perform decontamination procedures if necessary. Before this update, residents were required to travel to Hampton Coliseum or Charles City High School to reach the EAC.

The update will be included in the 2021 Nuclear Emergency Planning Information Calendar arriving in mailboxes in December. The calendar is sent each year to more than 22,000 households within the PAZs. The calendar contains detailed instructions on what should be done in the case of an incident at the Surry Power Plant. Additional calendars are available by calling 757-565-7617 or visiting any County government building.

Staff from James City County and Williamsburg-James City County Schools worked with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management for three years to meet the requirements set forth by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

If there is an incident at the plant prior to Jan. 1, 2021, residents will continue to use Hampton Coliseum and Charles City High School. The Dominion Energy website will be updated with the new EAC on Jan. 1, 2021. 

For more information, visit https://www.dominionenergy.com/projects-and-facilities/nuclear-facilities/surry-power-station or call Emergency Management at 757-565-7617.

Kingspoint Neighborhood Association November News

2019 Holiday arrangements by Yuko Sato

We are looking forward to the holidays and will soon enjoy our beautiful entrance dressed with greenery and white lights.    Yuko Sato will work her floral magic again this year and install evergreen arrangements on the Kingspoint sign.  We appreciate the Deal family donating greenery from their garden for the arrangements.  David and Wendy Miller will decorate trees and shrubs at our entrance with white lights.

We all enjoy the many light displays and other holiday decorations that neighbors share with us each December.  This is ‘the season of light’ for many of us, and the comfort we take in candlelight and holiday lights during this darkest time of the year unites us.  Our beautiful neighborhood is especially festive at the holidays, thanks to the efforts of so many. 

The Kingspoint Club will sponsor their Luminary Night on Sunday, December 13 from 5 PM to 8 PM, with the rain date on Monday December 14.   Let’s join together in celebrating this holiday season of light by lining our neighborhood with candle luminaries on this special night.   We need some volunteers who can help set up luminaries, and light them, at our neighborhood entrance on December 13.

The luminaries consist of a votive candle placed in 2-3 inches of sand inside a white paper bag.   You can make your own, or order luminary kits from the Kingspoint Club.  Participating families line the street in front of their home, and if desired, their driveways and walkways, too. The luminaries are placed approximately three to five feet apart and everyone lights their candles at 5:00pm.  

It will be a beautiful sight to see lights and decorations throughout our Kingspoint community.  Please plan to add your own special touch, and to come out and enjoy this special holiday experience.

Special thanks to all those who have served on, or volunteered to work with, our Neighborhood Association Board this year; and to our very special volunteers who have repaired signs, installed lighting,  blown leaves, watered shrubs, mown grass, pulled weeds, picked up trash, pruned, raked, mulched, delivered items, and generally pitched in to help this year.   Our community is better for the volunteer efforts of so many generous neighbors. 

Many thanks to everyone who has already responded to our 2020 membership appeal for the Kingspoint Neighborhood Association.  Your contributions allow us to continue the work we do for the community. 

If you have intended to drop off your membership renewal, please know that we will gratefully accept your contributions through the end of the year.  If you have misplaced the brochure, no worries.  Simply drop off your check with your name, address, and phone printed on it to Brandy Belue.  Our annual membership contribution has remained $25.00 for the past several years. 

James City County will pick up leaves in our neighborhood one day between December 9 and 16.  Leaves must be in clear plastic bags, left at the curb before 8:00 AM on December 2.  We don’t know which day the truck will come, and they’ll make only one trip this year.  Bulky items, like limbs, won’t be accepted.  You may drop off your own bagged leaves, at no charge, at the Jolly Pond center January 9-17, 2021.  

If you have a new family near you, please let us know so we can visit with a copy of the Kingspoint Directory.  Contact Secretary Kenita Hill if you need to make changes to your listing in the Kingspoint Directory.

Remember to visit our KPNA website for news,  useful community links, and regular updates on matters affecting our neighborhood.

Our warmest wishes to you and your family at the holidays.  May you be blessed with good health and happiness now, and in the new year ahead.

Elizabeth McCoy

for the Kingspoint Neighborhood Association Board