Kingspoint Crier: July 2023
Letter from the KP Presidents
Dear Kingspoint Club Members,
Thank you to the Social Committee for organizing our fabulous July 4th Picnic. All our volunteers did a tremendous job with the behind-the-scenes preparation, a wonderful neighborhood lunch, and the clean-up. We are so fortunate to have an active Social Committee! Thank you for organizing events that bring our community together.
The next social event will be our Labor Day Celebration at the clubhouse and pool.
Pool Hours:
June 16 - August 31:
Monday - Friday: 12:00 - 6:30 p.m. (Pool Attendant 12-4:30 p.m.; Lifeguard 4:30-6:30 p.m.).
Saturday, Sunday, & Holidays: 12:00 - 7:00 p.m. (Lifeguard)
Aug. 28 – 31:
3:00 - 6:30 p.m. (Pool Attendant 3:00-4:30 p.m.; Lifeguard 4:30-6:30 p.m.)
Sept. 1 - Sept. 4:
12:00 - 7:00 p.m. (Lifeguard)
Lifeguard and Pool Attendant Hours: The Club will be utilizing a combination of lifeguarded hours and swim-at-your-own-risk hours. The swim-at-your-own-risk hours will be monitored by pool attendants who will be managed by the Pool Attendant Manager, Cindy Timberlake.
Pool Attendants will manage the pool during the swim-at-your-own-risk hours: They will work during non-guarded times when the pool is open without a lifeguard on duty, when children (under 14) will need to be supervised by a responsible adult/guardian over the age of 18.
When lifeguards are on duty, non-swimming children & children under 12 years old must be accompanied by an adult (18+) swimmer at all times.
Swim Lessons: If you are interested in swim lessons, please contact Cindy Timberlake at timberlakecindy@gmail.com
Club Rules: The Board updated and approved the Club’s Rules. They had not been officially updated since 2012. To view the complete list of Rules, please visit the Club Rules page on our website.
Dues: Thank you to members who have already paid their dues. Just a reminder that dues have been increased to $700. Please pay in a timely manner. If you pay dues quarterly, the third payment of $175 is due now. Jim Gravgaard, the KP Club Treasurer, will be sending electronic invoices to members via email; these invoices contain a link to allow you to pay the invoice electronically. You can also send your dues via a check made out to the Kingspoint Club, Inc., P.O. Box 365, Williamsburg, VA 23187. Questions? Please contact KPWilliamsburg@gmail.com.
Capital Campaign for the Dock: If you would like to make a gift to the Capital Campaign for the Dock, we welcome your donations. Gifts may be dropped off to the Treasurer, Jim Gravgaard, at 110 Overlook Drive (please call/text 804-370-3098 to let him know) OR they can be mailed to the following address: Kingspoint Club, P.O. Box 365, Williamsburg, VA 23187.
Facilities Committee Members: Dave Stanhope has returned to the Facilities Chair position. He is actively looking for project teams and additional committee members to assist him on various projects throughout the year. Please reach out if you would like to help (KingspointFacilities@gmail.com).
Membership Committee Members: Meredith Robertson, the Membership Chair, is actively looking for more committee members to assist her in reaching out to welcome new residents. Please reach out if you would like to help (KPMembership@gmail.com).
Clubhouse News: In addition to replacing the floor in the main part of the clubhouse in May, we have completed replacing the floor in the kitchen. It is a beautiful update to a beautiful space. Come see for yourself! And, if you have a graduation, birthday, anniversary, baby shower, book club, work party, or other special event, please make a plan to book your rental today! Please contact Denise Koch at KPClubRentals@gmail.com or 757-870-0900.
Clubhouse rental rates in 2023:
KP Resident Club Member: $50 rental / 1x per calendar year
KP Resident Club Member: $150 half day ( 4 hrs.) /$200 full day (8 hrs.)
Non-KP Resident Club Member: $350 half day (4 hrs.)/ $550 whole day ( 8 hrs.)
Non-Club Members: $400 half day ( 4 hrs)/ $600 whole day (8 hrs.)
Recurring rentals for KP Club members: $25 per hour / 6 mo. contract
Website: www.KingspointClub.org It’s official–the new Kingspoint Club website is live! Be sure to check it out. You can now find everything Club related, including current and past Criers, on the website. Let’s take a fun trip down memory lane. Please share any photos that you have of activities, members, and the natural beauty of the pool, the clubhouse, the green, and the dock with (KPCrier@gmail.com). We would love to highlight the wealth of incredible Club memories we have created through the years.
Thank you,
Sarah Huber and Kim Lavach,
Co-Presidents, Kingspoint Club
Kingspoint Calendar
September 4 – Labor Day Picnic
Kingspoint Club Board
President — Sarah Huber and Kim Lavach
kppresidents@gmail.com
Treasurer — Jim Gravgaard
KPWilliamsburg@gmail.com
Secretary — Anna Thomas
KPSecretary757@gmail.com
Membership — Meredith Robertson
KPMembership@gmail.com
Facilities — Dave Stanhope
KingspointFacilities@gmail.com
Clubhouse Coordinator — Denise Koch
KPClubRentals@gmail.com
Additional Club Contacts
Social Committee Chair — MaryKate Galke
KPSocialComm@gmail.com
Landscape Director — Nancy McDonald
peachstreet258@gmail.com
KP Crier Editors — Margaret Pizer and Dave Parrish
kpcrier@gmail.com
The Kingspoint Club, Inc. oversees our community’s recreational property on Northpoint Drive. This waterfront site includes a beautiful clubhouse, neighborhood pool, picnic area, dock, and a children’s play area. The KP Club operates the pool and clubhouse and organizes neighborhood social events for members. Membership in the Club is optional for residents, and includes use of the pool, boat ramp and dock. Members may also rent the clubhouse and pool for social events. Membership is required to attend some Club sponsored social events. Non- residents may also pay annual dues to use the pool and the clubhouse. For more information or to join, contact KPMembership@gmail.com.
Kingspoint Neighborhood Association July News
We trust that your family is having a wonderful summer, enjoying the many pleasures our community offers for getting out and having fun together. The strength of our community rests in our relationships with our neighbors. We have a strong spirit of community involvement and volunteerism. There are many ways for neighbors of all ages to get involved and help keep our community clean, beautiful, vibrant, and engaged.
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. We appreciate walkers who remember to walk facing oncoming traffic, and who allow space for cars to pass them safely.
Many thanks to Nat and Betty Brown for making the poster for our postman, Rodney Hammond, at the end of June to congratulate him on his retirement. Rodney is still delivering the mail a few days a week through the end of July, as he wraps up some final details with the USPS.
You may have noticed that VDoT has been working in Kingspoint this month to fill some potholes and repair some cracked pavement. Please watch for them to return sometime during the last week of the month to lay down a sealer coat on Kingspoint Drive. This will be a more involved operation where they will have a lane closed as they work. Please watch for flaggers and expect a bit of delay on Kingspoint Drive.
The sealer is designed to help protect the pavement and slow deterioration until they can get a contractor to complete the necessary full-depth restoration. VDoT plans schedules and awards contracts years into the future, so it will be 2025 or beyond before we can expect that restoration of several neighborhood streets.
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!
Long time KPNA Board member, and former Treasurer Brandy Belue and her family have departed for their new home in Florida. Brandy and Brian are returning to their home area to be closer to their families and their work. We will all miss them, and their daughter, Willow, because they have been an important and beloved part of our community for so many years. Brandy turned over her duties as KPNA Treasurer to Karen Schneider this past January. If you have not yet made your 2023 membership contribution, you may leave it in the Schneider’s mailbox at 100 Kingspoint Drive at any time. Find details in your 2023 Neighborhood Directory.
Many neighbors are participating in our Redbud Initiative to replant native redbud trees, which once grew throughout this area. Any neighbor may request two free seedling trees as a gift of appreciation for their 2023 KPNA membership. There is still time to participate. Simply request your trees when you make your membership contribution. Karen is keeping track of who has requested trees. We will order the trees in September for delivery next March. Participants will be contacted when the trees are available for pick-up next spring.
The question of whether homeowners may rent out portions of, or their entire homes for vacationers, has been a hot topic in our county for the past few years. Short term rentals are not allowed in Kingspoint for two reasons. First, Covenant 1 states that “Lots may be used for residential purposes only…” All homeowners are bound by our Kingspoint Covenants, which follow each deed. (Find the complete list in your 2023 Neighborhood Directory.) The second reason is that our zoning is R-1. Residential zoning doesn’t permit short term rentals. Anyone renting a room, apartment, or their entire Kingspoint home for any purpose other than as a permanent residence (for a minimum of 30 days), is in violation of county code. This should be reassuring to neighborhood families who don’t want vacationing strangers coming and going to short term rentals near their homes, and the many sorts of problems this situation invites. Please contact Christy Parrish, JCC Zoning Administrator, at 757-253-6671 with any questions or concerns you may have about this matter.
A major rehabilitation project along the Colonial Parkway begins in August. The project will upgrade about 10 miles of the Parkway, and will last for three years, ending at the end of June 2026. There will be disruptions and detours in various areas beginning in August. Find the proposed work schedule and detours here.
Although much of the work will begin around Yorktown, the section of the CP from our entrance towards Colonial Williamsburg will also experience closures this year. The tunnel may be closed for repairs beginning this summer through the spring of 2025. It isn’t clear from the schedule whether this will be continuous or a series of temporary closures. It appears that the portion of the Parkway from our entrance to Jamestown Island will be unaffected by the renovation project.
The next VPPSA Household Chemical Collection will be August 12 at Warhill High School from 8:00 AM-Noon.
Many thanks to Ann Hobson and her volunteers for their continued work at our neighborhood entrance. Tom Mahone and Chris Bonday are continuing their dedicated efforts to keep the grass neatly trimmed. If you are willing to join our crew of volunteers to help with maintenance chores at the entrance, please get in touch with Ann at annhobson1010@gmail.com.
If you are new to the community, or have a new family living near you, please let us know so we can visit with a copy of the Kingspoint Directory and include them in the 2023 listings. Many thanks to Mary Haines, who has joined our team of volunteers, and the KPNA Board, to help greet new families in the neighborhood.
Strangers at the Door
Kingspoint neighbors have worked together in recent years to have a ‘No Soliciting’ neighborhood. We currently have numerous ‘No Soliciting’ signs posted near the entrance to the neighborhood. The JCC Police know about our policy.
We know that strangers at the door can be a safety concern to everyone for a variety of reasons. Sales people must apply for, and receive, a peddler’s license from the JCC police to go door to door anywhere in the county. They must present this license, and their photo ID, upon request. The police do a background check on the individual and the company to make sure that everything is legitimate. We have found that these solicitors, particularly people wanting to work on trees or do landscape work, frequently come here looking for work from out of town or out of state.
These folks who show up at the door looking for work, or who want to sell something, generally have no license, don’t present ID, and sometimes become argumentative when turned down. Feel free to call the police to come and check out anyone going door to door. The non-emergency number is 757-566-0112. A neighbor recently reported an argumentative salesperson who wouldn’t take ‘No’ for an answer. It is common for these folks to claim to be working ‘down the street.’ If you choose to answer the door, please reinforce the ‘No Soliciting’ policy. By working together, we can discourage this practice in Kingspoint.
If you need to have work done on your trees, please work with a respected, local arborist who is familiar with our community. You will find a list of arborists here, on our website.
Please visit our KPNA website for news and useful community links.
Elizabeth McCoy kpwebmistress@gmail.com
for the Kingspoint Neighborhood Association Board
Kingspoint Neighborhood Association
KPNA Board President — Elizabeth McCoy — e.mccoy105@gmail.com
Secretary — Kenita Hill — arubahill@gmail.com
Treasurer — Karen Schneider
Members at Large — Ann Hobson, Harvey Manning, Melody Nichols, David Miller, Mary Haines
Subscribing to the Crier
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Your Photographs in the KP Crier?
It is always great to see beautiful pictures of our neigh- borhood. If you want your photos featured in the Kings- point Crier, then please send them to kpcrier@gmail.com. We cannot guarantee that every photograph will be featured, and we reserve the right to crop and rescale the photographs to limit the file size of the Crier.
New Crier Format
With the launch of the new Kingspoint website, the Crier will be published in this blog format. Please contact the editors at KPCrier@gmail.com with feedback, corrections, advertising requests, and more. Thanks!
Publishing in the Crier
If you have an event to share with the Kingspoint community or some news to report that you would like to see posted in the Kingspoint Crier, please send your contributions to kpcrier@gmail.com before the 20th of the month. The editors reserve the right to refuse and edit any submissions; the editors will not run any articles that overly or covertly target specific demographics or neighbors.
Facebook Page
Kingspoint neighborhood has its own Facebook page to add info, photos, items for sale, invite neighbors to a last minute movie or bbq, post last minute updates for swim meets, cancellations, etc. This page is a "Closed Group", so you will have to "request" to be added (this prevents just anyone from joining the group and posting spam). But all residents are encouraged to request an invite!
Here is how you do this: Click to go to the KP Facebook group. It will say it’s a closed group, and then in the upper right corner, under the photo, you click on ‘JOIN GROUP’. The Admin for the group will approve all KP residents!
Little Dolphins
Looking to connect with other parents in the neighborhood? Consider joining the “Little Dolphins” Facebook page. It’s a network of parents in the neighborhood with kids ranging from babies to teenagers. (Just search for "Little Dolphins Kingspoint" on Facebook). It’s a nice way to meet parents in the neighborhood with similarly aged kids. If you aren’t on Facebook, or if you are having problems joining the group, email Tracy Sohoni, tracep@yahoo.com
Neighborhood Ads
Pet Sitting: Available Daily and Holidays, 4 years experience. Yuko Sato phone: 757-634-5447
Pet Sitting: Haley Elton offers dog walking and pet sitting services. Available daily. Contact her managing agent, Norman Elton, at 757-293-8346.
Baby Sitting and Pet Sitting: Carolyn Clinton is available for baby sitting and pet sitting. 757-903-7777. Twins John and Catherine Clinton are also available for baby sitting and pet sitting. John also mows lawns. Call their mother Susan Clinton @ 757-903-7205.
Baby Sitting and Pet sitting/walking: Hello all! My name is Lexi. I am a pet sitter and babysitter who has attended a CPR class and a training course for babysitting. I have lots of experience with animals of all types and breeds. Some other services I offer are watering plants, collecting mail, or taking care of your house while you are out of town. For reasonable rates and more details call or text 757-298-8798.
Daily pet visits, walks, overnight in your home: Experience with dogs, cats, birds, giving medica- tions. Retired teacher. In business since 2016. Lisa Garber. 757-848-8331 or beastiebestiesofwilliamsburg@gmail.com.
Advertising Policy
The advertising policy for the Kingspoint Crier is as follows: business related ads are $10/ edition for a business card ($100/yr); $25/ edition for quarter page ($260/yr); $50/ edition for half page ($525/yr). We can provide an invoice if necessary. The space will be limited to a reasonable size to be determined by the Crier editors and space constraints of each edition; small ads of one, or two sentences, from residents and non-resident club members are free as a community service; non-profit and children’s ads are also free.
