Blendon Woods Civic Association

Our Mission: The Blendon Woods Civic Association will promote cooperation, the owners’ enjoyment of their premises, a neighborhood spirit and protection of the residents’ investments in their homes. Our sole objective is to foster friendly, pleasant and attractive surroundings. When It Was Started and Why We Have a Civic Association The original association was created in 1988. It started out as a block watch group, but because there was a lot of new construction going on in the area, the original organizers decided to create a civic association from the block watch group. This newly formed civic association was called “The Blendon Estates Civic Association.” After the group created the by-laws (on our website), they started collecting dues from the residents and started making plans for neighborhood gatherings. Our subdivision was built as three phases: Blendon Estates – Phase I; Blendon Estates – Phase II; and The Woods at Blendon. The original association was formed from residents of the first two phases, thus the name: Blendon Estates Civic Association. The residents of the final phase of the development, The Woods At Blendon, asked to join the group. After they were brought into the association, it was decided to rename the group with a combined name of “The Blendon Woods Civic Association.” A few years later, a new section was developed off of Broadview Road. This was a small group that had some houses on Panorama and Swingley Drives. The residents of this new area also asked and were approved to join the group. Sometime in 1991 the association decided to become a member of The Northland Community Council. NCC is a powerful organization that has over 73,000 residents living in its service area. There are currently 25 neighborhood civic associations that are members as well as 2 service organizations. NCC has many areas of neighborhood interest with much of the focus on new building cases. Because there is a considerable amount of building and development in our area we are interested in those cases that directly affect our property values. For more information on the Northland Community Council, you can view their website at http://myncc.org/ There are currently 325 homes that are in our civic association. Roughly 65% of the homeowners are dues paying members of the association. We plan several events throughout the year: an Annual Community Garage Sale, the Fourth of July Parade, and a Pumpkin Party in October. We have an annual Membership drive and publish a neighborhood telephone directory as well as a bi-monthly newsletter. Because the city of Columbus does not always plow our streets in the winter we had decided a few years ago to ask residents for additional money to plow our own streets. The snow plowing is paid for out of the general fund. We are always looking for residents to become involved and volunteer to help with committees and events. We update our community website to help communicate with our neighbors on-line. Membership in the Association is entirely voluntary. However, the deed restrictions apply equally to all residents, both members and non-members. Association meetings are open and accessible to all residents. Anyone who wishes to speak, run for Area Representative or assist in any way is encouraged to do so. Deed Restrictions were set up by the company that developed the housing edition and it is filed with the Franklin County to preserve the subdivision as an attractive and pleasant subdivision for the benefit of the future owners. See the link in the Community Pages area and click on the link for the full seven page document of the Deed Restrictions. This is a PDF of the actual document filed in Franklin County in 1990. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~ Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978)