Chicahauk Property Owners Association

Found at Trinitie Park in Chicahauk!!

Volunteers needed!! This event was rescheduled from last week!

Volunteers are needed to help with the annual Southern Shores clean-up event in honor of Earth Day on Sunday, April 28 from 1pm-5pm.

Register to volunteer at: https://signup.com/go/LetUADk

There are three locations to choose from:
Sea Oats Park
Soundview Park
Trinitie Park

Volunteers will be registered to win cool prizes including tickets to a VusicOBX concert and dinner for two at Steamers!

Organized by The Southern Shores Civic Association, Chicahauk Property Owners Association, and the Town of Southern Shores, this event is also supported by Amy's Candles, Dare County Extension Master Gardeners, Home Depot, OBX Tree Doc, Steamers, Surfrider, and VusicOBX.

Earth day activities planned for tomorrow, April 21st rescheduled to April 28th! Please share with your neighbors. Thank you!

Hello Chicahauk Community!

Board Vacancy: There is a vacancy in the CPOA Board of Directors due to a resignation. CPOA Members in Good Standing can submit a Bio by April 19th at 5pm to be considered for this open Position. Per the Bylaws, this term shall run until the next Annual Meeting in March 2025. Click on Recent News on the Home page for more details or contact Carolyn Hoover ([email protected]). www.cpoaobx.org

Volunteer Opportunities: The Earth Day Southern Shores Clean-up Event, sponsored jointly by the Southern Shores Civic Association, CPOA and the Town of Southern Shores will take place on April 20-22, 2024. To find out more about the specific tasks at the Trinitie Park Clean-up, check out the Recent News article. To sign up the Trinitie Clean-up on Sunday, April 21, learn about joint activities including kickoff events (including food & prizes!) and sign up for other Earth Day Clean-up options, please visit the SSCA-sponsored https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsignup.com%2Fgo%2FLetUADk&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9fe4849d6e2c42dfef8b08dc597ffeb7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638483653484513095%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=OFVRjQAwKVE5p7BkA4vRXq7tXWxejM3j89snCG4lZkM%3D&reserved=0

Thanks to Gary McDonald for repairing one of the benches at Trinitie Park. This bench had been damaged recently and Gary was able to make it usable again. At the same time, he made some repairs to the fence around the tennis courts to make it more secure. Thanks for the work, Gary!

If you notice any problems in our parks, trails or other common areas, please call or send an email to the CPOA office and Maureen McGovern (Properties Chair) will work to get any issues addressed. If you would like to volunteer from time to time to help Maureen make these small repairs, please contact her to get on the list.

Have you applied for your 2024 Dare County reentry permit?

When a mandatory evacuation is issued to ensure public safety (think hurricanes), individuals must present a current reentry permit* (along with a valid corresponding ID) and follow a staged reentry process.

For more detailed information—and to obtain your 2024 reentry permit—please visit www.DareNC.gov/Reentry.

*Expired reentry permits from previous years will not be accepted. All Dare County residents are welcome to apply for a reentry permit; however, a valid ID that contains a Dare County address is sufficient on its own for local residents, and a reentry permit is optional, not necessary, for residents.

News you can use!!

Have you applied for your 2024 Dare County reentry permit?

When a mandatory evacuation is issued to ensure public safety (think hurricanes), individuals must present a current reentry permit* (along with a valid corresponding ID) and follow a staged reentry process.

For more detailed information—and to obtain your 2024 reentry permit—please visit www.DareNC.gov/Reentry.

*Expired reentry permits from previous years will not be accepted. All Dare County residents are welcome to apply for a reentry permit; however, a valid ID that contains a Dare County address is sufficient on its own for local residents, and a reentry permit is optional, not necessary, for residents.

Important information regarding access to Chicahauk from Rt. 12

I’ve had the honor of sitting on the Historic Landmark Commission board for the last few years working to preserve our historic flattops! Please consider attending the tour or donating to this wonderful organization!

Message from Sally and Steve Gudas…

We invite you to attend our 6th Southern Shores Historic Flat Top Cottage tour on April 27th which features 14 vintage flat tops that tour-goers may visit from 1 to 5 PM in the afternoon. The tour proceeds benefit the Flat Top Preservation Fund of the Outer Banks Community Foundation. Online ticket sales begin today at the following link https://southernshoreshistoricflattops.ticketleap.com/. $10 tickets will also be available the day of the tour from 10 AM - 1:30 PM at our tent at Southern Shores Crossing shopping center (cash or check only).

We are especially excited that all 5 flat tops that have been designated as Southern Shores Historic Landmarks will be on our tour:
23 Porpoise Run, 142 Ocean Blvd, 156 Wax Myrtle Trail, 170 Ocean Blvd, and 218 Ocean Blvd. There is one additional Historic Landmark that is not a flat top and therefore is not on the tour.

We are also excited that the Frank Stick-designed flat top at 13 Skyline Road that is now owned by the Town will be on the tour.

We continue to encourage our fellow flat top owners to apply for Historic Designation and we hope that you might encourage them as well as you tour the cottages.

We hope you will join us on the 27th and we ask that you please share this information with your family, friends, and business associates.

All the best,

Sally & Steve Gudas
Southern Shores Historic Flat Top Owners network
(804)399-8342

Southern Shores Historic Flat Top Cottages Events

From Len Schmitz!!

Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I had cancelled this week's beach grass planting because they forecasted rain for Tuesday through Friday. Well... you know what they say... If you don't like the weather, wait a minute. It looks like it's only going to rain Tuesday night and Wednesday, with Thursday just a little cloudy, and temps near 60. Who is up for a little grass planting on Thursday? The town of Southern Shores has asked Better Beaches, and the Southern Shores Civic Association to help finish the area of dunes that the contractor they hired didn't finish. It's in the Pelican Watch section of Southern Shores, just north of the Kitty Hawk pier. A lot of this was planted last year, and there is existing growth on the lower part of the sand fence. We will be planting just on the top part of the dune. So, I'm going to be planting from 11am to noon on Thursday Dec. 28th. We can meet at the northernmost beach access, which I believe is by #22 Pelican Watch. It looks like most of the houses are rentals, and are empty, so I don't think parking for an hour will be a problem. We will be starting at the north end of Pelican Watch and work south towards the pier. I hope you can make it.

Len

PS. Keep New Years Day 2024 open for a combined Southern Shores , Duck beach grass planting party at the towns line. Details will be coming soon.

The office will be closed the week between Christmas and New Years, December 26th and 28th. Office hours will resume January 2, 2024.

HAVE A BLESSED MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

Seasons Greetings!! The CPOA office will be closed on December 26th and 28th. Normal hours starting January 2, 2024. Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday!!

We’ve heard from several members that they’re not receiving text and email updates. Please go to the CPOA website and update your contact info. Thank you!! This is the info that went out to all CPOA members via text and email:

Tuesday, 12/12 530 pm Pitt Center

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A special committee has formed to review the current CPOA restrictive Covenants/By-laws to provide suggested changes to the CPOA Board of Directors. This committee will also craft a survey that will be sent to each CPOA member to gauge interest in updating these important legal documents that govern the lives of all CPOA members. We invite you to join this committee. If committee membership numbers are large, then we'll spend some time at the first meeting to discuss subcommittees and their responsibilities, duties, etc.
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2023 Angel Tree
There has been a great response from Chicahauk residents in providing presents for the six children that are hoping for an extra special Christmas this year. But there are still some spots that are open although you might have to scroll down a little to find the gifts that say, "Sign Up" instead of "Full". Click on our Angel Tree Link to select the gifts you want to share with these children as you do your shopping this holiday season!

To make sure that everyone has time to do their shopping for their Angel Tree gift, we are extending the deadline until Wednesday, December 6th. That gives you an additional morning to drop off your presents (12/5) at the Chicahauk office in the Pitt Center. A final drop-off will be held on December 6th from 5-7pm at the Pitt Center. If you cannot come by the Pitt Center for any of the drop-offs, please contact Carolyn Hoover ([email protected]) as soon as possible.

Remember that your gifts should be labeled with the child's "code" ("Child 43-A-1") and should not be wrapped. The Women's Club will make sure the presents are wrapped before they are given to the family.

If you have any other questions, please contact Carolyn Hoover ([email protected]). Thanks for helping these kids have a special Christmas!

CPOA Board of Directors

2023 Angel Tree Gift To Sign Up for the presents you will be purchasing: Review the available slots below and click on a Sign Up button to sign up for that gift. You can click on multiple Sign Up buttons. The box below the Child identifier on the left-hand side of the slot indicates how many of that item is wanted.Once....

Happy Thanksgiving from your Chicahauk BOD!

Thankful for our TOSS Sprig Volunteers! Message below is from Len Schmitz! Thank you Len!!!

Hello all Volunteers,

We had a great turn out for our inaugural planting of the season. The wind died down, and it was perfect beach grass planting weather. The sand was still a little wet, which made planting easier. We had 14 people show up, and in just a little over an hour we got 4,000 sprigs in the ground, and covered 500 ft. of dune. Thanks to all who were able to show up due to the change in schedule. I have had some requests for more advance notice of planting dates, so here is my schedule for the next week. I still have some grass left over from the last order so we are going to plant again this week on Thursday 11am to noon. We are going to meet at Second Avenue and pick up where we left off and go north.
Sunday November 19th will be the next planting and we will probably be planting around 3rd ave. Then it's Thanksgiving week. I was thinking about the Friday or Saturday after Thanksgiving depending on weather. There will be a lot of visitors that week, and we could have a record turn out. So maybe we can plant at Hillcrest to accommodate parking.
I hope one of these dates is convenient for you, and will send out another email to confirm plantings.

Len

For more info reach out to Len!!

[email protected]

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀!!! 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗸 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆!!!

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖢𝖯𝖮𝖠 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖮𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖡𝖺𝗇𝗄𝗌 𝖶𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗇’𝗌 𝖢𝗅𝗎𝖻 𝖠𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗅 𝖳𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝖦𝗂𝖿𝗍 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗆 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖻𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗀𝗂𝖿𝗍𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖢𝗁𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗁𝖺𝗎𝗄 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝖣𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖢𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗒 𝖽𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝗂𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖮𝖡𝖶𝖢 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗌 𝖺 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝗂𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗌𝗂𝗑 𝖻𝗈𝗒𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗌. 𝖢𝗅𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖠𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗅 𝖳𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝖫𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝖿𝗍𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝗂𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇! 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗆 𝗂𝗌 𝖭𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋 𝟥𝟢𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗈 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾. 𝖮𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝗎𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗀𝗂𝖿𝗍𝗌, 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖢𝗁𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗁𝖺𝗎𝗄 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖯𝗂𝗍𝗍 𝖢𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖳𝗎𝖾𝗌𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗈𝗋 𝖳𝗁𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗌. 𝖬𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗅𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇𝗎𝗉 𝗐𝖾𝖻𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖾. 𝖨𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝖢𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗒𝗇 𝖧𝗈𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 (𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗒𝗇_𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋@𝗁𝗈𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅.𝖼𝗈𝗆). 𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝖽𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝖢𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗌.

𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗸!

𝖢𝗁𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗁𝖺𝗎𝗄 𝖲𝗍𝗈𝗉: 𝖣𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋 𝟣𝟨, 𝟣-𝟦𝗉𝗆, 𝖳𝖮𝖲𝖲 𝖯𝖺𝗋𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖫𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗍 𝖱𝗍. 𝟣𝟤 & 𝖢𝗁𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗁𝖺𝗎𝗄 𝖳𝗋. ======> 𝖵𝗈𝗅𝗎𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾𝗍𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗌, 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗌, 𝖾𝗅𝗏𝖾𝗌 & 𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝗎𝗉 “𝖤𝗅𝗏𝖾𝗌” 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖿𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽𝗂𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗀𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖲𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖺 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍.

2023 Angel Tree Gift To Sign Up for the presents you will be purchasing: Review the available slots below and click on a Sign Up button to sign up for that gift. You can click on multiple Sign Up buttons. The box below the Child identifier on the left-hand side of the slot indicates how many of that item is wanted.Once....

Santa is coming to town!!

Hello Chicahauk!

Due to the impending and predicted poor weather conditions this Saturday, September 23rd, the picnic and annual meeting has been rescheduled to Saturday, October 7th. We apologize for this change, but weather can be unpredictable. The annual picnic will still be catered by High Cotton. Please RSVP before Friday, September 29th so that we can pass along our count of attendees to High Cotton.

Where: Trinitie Park
When: Saturday, October 7th from 4PM - 6PM

RSVP using this link: https://bit.ly/460TzT7

Don't forget to bring a chair or two. Seating space fills up quickly under the pavilion. As we've mentioned earlier, there will be additional shade over the food this year.

Your CPOA Board

2023 Chicahauk Community Picnic Trinitie Park | 4PM - 6PM | Saturday, October 7

The path at the end of Chicahauk trail has been cleared!! Thank you to our fearless chainsaw toting CPOA President, Dave Stager!

Update on Chicahauk Dune crossover! Thank you Joel Newton!!

Soft Re-opening of 96A Ocean Blvd/Chicahauk Dune Crossover

Phase 1 (relocated stairs, a landing and ramp to the beach) shown in the foreground of the photo above, is the portion of the crossover re-opening, although some work (e.g., Trex guardrail tops and cutting post tops) will be accomplished in the coming week. You will also find a lot of sand at the end of the ramp in the toe of the dune. Our experience is that this sand will disappear rapidly as the result of pedestrian erosion. For the long haul we have requested permission from CAMA to install beach walk mats in this area.

Phase 2 of the project, zigzag ramps from the viewing deck to the bottom landing is still under construction. However, we are way ahead of schedule thanks to our contractor working 8 - 8 for three days to accomplish all the basic heavy construction. Volunteers are doing all the railing work, and they, too, have made a yeoman effort towards completion of the ramp project.

Finally, the benches on the viewing deck can’t be used at this time as they’re being used to store construction debris.

Be a Volunteer! Earth Week for Chicahauk includes Beach Access Path Cleanup on 4/16 at 10 AM and Trinitie Park Cleanup and Plant-aganza on 4/19 at 10AM. Let us know you are coming, and you'll get tickets towards a food truck lunch at Hillcrest Parking Lot on 4/16 from noon-4PM. Details on the website.

www.cpoaobx.org

Good morning!!! SSCA (Southern Shores Civic Association) is hosting an open house to highlight volunteering opportunities today at the Pitts Center!! Come on out and find out how you can become more involved in our wonderful town of Southern Shores (and Chicahauk neighborhood!) The Pitts Center is located at 5377 N Virginia Dare Trail in Southern Shores (right behind the SS police station). Stack 'em High Pancakes and So Forth MP 4/Outer Banks Catering is providing some yummy finger foods. Please come see us between the hours of 12 pm to 4 pm!

Reminder! In person only CPOA Annual Meeting Saturday - 10AM - Pitts Center CPOA/SSCA Volunteer Day Monday, March 27 - 12PM More details

www.cpoaobx.org

Good morning!! Join us on Thursday, February 2nd, 2023 for our February Board meeting at 5:30pm in the Pitt Center. Everyone is welcome! If you want to participate remotely, you can join the meeting here. https://www.cpoaobx.org/home/