High Point of Fort Pierce, FL

This is an open letter from Joy Langtry, resident of Section 1 and site administrator.

Dear Friends & Neighbors,

I spent the summer in NH and was not as active updating this site as I plan to be going forward.   Now that I am back home here in Ft. Pierce, I thought my best first effort would be to try to get the monthly newsletters set up to be sent to subscribers via email, in response to the suggestion made by a few different residents.  To that end, I spent an hour this morning visiting the Condo Section offices.

Because High Point is divided into 3 sections, governed by 3 separate legal entities (the respective condo associations), there are 3 separate newsletters, handled in different ways.  I suspect that isn’t news to anyone, but I reiterate that now, as it is pertinent to my quandary.

One of the sections provided me contact info for the volunteers who put together the newsletter.  Another section offered me the newest edition of their newsletter and said, “Great, thanks!”  The other section, however, is concerned about liability because David (my husband, photographer for the site and fellow High Point resident) and I have no formal affiliation with the legal entities which are the condo associations, and therefore they cannot control what we publish.

Well, since I know my agenda and I am sincerely hoping to provide value, maybe offering more detail to you all will alleviate any reasonable concerns.

My Agenda, or Why I want to Run this Website

I enjoy building websites and learning about internet marketing.  I have been doing so for fun over the past few years, but so far only use my skills as a hobby rather than a true business.

My profession since 2004 and up until the past year was a Notary Public / Mortgage Loan Signing Agent.   When someone in my area refinanced a mortgage or bought a house using a national lender, I could be hired to print the documents, deliver them to the clients, assure the required data and signatures were accurately provided, notarized as appropriate,  and that all was completed correctly and in a timely manner.  Because of the banking industry and housing market issues of late, I don’t do a whole lot of this anymore.

David and I inherited our condo here when my mother passed away, and we have adjusted gradually.  One aspect of living here that has puzzled us was the disconnect between the 3 condo sections here.  We all live in High Point as neighbors, but there are clear divisions and they are at times prohibitive.

We thought it would be nice to create this site to facilitate and accentuate our shared experiences as High Point residents, without regard to boundaries and official legal entities.   We have no plans to forward any political, religious or other highly-charged agendas… just share some information and help each other out.  A great rule of business opportunity is “Find a need and fill it”.

My professional experience over the past few years has increased my sensitivity to the habit of being ethical and respectful of confidentiality, and has also taught me the hard way that what is legal is not always right, and vice versa.

If this website is successful and gets a lot of traffic, I may begin including some advertising to help support the effort.  This would allow the site to grow and thrive without expense to any of the residents or condo associations.  I also have plans to offer my internet marketing and web-building services to local businesses, and High Point of Fort Pierce will showcase my skills.  Once again, no impact to anyone other than a win/win/win situation.

So, getting back to my original question, “How can we help?”…  Do you want to be able to receive your monthly newsletter via email?  If so, please call your section office, and let your condo association know.  The phone numbers for the 3 sections are here on the site  (on the right) for your convenience.

This article may be exactly what the condo associations want to avoid, and if that’s the case I may have no choice but to give up my attempts here.  So, we are depending on popular opinion here, and look forward to finding out what you all think!

Thanks for reading!

Joy

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