2019 Member Letter

Dear Duck Key resident:

We hope that 2018 has been a happy and healthy year for you and your family. We greatly thank all of the DKPOA current members for their support with financial donations and volunteer work in 2018.

Our Island has made great progress towards recovery after the damage made by Irma in September 2017. Still, much work remains to be done. 2018 has been a year of unprecedented development on the Island. In addition to the rebuilding to repair damage, many new homes are being built and new neighbors are joining our community.

While it took longer than we had hoped, we worked with the County officials to ensure that the clean up after the hurricane was thorough. With member support, DKPOA led several rounds of trash removal, followed by a massive resident volunteer clean-up brigade. With your 2018 DKPOA dues and member donations, we ensured that the missing no-wake buoys in Tom’s Harbor were again replaced. Damaged plants in the DKPOA sponsored welcome gardens and around the sewer lift stations were replanted. However most importantly, we gained permission from both Monroe County and the Duck Key property owners and planted 127 New Triple Montgomery Palm Trees in the right of way in front of unimproved lots to create neater, greener and more pleasant street views around the Island.

For 2019, we will be asking our DKPOA members to vote on the continuation of the palm tree planting program and the ongoing beautification of the island with the planting of gardens as funds permit. We will also liaison with the County on the upcoming reconstruction of our bridges and code compliance issues throughout DK.

Other projects in our plans are the dredging of the silted up canals (managed by DKCB and paid for with separately raised funds for the canal dredging) .

We are enclosing our 2019 membership application and member survey and hope that we can count on your support. In 2018 we raised $51000 from our membership fees and several additional donations for beautification. We have set a goal of a 20% increase in 2019. This goal can only be achieved with all of your support, so please send us your application and donation today so we can continue to Beautify Duck Key.

Remember, your contributions are 100% federally tax deductible. (DKCB dba DKPOA is a non-profit 501c3 IRS EIN 47-3292711).

Please mark your calendars for our Annual Membership General Meeting on January 27, 2019, at Club Duck Key on San Juan Street. The meeting will run from 1pm to 4pm.

We wish 2019 to be a healthy and prosperous year for all our residents.

Sincerely,

The DKPOA Board
David Williamson, President; Christine Waddill, Secretary; Ron Oestreicher, Treasurer; Betsy Lefler, Barbara McKinney, John Schwarz, Ellen Tanis, John Wolfe, Directors.