Copperstone Community Cleanup Day (May 10, 2025): Success!

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The morning of May 10th was gray and drizzly, but that didn’t stop a good turnout of Copperstone residents, including three council members, for the first Copperstone Community Cleanup Day. You can see the notice for the event below.

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After assembling and gathering our tongs, pickers, brooms and buckets, we split off into several groups and worked our way around and through the Copperstone complex, picking up assorted bits of trash, cigarette butts, as well as some more unusual items like old advertising signs, chunks of metal and more. In the end, we filled multiple buckets with garbage, leaving the complex and surrounding area much tidier than before.

Thanks to everyone who took part and to council member Ben who spearheaded the idea, and took part. The only improvements for next time would be:

  • More photos! Everyone was too busy cleaning. There are worse problems, I suppose. 🙂
  • More notice! We actually had good turnout with the relatively short notice, but more notice is better.
  • Agree on a rendezvous point at the end, so we can get everyone in the group photo. Next time!
Just some of the residents who took part, celebrating their victory in cleaning up the area. Council member Desiree is on the left, organizer and council member Ben is second from the right. Not seen: Me, because I took the photo.

Council member Jeff spent his time fixing the corner of one of the courtyard planters that had faced the back (or front) end of one too many vehicles.

The after shot, with the stones back in place.

Ironically, Jeff fixed it again exactly one week later when it got run into again. It now has a pole next to it with reflective tape. Hopefully this helps!

Take two, with the stones back in place again! And now a pole with reflective tape.

Cleaning up the stairs (possibly for the first time!)

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Now that the path along the hospital lane is open again, Jeff thought it was a good time to take some brooms and a hose to the concrete stairs that connect from the path down to Copperstone.

It took quite a bit of work to clear off the years of accumulated dirt, twigs and other junk, but now the stairs are clean, and our plan is to keep them that way going forward.

Here’s a small gallery showing the results, with the first shot being before the big hose-down began.

Website update, April 7, 2025

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A lot of the information in the right sidebar has been archived, as it is no longer relevant. I will likely make it available in the future in a way that puts it into historical context. As always, I will update and correct any errors or gaps in the information, even if it’s “old news.”

Further updates to the site are coming soon!

Congrats to the new Copperstone council

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Tonight, Copperstone owners elected a mostly new council. Here’s wishing them ( and us) success. Congrats to all.

And a big thanks to owners for voting down the special resolutions, both of which were ill-conceived.

The site will have some updates over the next few days as time permits to reflect the new state of affairs.