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Did You Know?
You can find valuable resources on our website's Documents page.
Are you interested in learning about our lakes or how to reserve the Park Pavilion? Want to check out the Resident Directory? Maybe review 17 years of board meeting minutes?
The documents page has a wealth of information for our community!
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Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, February 12th
The next LAIA Board meeting will be Wednesday, February 12, at 6:30 pm online via Zoom conferencing. Residents who are interested in attending the meeting should request the Zoom access link from the Board, email: board@lochalpine.org. LAIA Annual Meeting
Friday, March 14th
Loch Alpine’s Annual Meeting for Association Members will be held Friday, March 14, beginning at 7:30 pm in Webster Township Hall. Voting can be done at the meeting or by absentee ballot.
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Board Bulletin
Posted on Jan 10th, 2025
LAIA Annual Meeting Set for March 14
Mark your calendars… Loch Alpine’s annual meeting for Association Members will be held Friday, March 14, beginning at 7:30 pm in Webster Township Hall. Voting can be done at the meeting or by absentee ballot. At least 20 days prior, members will receive the Annual Meeting packet including your ballot with proxy option, as well as the agenda, summary budget, candidates for Board of Directors, year-end reports from LAIA committees, and more. There will be three openings for directors.
LAIA Seeking Candidates for Board The Board of Directors manages the assets and finances of the Loch Alpine community for the Members. Directors serve a 2-year term of office. Candidates are elected (or re-elected) and announced at the March Annual Meeting. This year, there are 3 Director openings to be filled. As the LAIA By-Laws specify that 2 candidates should be presented for each opening, we encourage Association Members to consider running for the Board. It’s a limited amount of time required: a monthly 2-1⁄2 hour meeting plus regular email correspondence to discuss issues and conduct business. If you can devote a bit more time and energy, you might lead a committee or a special project. We hope you’ll consider -- it may be your time to help manage our unique neighborhood. Many of you have moved into Loch Alpine in just the past few years. You may have new ideas to make the community more welcoming and active for residents young and old. You may have lived here a while and now have time to devote to help manage Association properties and initiatives.
By February 3, please contact LAIA Board of Directors President Brian Daugherty, president@lochalpine.org, (734) 756-0442, or any current Board Director, board@lochalpine.org, to discuss this opportunity. Add your name to the list of many special Loch Alpine volunteers. Your friends and neighbors will thank you.
Winter Road Safety Those out walking on streets in non-daylight and snowfall times should have reflective clothing and/or lights to be seen by motorists. With snow plow/salt truck drivers concentrating on the road surface in front of and at the side of the truck, a walker or jogger is almost impossible to see without reflective and illumination gear. Residents are advised (and must advise their driveway plowing contractor) that snow cleared from their driveways should not be piled onto the street, to prevent it being plowed into an adjacent driveway or left as an obstacle on the street. Residents may place reflective stakes along their front yard road edges about 12" back to help protect the grass from plow blades.
Be Safe on the Ice
A few days ago, residents may have been worried to see emergency vehicles parked along the lower lake where a large hole was broken in the ice and Caution tape placed along the shore. Happily, this was no accident scene. Rather, Scio Township and Dexter fire departments were using our lake for ice rescue training. Residents should be mindful of the condition of the ice if they wish to go out onto the ice for skating, walking, skiing or fishing. Generally, ice should have a thickness of at least 4 inches to provide a solid surface. If you do fall through the ice, stay calm and kick your feet and swim up onto the ice, stay flat as you can as you move from where you went through. This video could be very helpful for adults and children to learn how to deal with falling through ice.
Board Bulletin
Posted on Oct 30th, 2024
Fall Yard Clean-up
Burning of leaves and yard debris is not permitted by Scio Township in our subdivision. Open burning in Webster Township requires a burn permit; but leaf burning has not been an accepted practice in Loch Alpine for a long time, for air quality reasons. Please remove leaves and debris from ditches, and clear as much debris as possible from culverts adjacent to your lot. This will help proper drainage and reduce water and ice on our streets.
No dumping of yard waste material is allowed on any LA property, such as around the lakes and natural areas.
Yard waste may be placed in large, craft/paper bags or loose in your own, reusable container with a "yard waste" or "compost" sticker on the container. Please do not tape yard bags -- fold them closed or leave them open at the top. Priority Waste will also pick up properly bundled branches no thicker than 3 inches in diameter tied in bundles no greater than 4 feet in length and 18 inches in diameter. The last day of yard waste pick-up in Loch Alpine will be December 10.
Don't like bagging leaves? Consider mulching or shredding leaves and raking it back into the grass, into garden and flower beds, and scattering it around the roots and stems of plants.
Chili Cook-off Results
Thank you to all the ghouls and goblins who joined us for the Chili Cook-off! Congratulations to Nat Kinsky and Brandon Piersol who tied for first place. Special shout out to Sunny Beach who provided the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes: hand-carved spoons. 
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Looking to make Community Connections...
The Social Committee has compiled a list of Babysitters/Pet-sitters within Loch Alpine. The link can be found on the Directory page, in the password protected section of our website. If you would like to add someone to the list please contact social@lochalpine.org
The Bi-Annual Loch Alpine Lore is always looking for new content from our neighbors:
Follow this link to our GoogleForm and find the applicable box. This will help us create content for our e-newsletter as well as the website.
An Open Letter to Dog Owners
Most of you leash your dogs while walking them on Loch Alpine streets, parks and pathways. The entire Loch Alpine community thanks you for being law-abiding and courteous in this way.
To those who sometimes take your dog off leash, we have a short but earnest request: Please don’t. Even good dogs need to be leashed at all times.
Respectfully yours,
The Loch Alpine Board of Directors
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Do you follow Loch Alpine on social media? This is a great way to stay connected to your neighbors, receive board updates and important notifications, and post information.
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| The Loch Alpine Award |
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LOCH ALPINE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION LOCH ALPINE AWARD
The Loch Alpine Award was established by the Loch Alpine Improvement Association to recognize a person or persons who have demonstrated Exemplary efforts, Commitment and Dedication to the Loch Alpine Community.
In recognition and appreciation of her exemplary efforts for the community, the Loch Alpine Board has selected Janet Torno for the 2024 Loch Alpine Award. She has generously donated her time welcoming Loch Alpine newcomers for many years. With a greeting card and a call, a home visit to present a LA Welcoming Mug and making sure they have received the Newcomers Welcome Package, Janet provides information that new residents should know about living in our neighborhood. She answers questions they may have and offers suggestions based on her many years enjoying living here and also being very active in both Ann Arbor and University of Michigan life. Her spouse, Randy, was a recipient of the award in 2019.
Thank you, Janet!
The Loch Alpine Improvement Association is proud to have honored recipients of the Loch Alpine Award since 2001 (prior to 2013, the award was designated the Sendra Award). The previous recipients can be found here.
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