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  <title><![CDATA[Georgia Condo & HOA News from CAN]]></title>
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     <title>Satisfaction runs rampant in Sun City</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The results are in. The results of the 2011 Resident Satisfaction Survey, that is, and Sun City Hilton Head residents really love their community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:42:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/xi4nx4</link>
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     <title>Condominium oversight bill passes Georgia Senate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Georgia Senate passed SB 136 which will grant unit owners the right to file a petition in superior court in order to gain oversight of the condominium's homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:47:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/yUx0kk</link>
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     <title>COBB | County cracks down on families with chickens</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But on Friday, she was informed by both her homeowner's association and Cobb County that the chickens will have to go.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:34:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://on.11alive.com/wmxPvi</link>
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     <title>City Threatens to Shut Off Water At Condo Complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city of Atlanta water department is threatening to shut off water to a condominium complex for an overdue bill. One of the units in jeopardy is owned by an Atlanta City Council member.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:38:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/local_news/City-Threatens-to-Shut-Off-Water-At-Condo-Complex-20120127-pm-pk</link>
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     <title>Man accused of stealing $17K from HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A 78-year-old Cobb County man is accused taking nearly $18,000 from his neighborhood association and using part of it to pay his bills.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:53:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/z2tTDm</link>
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     <title>Some Neighbors Upset About Geese Being Removed From Southbridge Pond</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's a heartwarming story -- two love "birds" taken from a pond in Southbridge.  And neighbors are upset because their Home Owner's Association removed them without asking anyone for input.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:17:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.wsav.com/news/2012/jan/19/some-neighbors-upset-about-geese-being-removed-sou-ar-3076835/</link>
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     <title>Woman disputes foreclosure notices</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Martin said she also started getting letters from the building’s homeowner’s association attorneys saying they would sue her because the fees for her loft were months past due. She said she had only lived at the Century Lofts for a month when the first notice arrived]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:37:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/woman-disputes-foreclosure-notices/nGN7y/</link>
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     <title>Police evict residents from condo complex that owes $100K water bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police evicted everyone from the Yorktowne Condominiums in Clayton County on Friday. The city of College Park turned off the water to the condos earlier in the week. Channel 2's Erica Byfield was standing close by as officers locked a large green fence in front of the property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:32:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/A6qgJQ</link>
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     <title>College Park cuts of condo water but residents remain</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's only a matter of time before the water stops flowing from Felisa Manning's faucets. College Park shut off the service and condemned the entire complex where she lives. She has to leave, but she cried as she told CBS Atlanta us she can't.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:44:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/wMhqjz</link>
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     <title>$56K water bill could force condo residents out</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A longstanding dispute over a water bill in College Park could end up with the Yorktowne Condominiums shutdown and everyone evicted by Tuesday morning]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:39:26 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Find a way to get homeowners to pay dues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[QUESTION: We have about 70 homes in our subdivision in Georgia. We have a homeowners association that has hired a management company, but we aren't getting dues paid from about half the owners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:22:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20111225/BUSINESS04/112250372/Find-a-way-to-get-homeowners-to-pay-dues</link>
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     <title>ELLINGTON v. GALLERY CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Courtney Ellington appeals the grant of summary judgment to Gallery Condominium Association, Inc. in its suit to recover unpaid condominium assessments. She argues that genuine issues of material fact exist and that the evidence does not support the association's award of attorney fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:14:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=In%20GACO%2020111221362.xml&docbase=CSLWAR3-2007-CURR]]></link>
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     <title>Furniture Fight At The Preserve Duked Out In Magistrate Court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With scores of lots at the Preserve at Rising Fawn already in foreclosure and over 150 more due to be auctioned off at a Dade County tax sale Jan. 3, the troubled development in Johnson’s Crook came to the attention of the county’s criminal justice system on Friday as two of the players showed up for a warrant hearing in Dade’s magistrate court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:47:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/tESQ6O</link>
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     <title>College Park to shut down water at condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After the holidays are over, residents at Yorktowne Condominiums in College Park will be forced to move out.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:52:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/uE4LI8</link>
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     <title>Dunwoody homeowners group still strong after cityhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There are no swiveling leather chairs, no wooden podiums. The board members of the Dunwoody Homeowners Association sit at folding work tables in front of a chalk board in a paint-splattered classroom at the DeKalb Cultural Arts Center.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:07:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.reporternewspapers.net/2011/12/01/dunwoody-homeowners-group-still-strong-after-cityhood/</link>
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     <title>Atlantic Station condo owners lose ‘view' ruling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday ruled against eight people who said they bought pricey Atlantic Station condos under false promises that they would have spectacular views of the downtown skyline.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:53:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/atlantic-station-condo-owners-1235571.html?cxtype=rss_news</link>
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     <title>Berwick subdivision back from the brink</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gary Kornegay and most of the other hundred or so homeowners in The Enclave bought in the gated subdivision half-a-decade ago anticipating their new neighborhood would quickly become the most desirable in Berwick, if not all of West Chatham.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:42:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://savannahnow.com/exchange/2011-11-13/berwick-subdivision-back-brink#.Tr__rEOXunA</link>
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     <title>Dunwoody HOA revamps holiday tradition</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sometimes traditions could use a little tweaking, and this year’s Light Up Dunwoody event is bringing a whole new feel to the city’s holiday-welcoming ritual.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:47:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/ueevZf</link>
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     <title>Sandy Springs HOA OKs plan to capture, kill coyotes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Confrontations between residents and coyotes in a Sandy Springs neighborhood have gotten so serious, a homeowners association board recently voted to hire trappers to capture and kill the animals – the latest to do so in the area, but creating a split in the community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:53:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/sandy-springs-hoa-oks-1220489.html</link>
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     <title>Residents upset over unfinished neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Dozens of College Park homeowners said they've been abandoned by their builders. In addition, they say they have to pay a homeowner's association for services they're not getting.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:23:19 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Midtown condo fire displaces 5 families</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Five families were looking for another place to live Monday after a two-alarm fire heavily damaged a Midtown Atlanta condominium complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:43:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/midtown-condo-fire-displaces-1213521.html</link>
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     <title>Georgia Supreme Court to hear death-by-alligator case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Georgia Supreme Court has agreed to hear a gruesome civil suit over who’s to blame for an 83-year-old woman’s death by alligator at a coastal Georgia country club and subdivision.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:57:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/rjm8ab</link>
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     <title>Neighbors hurt in foreclosure hot spots</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Despite his best efforts to hold on, the foreclosure drag on his community near Lithonia High School became too much for Donavan McArthur.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:09:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/neighbors-hurt-in-foreclosure-1202555.html</link>
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     <title>Soldier in Afghanistan Tries to Stop Condo Flooding Long Distance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For the past four days, U.S. Army Captain Correll Bilbrew has been calling his condo's maintenance company from the war zones in Afghanistan, to fix a water leak that's been flooding his apartment.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:02:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/mZR2fh</link>
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     <title>74-year-old grandmother vows to chain herself to stop condo painting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An outspoken Cherokee County grandmother says she's willing to go to jail before she'll allow anyone to repaint her condo.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:24:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/nVDlO6</link>
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     <title>More Than 15 Left Homeless After Hinesville Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than 15 people are left without homes tonight after a fire ripped through their Hinesville condominium complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:13:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/rfOVUa</link>
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     <title>East Point council candidate sued by homeowners association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[East Point City Council candidate LaTonya Martin is being sued by her homeowners association, which says she owes $3,900 in unpaid maintenance]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:43:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/nHw9Od</link>
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     <title>Volunteers wanted to help drive Sun City's lifestyle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Most Sun City residents can drive a car or a golf cart, but can they help drive Sun City’s Lifestyle? That’s what Leadership Development Committee wants residents to find out.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:41:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://savannahnow.com/bluffton-sun-city/2011-09-21/volunteers-wanted-help-drive-sun-citys-lifestyle</link>
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     <title>Private pools deal with disabilities act, potential added cost</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Private pools used for public swim meets might have to install or rent lifts for the disabled during events because of recent changes in the Americans with Disabilities Act, an action that could cost metro Atlanta homeowners associations thousands of dollars.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:55:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/private-pools-deal-with-1161165.html</link>
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     <title>Driveway concrete causing H.O.A. uproar in Forsyth County</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Families in one Cumming neighborhood are in a battle with their homeowner's association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 22:41:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/qx2Ddu</link>
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     <title>FBCC okays framework to charge residents for street lighting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The need for creating tonight’s legislation first arose last fall when members of the Madison Creek Subdivision approached the council asking for help. At that time they were paying Georgia Power $37 per street light in their neighborhood, according to Flowery Branch Mayor Mike Miller. "Whereas the governmental rate is $15," Miller said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:05:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/mTT2gc</link>
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     <title>No home sweet home: Refugee community plagued by crime, dilapidated buildings</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The graffiti-adorned sign and boarded-up guard shack at the entrance of Brannon Hill Condominiums are symbolic of the rest of the residential community just off of Memorial Drive near Clarkston.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:21:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/rh0sRA</link>
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     <title>Georgia home owners push for new solar law after HOA fight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A battle is brewing between home owners and their HOAs about installing solar panels. Channel 2 news covered the story.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:22:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.altenergymag.com/news/2011/08/31/georgia-home-owners-push-for-new-solar-law-after-hoa-fight/21280</link>
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     <title>Neighbors, HOA battle over driveways</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When six homeowners in the Devonshire subdivision of Windermere wanted to get a good deal to pave their aging stamped concrete driveways, they pulled together. A contractor repaved all six driveways for $5,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:47:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/q0LDaS</link>
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     <title>One community shares the ups and downs of the past six years</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Six years ago, Bluffton Today was created and in that first edition we featured a burgeoning subdivision and some of its residents. A few days ago, we revisited some of those families who live in Hidden Lakes. We also spoke to some newcomers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:54:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://savannahnow.com/bluffton-news/2011-08-24/growing-bluffton-one-community-shares-ups-and-downs-past-six-years</link>
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     <title>Community association directors earn advanced certifications</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A handful of Sun City Community Association directors have recently earned advanced credentials from professional organizations serving several disciplines.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:21:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://savannahnow.com/bluffton-news/2011-08-24/community-association-directors-earn-advanced-certifications</link>
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     <title>VILLAS AT STONE MOUNTAIN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. v. BLAIR</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Blair's mother was the owner of a condominium unit when she died intestate on November 21, 2008. Blair never resided in the condominium, either before or after her mother's death. She never received any financial benefit from the condominium. She never claimed ownership of the condominium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:31:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/pmsNLK</link>
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     <title>Pulling in the welcome mat</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of the nation’s largest home builders is planning a 60-house subdivision off Shaw Road in east Cobb, and while some neighbors are welcoming new development, others have raised concerns over traffic, density and property values]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:30:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/15167288/article-Pulling-in-the-welcome-mat?instance=secondary_story_left_column</link>
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     <title>Gwinnett Gives Condo Owners $22K Bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of Norcross residents said they thought the $22,000 water bill they received from the Gwinnett County Water Department was a joke, but it isn’t.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:01:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/oc3a6D</link>
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     <title>Duluth man has tough questions for his H.O.A. over solar panels</title>
     <description><![CDATA[He says he's just trying to do the right thing by putting solar panels on his home to save energy, but his H.O.A. is blocking him.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:47:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/qwB8hM</link>
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     <title>Dunwoody HOA to look at parks bond</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In November, a tax increase for Dunwoody park improvements will be put before voters, but the Dunwoody Homeowners Association wants to know exactly what the money will be used for.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:12:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://neighbornewspapers.com/stories/Dunwoody-HOA-to-look-at-parks-bond,173805</link>
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     <title>Hands-on efforts to raise a neighborhood’s value</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Larry Carter took the prerogative to turn around the downtown Atlanta community he bought into by getting neighbors to help clean up dilapidated properties and help real estate agents with open houses so values would not keep dropping.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:38:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/qyqeho</link>
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     <title>Atlanta Threatens to Cut Off Water to 126-Member HOA for Delinquent Bills</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowners association admits its members owe more than $60,000 in delinquent bills, but says that doesn't give the city the right to cut off the HOA's water on Friday, as Atlanta plans to do.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:33:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/qo3lif</link>
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     <title>Zeal to halt mortgage fraud hampers housing recovery</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Roughly three in 10 homes in the United States are now worth less than the mortgages on those homes. There is a continuing cycle of homeowners walking away from their mortgages, driving down home prices and causing other homeowners to abandon their mortgages.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:47:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/ohclh8</link>
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     <title>Homeowners upset at solar panel denial</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowner wanting to install eight solar panels on the side roof of his home has been denied four times by his neighborhood association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:42:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/pE9wNt</link>
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     <title>HOA Mistakes Military Flag For Towel, Fines Homeowner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fight over a military flag has one North Fulton County family at odds with its homeowner's association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:24:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/qMC43j</link>
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     <title>Arson Suspect Charged With Burning Condo Down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Its no bond for a Savannah man accused of setting a fire at a Southside apartment complex]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:27:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.wsav.com/news/2011/jul/15/3/arson-suspect-charged-burning-condo-down-ar-2143188/</link>
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     <title>Death at pool ruled accidental</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A 20-year-old Athens woman whose body was found at an East Athens condominium complex on Wednesday died of accidental drowning, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation determined.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:29:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/071511/new_857262136.shtml</link>
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     <title>Atlantic Station condo owners' suit before high court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Novare Group, the developer of the 26-story "Twelve" building at Atlantic Station, on Monday sought the dismissal of a suit filed by eight people who said they were fraudulently led to believe their views of the downtown skyline would remain unobstructed for years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:56:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/atlantic-station-condo-owners-1010338.html</link>
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     <title>Sea Pines residents alarmed by community dredging resolution</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of homeowners in Sea Pines is concerned that the community's leaders are pushing for a special tax district to pay for dredging the community's waterways without getting residents' input first.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:36:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.islandpacket.com/2011/07/08/1719414/sea-pines-residents-alarmed-by.html</link>
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     <title>HOAs Feeling The Financial Sting Of Abandoned Houses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With a sea of homes left empty by erstwhile homeowners who couldn't afford the mortgage, a number of homeowner associations around the country have are stuck having to pay for the upkeep on vacant properties lest the value of the remaining homes be harmed any further]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:54:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/qfxDt0</link>
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     <title>UGA golf course’s loud cooling fans make for noisy neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When the University golf course installed new fans on the practice turf, there was little publicity. But for the people who reside in the neighboring Woodstone Golf Villas, peace and quiet are not what’s blowing in the wind.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:06:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/o7YjEw</link>
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     <title>Some People Can't Stand Park Benches</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents from two condo buildings along Piedmont Avenue -- Piedmont Crest and Piedmont Park West Lofts -- say benches hidden behind their homes are causing safety issues in the southwest corner of the park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:26:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/qXkwTD</link>
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     <title>DeKalb hosting homeowner association training</title>
     <description><![CDATA[DeKalb County will continue its focus on neighborhoods with a session this weekend on building up homeowners associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:55:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/dekalb-hosting-homeowner-association-999633.html</link>
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     <title>Other Homeowner's Associations Defend Knob Hill HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The controversy between Homes for Our Troops and the Homeowner’s Association sparked an outpouring from the community – most of those comments were against the Knob Hill Homeowner’s Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:13:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/iU5PDz</link>
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     <title>You can fry chickens, but you can’t keep ‘em, zoning officials tell Paula Deen</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Down on the Georgia coast, the long arm of Chatham County officials are reaching into the backyards of celebrity cook Paula Deen and others – for keeping chickens in a non-agricultural zone.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:26:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/lQNMoU</link>
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     <title>Veteran Family Plans To Move Out of Knob Hill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A war veteran’s family says they don't want to stay in a community where they don’t feel welcome after controversy over the homes’ size and style. They plan to move out of the Knob Hill subdivision and want their new home constructed elsewhere.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:13:47 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Tough Questions for HOA President about storm damaged condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Jackson said she wants answers about her father's condo. She wants to know why the homeowner's association has not fixed it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:01:49 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Restrictions common for homeowner groups</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The dispute between the Knob Hill Property Owners Association and the group prepared to build a home for a disabled veteran should serve as a warning: "buyer beware."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:51:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-06-26/restrictions-common-homeowner-groups?v=1309049147</link>
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     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:12:30 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Homeowners board releases statement in Afghan vet controversy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The board of an Evans homeowner's association -- involved with a controversy over efforts to build a new home for a wounded Afghan War veteran -- has released the following statement to its members.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:02:12 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>City eyes dilapidated building</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The privately owned 500 building of the condominium complex, which began settling in the nearby marsh years ago, caught fire in early May and started collapsing on its own this week.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:51:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/open_access/local_news/CONDO-061811-HR-sdw#</link>
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     <title>Snellville seeking updated homeowners association info</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Snellville’s Department of Planning and Development is in the process of updating contact information for local homeowners associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:54:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/snellville-seeking-updated-homeowners-972156.html</link>
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     <title>HENDRIX v. EAGLE NECK HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION, INC.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hendrix claimed the Association was violating Section 3.1 by allowing commercial use of the subdivision's private airstrip and was also violating Section 2.15 by allowing homeowners to drill private wells on their lots.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:35:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=In%20GACO%2020110608240.xml&docbase=CSLWAR3-2007-CURR]]></link>
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     <title>Atlanta Residents Livid Over Brown Water</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Snow has complained to Atlanta Watershed Management, along with the president of the building homeowner's association. The HOA president told Regan that a water department worker suspected the problem could be traced to a century-old water main near the building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:17:44 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Dade Inherits Canyon Ridge Sewage Plant</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Water Authority’s 2004 agreement with Tauqueta to accept responsibility for the sewage facility with the state Environmental Protection Division in the event the developer should fail.  That failure, admits the letter, has now come to pass]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:56:47 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Rose colored glasses won't alter urbanization of Ga. 400</title>
     <description><![CDATA[I read an interesting homeowner association letter the other day that talked about the "urbanization" of Alpharetta, and how certain recent Alpharetta City Council decisions seem to be directed at enhancing or directing the city's embracement of such a fate.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 15:58:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-c-2011-05-27-187468.114126-sub-Rose-colored-glasses-wont-alter-urbanization-of-Ga-400.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Weinstock & Scavo to Disband]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Georgia law firm Weinstock & Scavo will close its doors May 31, a decision prompted by the departure of the firm's 12-lawyer resort practice for Taylor English Duma.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 10:44:09 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Family Battles Conyers HOA over Flower Bed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One couple is fighting their home owners association after being fined for putting a flower bed in on their property. This is not the first time family has had friction with their h.o.a., but they are upset at the inconsistency in enforcement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 13:36:36 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Having to do the dirty work</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Have you hugged your homeowner’s association  board member today?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 14:40:02 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>County says Dunwoody bond claim unconstitutional</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It has been four months since the city of Dunwoody and three of its residents brought a lawsuit to force DeKalb County to transfer about $7 million in unspent parks bond funds to the city of Dunwoody for use at Brook Run Park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 16:40:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thecrier.net/articles/2011/05/03/front/bond.txt</link>
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     <title>HOA President Steps Up to the Challenges</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Who would want to run a homeowners association as the anxiety of the housing collapse, foreclosures and tumbling prices swirl around your neighborhood?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 16:39:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://marietta.patch.com/articles/hoa-president-steps-up-to-the-challenges</link>
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     <title>Sandy Springs Community Steps Up In Financially Tough Times</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In these financially constrained times community association boards all face the same hurdle. How do you stretch what funds you have and still maintain the services your association members expect?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 17:00:17 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Mother and daughter burned in overnight fire die</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A mother and daughter badly burned in an overnight condominium fire in College Park have died.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:33:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/mother-and-daughter-burned-926497.html</link>
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     <title>Former HOA treasurer arrested</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former treasurer of a Brookhaven homeowners association has been arrested and charged with stealing $123,000 from the group’s reserve account]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:07:10 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Subdivision residents wrangle with developer</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners in the upscale Austell subdivision of Cureton Woods say they feel like they’ve been all but abandoned by their developer, who also holds the presiding seat on their homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:55:16 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Court divided over roaming alligator</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A divided Georgia Court of Appeals panel has ruled that a golf club and homeowners association may be held liable for damage inflicted by alligators that patrol a system of lagoons.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:48:39 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Gates, Empty Pools in Spring, and other Red Flags while House Hunting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Yesterday I had the pleasure of showing off a new home in an Oconee County neighborhood in Watkinsville.  I say it was new it was new and bank owned.  What struck me as I went through the entrance into the community was a gate that stood motionless and an amenities area that was not maintained]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:53:21 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Smoker might have caused fire that destroyed Fulton condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Investigators on Monday were still trying to determine what caused the fire that destroyed a 24-unit condo in south Fulton County Friday, but they had no reason to believe it was set.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:44:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/smoker-might-have-caused-880870.html</link>
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     <title>Dry hydrant delays Ga. firefighters at condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[No one was injured,but two people survived a harrowing rescue when a 24-unit condo in south Fulton County was destroyed by fire Friday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:34:17 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Three months after tornado, residents rebuild</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When a tornado ripped through the Kirkstone subdivision in Buford in November, the house on Bancroft Way that sheltered Jim and Tami O’Connor and their four children was, for all intents and purposes, torn in half.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:51:56 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Firefighters Battle Fulton Condo Blaze</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fulton County firefighters are at the scene of a 2-alarm fire at the 5600 block of Old National Highway.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:26:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/local_news/Firefighters-Battle-Fulton-Condo-Blaze-20110318-pm-sd</link>
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     <title>Company buys unsold units in condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Atlanta property management company has bought most of the troubled Georgia Traditions development near downtown Athens and plans to convert the unsold condominiums to upscale apartments]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:43:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/031711/new_800782060.shtml</link>
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     <title>Sixes Road Community Association’s Future Looks Bleak</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With the withdrawal of the BridgeMill Community Association from the Sixes Road Community Association, the future doesn’t look great for the umbrella organization that provided weekly landscape maintenance and trash removal along Sixes Road and surrounding area roadways.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:03:23 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>City, HOA all tangled up over nets</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It was back to the drawing board as members of the Old Cobblestone Homeowners’ Association are again appealing to Sandy Spring Board of Zoning Appeals Thursday to force Dunwoody Country Club to lower the height of its driving range safety nets back to 65 feet.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:19:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thecrier.net/articles/2011/03/08/news/nets.txt</link>
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     <title>Why a Nonprofit Board Should Assess Itself Each Year.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A nonprofit Board of Directors is responsible for many things in its organization. The Board oversees the operation, provides guidance, and develops policy. A good Board makes for a good organization. So who monitors the Board?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:27:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.prlog.org/11359453-why-nonprofit-board-should-assess-itself-each-year.html</link>
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     <title>Sandy Springs Condo Complex Hit with $16K Water Bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners of a Sandy Springs condominium complex were hit with a $16,000 water bill. The sky high bill was for just one month of service.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:08:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/sandy-springs-condo-complex-hit-with-16k-water-bill-030711</link>
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     <title>DeKalb County Neighborhood Looks To Leave County</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Murphey Candler area of DeKalb County is a quiet, peaceful neighborhood, but as more and more areas around it incorporate or join existing cities, members of the Homeowners' Association said they feel under served.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Laches Prevents Associations and Neighbors From Stopping Construction</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The principle of laches is an equitable legal doctrine that states that a person cannot stand by while another person spends money or effort and then complain later about the result.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:15:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.jstlegal.com/2011/03/laches-prevents-associations-and.html</link>
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     <title>City working on Cedar Creek water woes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Charles Brown, speaking for the Cedar Creek Homeowner’s Association at the Feb. 22 meeting, said he had asked for help five months ago and was still looking for answers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:04:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://savannahnow.com/deann-komanecky/2011-03-01/city-working-cedar-creek-water-woes</link>
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     <description><![CDATA[CAN provides national and state RSS news feeds for condo and HOA information]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:47:10 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Fiduciary Duties of the Association Board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Community associations are usually formed as corporations under the Georgia Nonprofit Corporation Act ('Act'), and the board is subject to the same duties as the directors for any other type of corporation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:41:57 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Condominium Preventive Maintenance Checklist</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Preventive maintenance is the regular inspection and repair of equipment and facilities to prevent extensive, costly damage from occurring over time.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:25:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.prlog.org/11319031-atlanta-condominium-management-and-advice-for-boards.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners group halts Sixes Road maintenance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Sixes Road Community Association, which has paid to maintain the corridor for the last three years, recently suspended weekly landscaping and trash removal until further notice.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:54:56 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Chatham's RV enthusiasts fight for parking rights</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Newcomer, a resident of the Henderson Golf Community in west Chatham, learned of the ordinance after he got a slight majority of his homeowner's association members to adopt new covenants last summer allowing the parking of RVs in driveways for up to 48 hours.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:17:44 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Water system owner faces charges in Dinwiddie</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The owner of a company that supplies drinking water to two subdivisions on Lake Chesdin where high levels of uranium previously were found in the water supply has been arrested on charges of failure to comply with health regulations]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:47:05 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[11-Lawyer Group Breaks Away From Weinstock & Scavo]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Winter and Capriola said their firm handles corporate work and litigation for community associations, developers, restaurants, doctors' groups and manufacturers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:46:07 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>The Association’s First Year After Developer Turnover</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It is important to successfully turnover control of an Association from the developer to the homeowners. Inheriting numerous problems can make a new Board’s transition very difficult]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:51:59 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Retention & Detention Ponds In Homeowner Associations]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Retention & detention ponds help the stormwater management in a subdivision. Retention ponds hold runoff water, and usually stay wet. Detention ponds simply slow down water that eventually drains off into creeks, rivers, or surrounding ground. Detention ponds are often dry until a large rain accumulation. Both of types of ponds pose many issues for community associations]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:50:51 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Eat Your Subdivision: New plans calls for community gardens</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Someday people may be rioting in the streets because there isn’t enough of anything, predicted an early buyer at a pioneering exurban development that includes both homes and a working farm. "We’ll grow our own food," he said, "and there won’t be any traffic or marauding bands."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:46:33 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Atlanta condo market recovering; price key</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Atlanta's condominium market is gradually recovering, but demand for condo units is still driven largely by price.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:45:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2011/01/24/atlanta-condo-market-recovering-price.html</link>
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     <title>Fairview Estate residents taking charge</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Do we know whether we’re going to be able to take on this task? No. Is it scary? Yes. Will we have some bumps in the road? Yes," said Rev. Sharon Collins, one resident who has stepped up as a community leader. "Any change is scary, but change is the only constant in life, so we have to move forward."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 10:44:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/fph6A4</link>
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     <title>Steep repair cost dooms R.E.M.'s steeple</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Steeplechase Condominium Association, which owns the steeple, recently reviewed the ongoing costs for repairs and voted to destroy the dilapidated structure, according to Ken Parker of Parker and Associates Property Management.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:28:02 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Communication key between law enforcement, community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[No one took the time to explain to the members of this neighborhood that, a) this is what we are doing to address this problem, and b) this is what we are doing to make sure this problem does not occur again.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:12:29 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Del Webb offers a lesson in how to fight blight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[What is the best way to prevent neighborhoods built today from slipping into blight 20 or so years from now?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:40:44 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Conflicting portraits emerge of Christmas Eve shooting suspect</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Preston Oates is no stranger to confrontation. His job driving a tow-truck offers ample opportunity for arguments with angry drivers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:33:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.islandpacket.com/2011/01/01/1496160/conflicting-portraits-emerge-of.html</link>
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     <title>Towing company operator arrested for Christmas Eve shooting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Oates, the owner and an operator of Pro Tow Wrecker Service, was charged with manslaughter and the possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:14:45 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Community takes ownership of Beltline in adoption program</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents and workers at Studioplex condominiums and offices said they adopted trails around the Old Fourth Ward area because they view section as the community's front yard.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:11:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/community-takes-ownership-of-789009.html</link>
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     <title>Man shot and killed in towing dispute in Bluffton</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Bluffton man was shot and killed on Christmas Eve over a towing dispute in the Edgefield community off Buckwalter Parkway.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:53:19 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Gwinnett is Foreclosure Central in metro Atlanta</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The decay of the neighborhood tracks closely behind the collapse of the housing market. Gwinnett County has become the foreclosure capital of metro Atlanta]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:19:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/business/gwinnett-is-foreclosure-central-786895.html</link>
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     <title>Flowery Branch homeowners want street light help</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Flowery Branch subdivision homeowners Thursday night came to City Hall looking for relief from what they say are high and unreasonable charges for street lights in their neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:22:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=234594</link>
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     <title>13 area dams could be reclassified as high risk</title>
     <description><![CDATA["There was a lot of work done to bring it up to the standards back then, but those standards changed over time, and now we are being forced to bring it up to newer standards," said Joe Wheeler, the vice president of the Woodbridge homeowners association, which has spent $30,000 on engineering work and is awaiting state approval for construction plans.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:52:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2010-12-12/13-area-dams-could-be-reclassified-high-risk</link>
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     <title>A Quaint Town in Georgia Struggles With the Real Estate Crisis</title>
     <description><![CDATA[To the residents' dismay, Hedgewood Builders, which was developing the town of Vickery from scratch, declared bankruptcy in 2008, and all construction came to an immediate halt.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:48:11 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Police watch for scam artists after Buford tornado</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ashley Tremblay, President of the Kirkstone Subdivision Homeowner's Association, said she's urging her neighbors to be vigilant.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:17:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=234224</link>
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     <title>Texting to foil crime has a neighborly appeal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Riverwalk Estates homeowner association president said a youthful burglary ring has plagued her neighborhood in Ellenwood. Neighbors suspected at least one local teen was involved and the other thieves scoped out the homes by befriending children who lived in them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:42:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/crime/texting-to-foil-crime-757170.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners hit hard by developer bankruptcy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Park Village development in Canton promised Amy and Geoff Buynoski everything -- from phone, cable and Internet service to lawn mowing through the homeowners association -- when they moved in three years ago.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:54:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/business/homeowners-hit-hard-by-751664.html</link>
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     <title>Meeting shows Atlanta’s Dept of Watershed Mgt still at odds with angry residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But the condo residents were slammed with September and October bills for, respectively, 1.4 million and 2.6 million gallons. A plumber came out to check the condos, which have a master billing meter, and found no leaks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:17:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sundaypaper.com/More/Archives/tabid/98/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/5928/Troubled-water.aspx</link>
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     <title>Georgia Realtors to pay $60,000 to settle housing discrimination lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of Georgia real estate agents has agreed to pay $60,000 as part of a settlement from a lawsuit alleging discrimination against families with children, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:55:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/business/georgia-realtors-to-pay-736443.html</link>
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     <title>Southbridge --- Too many questions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Annexation of Southbridge to Garden City comes to a head on Dec. 14 - the deadline for all "yes" petitions to be filed with Garden City. In spite of rosy portrayals of benefits to Southbridge, more information keeps emerging that make it a not-so-good deal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:10:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://savannahnow.com/column/2010-11-02/kavanagh-southbridge-too-many-questions</link>
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     <title>Georgia Homeowner Battles Neighborhood For Rights To Add Solar Panels</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Their homeowner's association won't allow it, on the belief that visible solar panels hurt property values, Fogarty said.  "I don't think they're any more of an eyesore than utility boxes, telephone or light poles or some homeowners themselves," he said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:51:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.altenergymag.com/news_detail.php?pr_id=17862</link>
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     <title>Southbridge board: We did our job</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Editor's note: This column was submitted by the board of directors of the Southbridge Homeowners Association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:27:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://savannahnow.com/column/2010-10-20/southbridge-board-we-did-our-job</link>
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     <title>Some in St. Marys charged for sewer service they aren't getting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rowell, president of the Gaines Davis Homeowners Association, said he and other residents were also charged for city wastewater treatment after they were annexed into the city against their wishes a decade ago]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:44:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2010-10-20/story/some-st-marys-charged-sewer-service-they-arent-getting</link>
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     <title>Residents Win Battle Over 'Disgusting' East Point Problem</title>
     <description><![CDATA[That may be an understatement about the nasty problem he and his neighbors had to endure at their downtown condo building again this week.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:41:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=158977</link>
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     <title>Solar power versus the neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bill Fogarty used the sun to heat his water when he lived in Denver and San Diego.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:11:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/business/solar-power-versus-the-683288.html</link>
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     <title>Zooming HOA fees spark battle with builder</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of two subdivisions built by a Marietta developer are revolting against skyrocketing homeowner association fees, claiming the developer is enriching himself and paying company bills rather than maintaining the neighborhoods]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:08:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/zooming-hoa-fees-spark-683334.html</link>
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     <title>Home owners: Gold Creek sale stalls</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Home owners in the Gold Creek subdivision in Dawsonville might still have some waiting ahead of them]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:23:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dawsonadvertiser.com/articles/2010/10/12/news/news01.txt</link>
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     <title>Euharlee Couple Charged with Stealing Checks from Subdivision</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Woodbine HOA requested investigation.  The couple had cased 53 checks]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:42:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://wbhf.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/1851/</link>
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     <title>Slow HOA formation upsets some in Fairview Estates</title>
     <description><![CDATA[others contend no progress has been made toward placing the residents in control of a Fairview Estates homeowners association, a promise that was made when Newton County and IECDG were making plans to build a park]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:11:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.covnews.com/news/article/14603/</link>
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     <title>Subdivsion Residents Fighting for Security Camera</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Crime is on the rise in an upscale Fulton County subdivision, and residents are at odds on what to do about it. Some residents said Thursday that they want security cameras, but the president of the homeowners association says that's not going to happen.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:10:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/subdivsion-residents-fighting-for-security-camera</link>
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     <title>Judge Orders Neighborhood Festival Shut Down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners in the Princeton Lakes subdivision in southwest Atlanta are celebrating what they call a major victory.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:05:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsbtv.com/news/25041928/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Complaint filed against association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rainsford said the group improperly booted him from the board of directors and voted to impose a $1,800 special assessment on the community's 230 households.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:38:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-09-15/complaint-filed-against-association?quicktabs_5=2</link>
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     <title>Homeowners Want Neighborhood Festival Shut Down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners in the Princeton Lakes subdivision in southwest Atlanta are fighting to keep a planned street festival out of their community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:00:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsbtv.com/news/25012400/detail.html</link>
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     <title>HOA Sues Homeowner Over Blue Paint Choice</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When Michael Bauer painted his home last summer, he didn't know the light blue color he'd chosen needed approval from his subdivision's homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:14:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsbtv.com/news/24994379/detail.html</link>
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     <title>ASU students will seek source of contamination in residential lake</title>
     <description><![CDATA[the Woodbridge homeowners association vice president of the dam and lake, said he believes a large population of geese and new development in the area are responsible for the high fecal coliform levels.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:08:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://newstimes.augusta.com/stories/2010/09/12/new_589043.shtml</link>
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     <title>Study seeks bacteria in water</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A study will be launched this week to help identify the source of elevated bacteria levels in a lake in Columbia County’s Woodbridge community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:12:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2010-09-07/study-launched-find-water-bacteria?quicktabs_5=0</link>
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     <title>Condo residents scramble out in pre-dawn blaze near Oakland Cemetery</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Atlanta firefighter was injured Tuesday battling a predawn blaze at a mutli-story building near Oakland Cemetery that houses condominiums and a couple of businesses]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:07:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/condo-residents-scramble-out-608015.html</link>
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     <title>Flag flies after fight with Cherokee neighborhood association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But a Cherokee County Superior Court judge ruled last week the association's enforcement was arbitrary and unreasonable, and that the 2005 Freedom to Display the American Flag Act passed by Congress allows the pole.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:13:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/cherokee/flag-flies-after-fight-605640.html</link>
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     <title>Water Department Refunds Condo $5,000</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Collier Green Condo President Angela Davis met with the city of Atlanta on Friday to get to the bottom of a water meter mystery. The meter indicated that the Collier Road complex used more than $17,000 worth of water in August.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:19:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/24790438/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Canton Resident Wins Flag Pole Fight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Canton man, who has fought for more than a year to keep his 16-foot flag pole up, is celebrating victory after a judge ruled in his favor on Wednesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:10:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbsatlanta.com/metronews/24775662/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Newnan may demolish two SummerGrove townhouses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Eastlake section in SummerGrove who have put up with an eyesore in their neighborhood since early 2008 may finally have something to celebrate]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:45:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.times-herald.com/local/Newnan-may-demolish-two-SummerGrove-townhouses-1267933</link>
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     <title>Resident says pests living in Athens’ overgrown lots</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Snakes, skunks and other pests are keeping residents in one subdivision indoors, said a subdivision representative.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:18:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.decaturdaily.com/detail/67113.html?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=stories&town_id=]]></link>
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     <title>Residents fume over Cochran Lake drainage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For five years, the lake's dam has been deemed as unsafe by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:08:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/9142808/article-Residents-fume-over-Cochran-Lake-drainage?instance=home_news_bullets</link>
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     <title>Condos come off the sidelines and into the market</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After more than a year in housing bubble limbo, units in two high-profile metro Atlanta condo towers are about to hit the market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:55:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/business/condos-come-off-the-584980.html</link>
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     <title>Woodstock Vet Wins Battle Over Flagpole</title>
     <description><![CDATA[CBS Atlanta found that the neighborhood covenants, do, in fact, require approval from a committee before flagpoles and other structures can be put up.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:10:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/24302594/detail.html</link>
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     <title>How crash hit big downtown Atlanta development</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Just before Bruce Gallman and Jerry Miller opened their $33 million-plus Castleberry Point project near downtown Atlanta in the fall of 2008, they thought they had 70 percent of the units sold.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:07:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/business/how-crash-hit-big-573067.html</link>
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     <title>Surveillance Cameras Installed In Lenox Park</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Lenox Park Homeowner’s Association said they installed surveillance cameras in the park as a pro-active response to fight crime]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:32:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/24274617/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Neighbors Flooded Out, Say They Can't Get Help</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The folks who live in the Hampton Place subdivision just off Quacco Road said they can't get anyone to help them out after heavy rains deluged their neighborhood]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:25:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.wsav.com/news/2010/jul/14/neighbors-flooded-out-say-they-cant-get-help-ar-583292/</link>
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     <title>HOA Turns Off Marietta Woman's Water</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A condominium owner who's been without water for over a year is pleading with the Magnolia Lane]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:40:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/hoa-turns-off-marietta-womans-water-071410</link>
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     <title>Advice to buyers about HOAs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Georgia is home to an estimated 25,000 associations, most of which are in metro Atlanta]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:49:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/advice-to-buyers-about-568459.html?cxtype=rss_news</link>
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     <title>Some HOAs sue or foreclose to collect dues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When Helen Burgess fell behind on her bills after being diagnosed with cancer, she was able to work out payment plans on her mortgage, car note, credit card and tax obligations to the Internal Revenue Service.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:38:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/business/some-hoas-sue-or-568408.html?cxtype=rss_news</link>
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     <title>Bluffton woman charged $365 tow fee for parking on grass</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Bluffton woman in the Edgefield community was charged $365 tow fee for parking partly on the grass.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:04:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.wsav.com/news/2010/jul/05/bluffton-woman-charged-365-tow-fee-parking-grass-ar-491338/</link>
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     <title>Woodstock Vet Fights To Keep Flag Pole</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Woodstock veteran is awaiting a decision on whether he must take down a 16-foot flag pole in his front yard.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:08:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/24148612/detail.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter]]></link>
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     <title>No neighbors? No problem for some condo dwellers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Balser and Smith live in the W Residences downtown, which is about 10 percent sold. In other words, 90 percent vacant.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:08:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/business/no-neighbors-no-problem-562078.html</link>
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     <title>Ditch erosion angers Lawrenceville homeowner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After eight months of firing off letters and e-mails to his homeowners association, the developer, builder and Gwinnett County planners, Northington has hired an attorney.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:52:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/ditch-erosion-angers-lawrenceville-543518.html</link>
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     <title>DeKalb Complex is a Danger to Its Own Residents, Official Says</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At Brannon Hills, you notice the children first -- lots of them, mostly the sons and daughters of immigrants.  The next thing you notice are the appalling living conditions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:56:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=144225&catid=3]]></link>
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     <title>An open message to neighborhood lawn police</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Twice in the past eight years I’ve written about homeowners’ associations - specifically, my homeowners association. The first of those columns was not exactly positive, the second considerably moreso]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:43:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/community/headlines/92520164.html</link>
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     <title>Covington Neighbors Take Action To Stop AJC Reach</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Members of a Covington community said a lawn sign is their solution to stopping unwanted deliveries of the AJC Reach.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:47:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbsatlanta.com/metronews/23285947/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Neighbors Appeal to Homebuyers With "Community"</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In fact, it appears the plan worked on at least one prospective homebuyers Sunday.  Tiffany Paremore said she was lured in by the balloons and signage on Glenwood Ave. and fell in love with the family atmosphere and friendly neighbors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:39:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=142979&catid=3]]></link>
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     <title>Board denies permit for group home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lisa Faulkner, president of the homeowners association in the subdivision, said the proposal was in violation of the neighborhood covenants]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:56:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rockdalecitizen.com/newtonnews/headlines/91987354.html</link>
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     <title>Stop signs switch upsets St. Marys residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Wooden signs bought by residents were replaced to meet code]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:14:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/bC1LZi</link>
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     <title>Waterford Landing golf course closes</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Our primary goal in this transition is to minimize any potential negative impact to resident’s property values in Waterford Landing. We have begun an active dialogue with the board and golf committee of the homeowner’s association,,"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:43:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bryancountynews.net/news/article/5726/</link>
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     <title>Fairfield Plantation residents angry over new fee increases</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Fairfield Plantation community are angry about a nearly $300 increase in property owner dues, a move that the Property Owners Association says is necessary to help fund repairs to roads damaged during massive flooding in late September of last year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:08:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.times-georgian.com/view/full_story/7146521/article-Fairfield-Plantation-residents-angry-over-new-fee-increases?instance=west_ga_news</link>
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     <title>Tough Questions: Atlanta Water Debtors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Pine Tree Condo Association owes $600,000 in past due water bills to the city.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:29:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/23152985/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Bill could pave way for Southbridge annexation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Annexation votes could take place this summer in Garden City and the Southbridge subdivision if legislation introduced Monday in the General Assembly passes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:09:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://savannahnow.com/news/2010-04-13/bill-could-pave-way-southbridge-annexation</link>
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     <title>Cobb: Atlanta Newspaper Breaks The Law</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Oakley was told the driver would stop delivering and pick up the old papers, so he said he left them in his yard for a few weeks. "I got a letter from my homeowners' association warning me to pick up the trash in my yard and on my driveway," said Oakley.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:28:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/23071052/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Timeshare owners are preyed on by swindlers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a tough economy, struggling families look for ways to reduce their expenses. One popular option is to unload any timeshares so they can recoup their investment and stop paying maintenance fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:48:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/your-business/2010-03-28/timeshare-owners-are-preyed-swindlers?v=1269806438</link>
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     <title>Sinkhole Swallows Union City Yard</title>
     <description><![CDATA["This is not my problem," said Baker, who argues that the subdivision covenants indicate the Highpoint Neighborhood Association is responsible to fix the storm sewer causing the sinkhole.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:34:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/22992813/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Ducks taking over RH subdivision?</title>
     <description><![CDATA["It seems like a whole new generation of ducks is hatching every month, and they grow to full size within what seems like three months,"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:29:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.coastalcourier.com/news/article/20303/</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Keeping Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful for 30 years]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[If all 2,500 homeowner associations in Gwinnett adopt a half-mile before their subdivisions’ entrance and a half-mile after, the impact would be huge, said board member]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:48:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/community/headlines/87603807.html</link>
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     <title>Berkeley Lake residents to weigh in on failing dam</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While Berkeley Lake and FEMA kick around the political football on who's going to pay for this thing, we have this huge problem: We're concerned about our homes washing into the Chattahoochee River," said Sprinkle, president of the River District homeowners association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:31:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/berkeley-lake-residents-to-365689.html</link>
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     <title>Decatur neighborhood groups to meet</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People from Decatur’s neighborhood and condo associations and block groups - as well as those interested in starting such groups - are expected at a community meeting later this month]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:41:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/decatur-neighborhood-groups-to-355188.html</link>
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     <title>Condo Report: Intown market shows signs of life</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With the real estate market showing signs of life again, we decided to take the pulse of Atlanta’s loft and condo market, which was booming just two years ago before the recession made sales dry up and prices plummet]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:59:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.atlantaintownpaper.com/2010/03/condo-report-intown-market-shows-signs-of-life/</link>
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     <title>Homeowners, governments spar over needed flood repairs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[They seek instead to shift the burden to homeowners associations, which sometimes try to foist it on the unlucky resident with the flooding problem — even when the cause is community-wide runoff.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:07:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/homeowners-governments-spar-over-320744.html</link>
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     <title>BOC may look into HOA fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Board of Commissioners Chairman Kathy Morgan said she wants the county to somehow address the increasing problem of residents being forced to pay homeowner’s association fees without getting promised amenities.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:41:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rockdalecitizen.com/newtonnews/headlines/85292607.html</link>
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     <title>Lawrenceville condo catches fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Firefighters found heavy flames Feb. 10 showing from the kitchen of a three-story condo unit on Ewell Park Drive in Lawrenceville on arrival.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:40:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gwinnettherald.com/Articles-c-2010-02-18-182193.114126_Lawrenceville_condo_catches_fire.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners, governments spar over needed flood repairs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A patchwork of often-vague local policies governs how much counties and cities do to help homeowners in subdivisions when a storm drain or other anti-flooding element fails.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:16:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/homeowners-governments-spar-over-320744.html</link>
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     <title>Soak up the sun</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After the homeowners association selected a new president who was more open to the technology, Bapat put the sun to work.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:47:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/home/2010-01-30/soak-sun?v=1264972897</link>
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     <title>Gang of turkeys terrorizes Athens neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of an Athens neighborhood say they might have found relief from a gang that laid siege to the area over the past few months, kicking and biting at people, jamming up traffic and chasing terrified residents into their homes]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:10:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2010-01-29/gang-turkeys-terrorizes-athens-neighborhood?v=1264777421</link>
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     <title>Neighborhood Says Backyards Washed Out When It Rains</title>
     <description><![CDATA[These neighbors,in the Connemara subdivision, say it’s a problem that’s been getting worse for the past 10 years. When it rains, areas in between the homes overflow]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:29:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.wjbf.com/jbf/news/state_regional/georgia/article/columbia_county_neighborhood_says_backyards_washed_out_when_it_rains/53925/</link>
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     <title>Residents of Georgetown community decry faulty construction</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Of primary concern is a lack of proper weatherproofing or "flashing" on the exterior of the townhomes, in vulnerable areas such as the framing surrounding their garages and doorways.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:20:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://savannahnow.com/news/2009-12-31/residents-georgetown-community-decry-faulty-construction?quicktabs_3=1</link>
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     <title>Virginia-Highland condo residents say meter cheated them</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city’s Department of Watershed Management counters that it was only partly wrong, fixed the meter and will return $1,696.78. But the board estimates it has overpaid about $22,000 in the past decade]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:20:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/virginia-highland-condo-residents-255493.html</link>
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     <title>DeKalb condo fire displaces five families</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At least five families are without homes as a building in the Terrace Condominiums complex went up in flames early Friday morning.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:08:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/dekalb-condo-fire-displaces-237897.html?cxtype=rss_news_128746</link>
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     <title>Pat Swindall fights in court on multiple fronts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Swindall, 59, claims the St. Ives Country Club Homeowner Association is illegally using radar to issue speeding fines on the private roads in the gated community in Johns Creek where Swindall moved in 2002.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:39:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/pat-swindall-fights-in-209246.html?cxtype=rss_news_128746</link>
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     <title>Thirteen years in the city just about went up in smoke</title>
     <description><![CDATA[I was talking on the cordless when I saw smoke and flames coming up the steps to our condo door from the unit below. I remember shouting into the phone]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:09:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.claycountyprogress.com/articles/2009/11/19/entertainment/doc4b057170c770e767081071.txt</link>
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     <title>Some use clotheslines to save energy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Because her neighborhood has a homeowners association, Tara's home came with certain restrictions, including one that prevented her from drying her clothes outside on a clothesline.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:38:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gainesville.com/article/20091118/ARTICLES/911189877/-1/MAGAZINE?Title=Some-use-clotheslines-to-save-energy</link>
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     <title>Chicken-for-eggs enters another coop</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The great Dunwoody chicken debate moved from the city’s council chambers to the Sunday night meeting of the board of the Dunwoody Homeowners’ Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:36:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thecrier.net/articles/2009/11/03/front/dha.txt</link>
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     <title>Fairview Estates brings in NAACP</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But what weighed the most heavily on residents’ minds was finding out if and when they would finally receive control of their Home Owners Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:40:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.covnews.com/news/article/9521/</link>
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     <title>How Much To Fix That Wall On The Mountain</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Even though they live on a mountain, twelve owners from Kennesaw's Shiloh Ridge Townhome complex have been homeless ever since.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:09:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=136533&catid=3]]></link>
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     <title>Residents Want Neighborhood Flooding Issues Addressed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Complaints are raining down in an Augusta neighborhood. The people who live there say they're tired of what the water is doing to their homes and they want something done about it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:25:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.wjbf.com/jbf/news/state_regional/georgia/article/residents_want_neighborhood_flooding_issues_addressed/31395/</link>
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     <title>Unpaid Water Bill Forces Out Condo Residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Piles of trash, rotten siding and broken windows. That’s what greets you when you enter the Springside Condominium complex on Macon Drive in Southwest Atlanta.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:56:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/21294803/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Wynnmeade changing, thanks to HOA’s work</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With the help of conscientious neighbors, Arnold breathed new life into a dormant homeowner’s association. She was determined to make her subdivision a better place to live.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:31:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fayettedailynews.com/article.php?id_news=4370</link>
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     <title>Rising Waters</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As Atlanta continues to struggle to recover from the relentless rain that killed nine people, closed numerous roadways and forced evacuations across the city a few weeks ago, many residents in Richmond and Columbia counties fear they will face the same flooding issues one day.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:59:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://metrospirit.com/index.php?cat=1211101074307265&ShowArticle_ID=11010610094290883]]></link>
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     <title>Storm runoff systems ignored</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residential communities and governments are dodging their respective responsibilities to maintain storm water runoff systems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:19:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/opinion/storm-runoff-systems-ignored-152336.html</link>
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     <title>Verify Your HOA’s Insurance Policy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ever wonder what would happen if your neighborhood amenity center caught fire and burned down? Who would pay to rebuild it? Would your homeowner’s association (HOA)?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:18:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.atlantarealestateforum.com/verify-your-hoas-insurance-policy-16098/</link>
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     <title>Marooned by flood, neighborhood came together</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At first, the flooding seemed troublesome but not threatening. A video of Connemara homeowners association president David Plumlee calmly kayaking out to check on the flooded pool was posted]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:14:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/marooned-by-flood-neighborhood-147394.html</link>
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     <title>Gwinnett County sinkhole temporarily fixed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A water line break Friday created a sinkhole about half the width of the only street leading out of the complex. Residents could walk out but engineers didn’t think the remaining road around the 20-foot-by-20-foot sinkhole was strong enough to support cars]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:32:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/gwinnett-county-sinkhole-temporarily-141205.html</link>
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     <title>Bank shutdown leaves condo loans in limbo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The failure of Chicago-based Corus Bank may further damage the Atlanta condo market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:30:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/business/bank-shutdown-leaves-condo-139159.html</link>
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     <title>Before Buying a Home, Research the Homeowner’s Association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ever wonder what might happen to your Homeowner’s Association (HOA) if the developer/builder of your neighborhood was foreclosed upon?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:57:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.atlantarealestateforum.com/before-buying-a-home-research-the-homeowners-association-15551/</link>
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     <title>Homeowners, cops battle burglars with YouTube</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In addition, the McNeely’s homeowners association is preparing to replace its security cameras.  "We’re getting ready to upgrade everything," he said. We’ll get better face shots and license plates.'"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:53:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/homeowners-128223.html</link>
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     <title>Buckhead Condo Resident Charged With Arson</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A suspected arson fire destroyed at least 21 units at a condominium building in Buckhead early Wednesday morning.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:51:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsbtv.com/news/20682356/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Local pool might be hazardous to your health</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of public swimming pools and spas in the Atlanta area have been closed for critical health violations this summer, conditions that potentially put bathers at risk of catching waterborne diseases.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:45:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/local-pool-might-be-126896.html</link>
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     <title>37 Car Break-Ins At Midtown Condo Building</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Atlanta Police have confirmed to 11Alive that during the overnight hours of August 20-21, 2009, an unknown person or persons entered the parking deck]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:57:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=134239&FORM=ZZNR4]]></link>
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     <title>Backyard basketball court must go</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A resident of Peachtree City’s Centennial subdivision must remove about half of a small basketball court he built in his backyard because it encroaches into the city-owned greenbelt.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:37:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thecitizen.com/~citizen0/node/38599</link>
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     <title>Ridgefield teacher saves four from fire in Georgia</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On July 21, after running errands in his summer retreat of Alpharetta, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta, Kehoe was greeted at the front door of his mother-in-law's condo by an angry fire spitting orange and yellow flames.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:00:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newstimes.com/latestnews/ci_13009913?FORM=ZZNR9</link>
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     <title>Georgia woman with 6 cats told to get rid of 3</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Glynn County magistrate ruled Wednesday that a St. Simons Island woman's ownership of more than three cats violates a county zoning ordinance.
Diane Hardin, who keeps the six cats at her condo, said she will appeal the decision to Superior Court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:45:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-08-06/story/georgia_woman_with_6_cats_told_to_get_rid_of_3</link>
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     <title>HUD charges Atlanta Condo Assn and real estate agent with discrimination</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that it is charging an Atlanta condominium association, a local real estate company, and its agent with housing discrimination for refusing to sell to families with children]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:15:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://georgia.realestaterama.com/2009/07/30/hud-charges-atlanta-condo-association-and-real-estate-agent-with-discrimination-for-refusing-to-sell-to-families-with-children-ID0115.html</link>
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     <title>Dam being raised at Mirror Lake</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Though the lake is technically a ML Homeowners’ Association asset, Fairgreen still controls the HOA and paid $1.2 million to have the dam replaced to protect the company’s investment in the property]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:23:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.times-georgian.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Dam+being+raised+at+Mirror+Lake%20&id=3012254-Dam+being+raised+at+Mirror+Lake&instance=west_ga_news]]></link>
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     <title>PTC forfeits FEMA grant</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Tinsley Mill Homeowners Association was unable to raise the necessary matching funds and the city was unwilling to provide the financial assistance necessary to save the grant.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:49:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fayettedailynews.com/article.php?id_news=3938</link>
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     <title>Condo developer facing mountain of debt</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Novare Group Holdings LLC, one of Atlanta’s largest condominium developers, is in default on "a substantial amount" of its debt and is working with its lenders to restructure at least $100 million in loans for projects across the Southeast.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:33:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/07/13/story1.html?FORM=ZZNR2</link>
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     <title>Reality Show Walls Off Cobb Homes; Neighbors Upset</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The president of the homeowner’s association told Channel 2 Action News reporter Tom Regan that the community board believes the benefits of national TV exposure outweighs the short-term negatives.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:19:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsbtv.com/news/19804166/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Woman dies in Lake Arrowhead fire; husband, child jump</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One person was killed and two others injured Wednesday in an early-morning fire that destroyed several units of a Cherokee County condominium complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:22:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/gwinnett/content/metro/cherokee/stories/2009/06/03/lake_arrowhead_fire.html</link>
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     <title>Norcross condo fire displaces 20 residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Firefighters are investigating a condominium fire in Norcross that left 20 people homeless Tuesday, officials said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 18:08:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/gwinnett/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2009/05/19/norcross_condo_fire.html</link>
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     <title>Legacy executive says media coverage hurts Bullsboro Crossing homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Legacy executive Steve Connor said that as a result of the media coverage of Bullsboro Crossing's pool woes -- including The Times-Herald's reporting -- it's the homeowners at the Newnan subdivision who'll ultimately suffer the most.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 12:25:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.times-herald.com/Local/Legacy-executive-says-media-coverage-hurts-Bullsboro-Crossing-homeowners-738947</link>
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     <title>Homeowners feel they were misled about amenities</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners at a new subdivision in Newnan feel they've been misled and duped after learning two weeks ago that amenities touted by one of Atlanta's top builders won't be offered this year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 10:10:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.times-herald.com/local/Homeowners-feel-they-were-misled-about-amenities-736708</link>
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     <title>Homeowners receive citations after making complaints public</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Several Bullsboro Crossing homeowners received citations for covenant violations from their homeowners association management company Wednesday]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 20:58:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.times-herald.com/local/Homeowners-receive-citations-after-making-complaints-public-736712</link>
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     <title>Neighborhood Pool Is 'Big, Green Swamp'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in a new Coweta County subdivision are angry about the awful conditions of their swimming pool. It's a murky mess that the county said poses potential risks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 21:40:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsbtv.com/news/19376739/detail.html</link>
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     <title>HOA: No Kids Playing in</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Lawrenceville homeowners association said Sunday that they were trying to send a message to neighborhood kids who want to play in the common areas. The Homeowners association group once tried to ban dogs from urinating in their own yards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:39:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/HOA_No_Kids_Playing_in_Common_Areas_042609</link>
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     <title>Condominium glut may build new industry</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Atlanta’s condo glut has not only gained national attention, but it also may be creating a new local industry: new condo auctions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:34:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2009/04/26/atlanta_condo_market.html</link>
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     <title>Condominium glut may build new industry</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Atlanta’s condo glut has not only gained national attention, but it also may be creating a new local industry: new condo auctions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:05:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2009/04/26/atlanta_condo_market.html</link>
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     <title>Canton Man Won't Take</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Canton resident said Thursday that he refused to stop flying his American flag, even though he said his homeowner's association has threatened him with fines. The man said he will hold a rally to gain support.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:12:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/Canton_Man_Wont_Take_Down_Flag_Pole_040909</link>
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     <title>Ethics complaint against Tybee group dismissed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Larry Nesbitt, president of the residents and property owners association, said his group is exploring whether any action can be taken against Alstad for what Nesbitt calls a deliberate effort to knowingly make false statements against the group]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:18:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://savannahnow.com/node/698867/print</link>
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     <title>Would-be condo renters feel boxed in</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Blame the recession. Atlanta has a glut of condos and few are selling, so owners want to rent them but cannot because of limits designed to protect condo values.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:11:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2009/03/16/condo_rent_0316.html</link>
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     <title>Would-be condo renters feel boxed in</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Blame the recession. Atlanta has a glut of condos and few are selling, so owners want to rent them but cannot because of limits designed to protect condo values.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:48:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2009/03/16/condo_rent_0316.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6]]></link>
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     <title>Homeowners upset over rezoning</title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to the homeowners association, the rezoning is against the county's 2020 land-use plan which recommends office/distribution/technology for the subject property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:43:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=6&SubSectionID=6&ArticleID=57236&TM=235.303]]></link>
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     <title>Man tells HOA he won’t take down flagpole</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Cherokee County resident is refusing to quit flying the American flag atop a 14-foot pole, even though his homeowners association is taking him to court and threatening him with $25-a-day fines.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:36:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cherokee/stories/2009/03/13/flagpole_hoa.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners associations would get audited under new bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Developers of large subdivisions would have to hire an auditor for the homeowners-association books and make the reports available to members under legislation introduced Tuesday]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:12:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/680/public/news950637.html</link>
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     <title>Reassessments may add to condo woes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Atlanta’s deteriorating condo market faces another blow as Fulton County wraps up a property tax reassessment that could drop values further in ’09 and make condos even harder to sell.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:18:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/02/23/story2.html</link>
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     <title>Price Creek Farms South homeowners upset over uncertain future of sub roads</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some unhappy homeowners in the Price Creek Farms South subdivision have recently received a letter from neighborhood development company, Naterra Land (formerly Four Seasons) which states residents need to assume responsibility for property taxes and maintenance on private roads in their subdivision, currently property of Naterra Land.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:03:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pickensprogressonline.com/articleinfo.asp?Link=1008</link>
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     <title>Condo flood fix may fall short</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A project to prevent flooding at the Tinsley Mill Village condominiums just off Lake Peachtree is endangered]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:23:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thecitizen.com/~citizen0/node/34992</link>
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     <title>Carbon Monoxide Sickens Condo Residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A mother and child were taken to a local area hospital after extremely high levels of carbon monoxide spread throughout a condo Friday morning]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:48:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/Carbon_Monoxide_Sickens_Condo_Residents_020609</link>
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