McKinleyVillage Live

IT'S

BETTER

IN  THE

MKV

Y O U R C O M M U N I T Y N E W S L E T T E R

East Sacramento 's Premier Community .

Learn More In Our First Issue !WWW.MKVHOA.COM

AUGUST 2020

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Editors' Note

MKV Live |     1 S EP TEMBER 2020

Our objective for the newsletter is to make it fun to

read and to inform our neighbors about the fun things

happening in the community.

We expect to have a lot of human-interest stories

about our residents in the neighborhood. We have a lot

of diversity in our community, and want to highlight

that in every way. We also want to make it informative

so we will provide who to call and for what and it will

be provided from our HOA group.

Sara Stephenson & Phil Goldman

IN THIS

ISSUE

4 Family Spotlight

5-6 Building a Connector

MKV Pool & Website

7 Photographer's Wanted!

8 Who is Stacy?

9 Support Local

10

We will not get into any HOA issues; just any basic info and help that you need.We also would love

for kids to be a big part of the newsletter. We want kids to have a voice in our community, especially

now that they won’t have much, if any, face to face interactions in a classroom.

Please, don’t be afraid to critique and suggest what you would like to see in future newsletters- it’s

our goal to have as much input as possible and we hope it’s something you look forward to read

every month!!!! Kind of like the Sunday paper (does anyone still get one?).

Please reach out if you have a fun story to share or would like to

be involved!

Phil Goldman- phildgoldman@msn.com

Sara Stephenson - sarafoxstephenson@gmail.com

Kids Corner

MKV Love

"Those who stroll through theneighborhood will find inspiration

from the public art installations,most of which were designed and

crafted specifically for McKinleyVillage by artists from the

Sacramento region" - Newswire , Mar 2019

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Nick, a producer for Electronic Arts, and Anna,

who stays home with their kids Eleanor, Max,

and new-to-the-world Oliver.

The family, who loves Star Wars and board

games, moved to MKV in the fall of 2018 from a

home in East Sac. They can usually be found

around the Village swimming, watching big

trucks, hanging out in the "rainbow tunnel,” or

playing in their t-court.

MEET THE

REINHART

FAMILY

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You may have even seen Eleanor and Max's

chalk art as you've passed by their home.Say

hi if you see them around!

by Stephanie

Want your family in the spotlight?Email Sara Stephenson at

sarafoxstephenson@gmail.comand tell her you're interested!

GOLDEN

STATE

MIND

of

|   5 SEPTEMBER 2020

"Golden State of Mind is the mental statecreated when diversity, creativity, and

optimism collide. Influenced by the uniqueCalifornia lifestyle, the Golden State of Mind

allows all of us to venture out into the world tobecome, and do, whatever we want, wherever

we live." - a Random Thought From Pinterest

- MKV L IVE -

MKV Live

One afternoon in early June, Isaw a Landmark email from Stacyrequesting volunteers to helpform a committee to reopen ourbeloved pool. 

Our board needed help developing amitigation and scheduling strategy to meet localCounty and State guidelines to reopen the pool incompliance. Access to the pool for both myself,and my wife, Kristen, have been, and continue toremain, a very big draw to our community. Additionally, I know how important it was to ourfellow community members. 

Drawing on my marketing background, I threwmy name in the hat and about 72 hours later wehad a rough version of the site you find yourselfusing today.

We quickly identified that volunteers would beneeded due to insurance limitations by poolmonitor providers, and that any site would needcontact tracing via a scheduling platform.

Since taking on that project, I've had otherideas (including this newsletter you’rereading now) to bring additional value to ourcommunity and bring us closer together.

My sincere hope was that the websitewould only be needed for a few more weeks,or maybe a couple of months. As the summercomes to a close, and as many of youundoubtedly have come to realize, thethreats posed by COVID-19 are by no meansgoing to go away anytime soon.

As businesses and facilities around the stateprepare to reopen, I hope the need for thepool scheduling will go away. Despite thathope, it is my intent to still provide the bestlevel of service I can to our community.

As you continue to use what I regard as aBETA version of our website, please don'thesitate to reach out with any problems,concerns or issues that you may experiencevia the “Submit Support Ticket” tab on thesite.(continued next page)

BUILDING A

CONNECTOR

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This fall when the pool closes for the summer, my goal is to upgrade the site’sfunctionality. Regardless of whether next spring requires scheduling, I also hope thatthe site will remain a long-lasting asset to our community. If you have anysuggestions please click the link HERE for a brief survey. This survey will providefeedback directly to me on the website and ideas that you have to better improve it inthe future. Once the pool season concludes, I will shut down the site and rebuild abetter version incorporating some of your suggestions. 

Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter. And a very big thank you to thecountless hours Kristen Zellmer and all the pool volunteers have spent volunteering toallow us to be one of the only community pools to remain open.  Also a shout out toour board members for having the courage to open up when many of our fellowcommunity pools and other associations didn't want to deal with the processesinvolved to meet local opening requirements. And thank you MKV for yourunderstanding, patience, and participation in the processes we’ve laid out…Thanks toall of MKV for giving us our pool this summer!

BUILDING A

CONNECTOR(continued)

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Anthony BernardGot a moment to improve our community website? Visit

https://mkvhoa.com/survey to offer suggestions.

Feel Free to reach out directly! anthony@thegoldgoose.com

A picture’s worth a thousand words...help capture our community spirit, beautiful

landscape, a nice sunset or perhaps a funny or exciting photos capturing our

community interaction...

share them on our Instagram page 

@mkvneighbor

https://www.instagram.com/mkvneighbors/

or send them to us my uploading them athttps://photoshare.mkvhoa.com/MKV_Photos

FreelancePhotographer?

help capture ourcommunity

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Stacy Longley joined the Landmark Limited

team in early 2016 after a rewarding sixteen

years working with community associations in

the collection of delinquent assessments. Stacy

worked directly with board members and

community managers, but little prepared her

for the reality and daily life of a property

manager. What appeared to be a natural

transition from the niche collection industry to

the broader scope of management, was

anything but. This misnomer has been Stacy’s

comic relief; working with associations is just in

her blood.

Who isStacy?

In 2018, Landmark Limited was awarded the

management contract for a beautiful, new build

community in East Sacramento, known as

McKinley Village. It has been two years since

Stacy began working in the Village and has

grown and changed with the community and

neighbors.

Born and raised in Roseville, Stacy moved her

family to Lincoln in 2004, when she bought a

home (yes, you guessed it!) in a homeowners

association. After working with associations for

a number of years, she still bought a home in an

association- crazy? Nope!

What does Stacy do in her spare time? Stacy

enjoys the water (from beach, pier or poolside),

the sting of the sun after fishing all day, family

around the patio table while BBQing and

having a cold one. Her favorite music genre is

country and her favorite band is a cover band,

The Corduroys. 

Stacy’s Philosophy: As life changes, our daily

world changes, likes and hobbies also change;

still exploring.

Work: today’s most challenging homeowner is

tomorrow’s board member and how you treat

them determines your success. 

Personal: try not to do things you have to

apologize for, to begin with, but do not

withhold a sincere apology when and where it is

due.

"As life changes, our daily world changes,likes and hobbies also change; stillexploring."

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Sunset |    9 SEPTEMBER 20 1 9

My Mom and Dad and some friends decided because we would not be going to real school

in the fall, we would start what my parents told me we call, a “teaching pod.”

Because my Mom teaches high school, she knew a teacher who would lead us every

morning till we started going to school online.

They set it up so my brother Isaac could be part of it and he is a kindergartener and I’m

going into second grade.We then have two other families with the kids who are my friends

that I like a lot.

Each week we have our classes at one of our families’ backyard. We all wear masks and

make sure we are far apart…at least 6 feet.

Our classes last all morning, we bring our own lunch, and then in the afternoon, we have

some free time and get to all play together.

We all really love it though we miss all our friends from our real school.We will start on

regular classes from our own schools in the next few days.Would be fun to hear what other

kids are doing who live in McKinley Village!

Kids CornerW I T H E L I R E E D

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