Managing the community landscaping is a big job and more eyes and ears are always needed. We are looking for additional homeowners to join the Landscape Committee. This committee works with our landscape provider, Sunrise of Nashville, and will meet every other month to discuss landscaping issues, what we love about the trees and plants here in Abbottsford, and areas of future opportunity. If you are interested in joining the conversation, please contact us to let us know. Ashley Cantrell is our current Landscape Chair, and she can be reached at ashleycantrell3@gmail.com with any questions.

The Abbottsford Board consists of five homeowners who volunteer for 3-year terms, and who are elected at the annual May meeting on a staggered basis. Board members’ primary responsibility is to provide direction, empowering management to execute their decisions on behalf of the homeownership as a whole. 

Dr. Chris Wells: President (Term expires May, 2025) 

Bradley Pendleton: Treasurer (Term expires May, 2023) 

Breck Walker: Secretary and Assets Chair (Assets Includes the Security Committee) (Term expires May, 2023) 

Ashley Cantrell: Landscape Chair (Term expires May, 2025)

Nancy Lorenzi: Engagement Chair (Engagement Includes the Welcoming Committee) (Term expires May, 2024) 

Abbottsford

Dear Abbottsford Residents
Over the last 6 months we heard many outstanding comments about the work that Cody Carroll
is doing for our community that are beyond his property management responsibilities. We are
happy that Cody is a great addition to Abbottsford.

Cody’s accomplishments and your comments allowed us to think about how we can better
serve you. As we thought about Abbottsford the word that best describes the concept that we
were thinking about is concierge. The Concierge Management concept allows for managing the
physical as well as Abbottsford communication to you and from you.

As we moved in this direction the services of our current property management company did
not align with the concept of concierge management. Two Board members investigated
alternative property management companies that would support the concierge concept. After
their research, the Board reviewed the information and interviewed several companies. The
Board voted to select the David Floyd & Associates, Inc as the new Abbottsford property
management company. The Floyd statement on their web is “Providing personal and
professional customer service through accessibility, accountability and integrity.”
https://dfloydassoc.com/

Effective August 1 the David Floyd & Associates group will become Abbottsford property
management group. Cody Carroll will be Abbottsford’s on-site senior property manager. In this
role he will have other responsibilities beyond physical property management. The Floyd group
will manage the finances (and officially employ Cody). The Floyd group will also be the backup
to support Cody as he supports Abbottsford.

We will work with the Floyd group to facilitate a smooth transfer from the Metropolitan
Property Management group this summer. On June 21 st at 7 pm and July 13 th at 5 pm there will
be Q & A sessions to provide you with the opportunity to ask questions and meet David Floyd.

Sincerely,
Chris
Chris Wells
Chair, Abbottsford Board

The Little Free Library is stocked and ready for sharing! It is located near the playground. Bring a book, take a book, all our welcome to participate.

The Landscaping Committee has launched a project to label the trees in the common areas with Arboretum Tags.  Each tag contains the name – both common and scientific – of the tree.  We have begun by labelling the trees which have been planted as memorials for our residents who have passed away.  Next, we will begin identifying and tagging trees in the common areas.

Ashley Cantrell – our resident tree guru – has identified the following trees in our community.  Please thank her for her tireless efforts.

Bald Cypress

Tulip Poplars

River Birch

Pine

Red Oaks

Sycamore

Eastern Red Cedar

Yoshino Cherry

Maples

Sweetgum

Magnolias 

Northern Hackberry

Crabapples

Ginko

Golden Rain Tree