AMG VP May Gayle Mengert Appointed to Second Term on Guilford College Board of Visitors

May Gayle Mengert, Vice President and co-founder of Association Management Group (AMG), one of the Carolinas’ largest professional homeowner association managers with five offices in North and South Carolina, has recently been appointed to a second two-year term on the Board of Visitors of Guilford College,her Greensboro liberal arts alma mater. “Guilford College is a wonderful school with a lot to offer and a proud tradition of giving back to the community,” Mengert said. “I was an academic scholarship student in the Education program. This is my way to give back to the school that gave so much to me.”

In her role as a leadership advisor, Mengert will continue to support the board’s mission of engaging the community; serving as a goodwill ambassador to the public; promoting educational projects and activities that unite business, educational and community leaders; and helping the College accomplish its long-term objectives; all while enhancing the skills, knowledge and values that students need to succeed in the 21^st century.  “Guildford College is a lot like AMG,” she continued. “We’re both in the community-building business. My job at AMG is to get to know the HOAs we manage and to support the volunteer leaders with the latest technologies and services to help them with the day-to-day running of their community, and of course, exceptional customer service. That’s also my job as a volunteer on the Guilford College Board of Visitors: to get to know our community–both within the college and in the wider Greensboro area–and support everyone’s efforts to connect in a meaningful and rewarding way, and create a positive future.”

An accredited Association Management Specialist (AMS), Mengert’s areas of expertise are community management, consultation with client boards of directors and supervision of AMG’s customer service staff and managers. Her extensive experience led to her selection by the Community Associations Institute (CAI) to be one of the regional coordinators for the Triad Area. She has also completed the rigorous Community Management courses in CAI’s Professional Management Development Program.

She is a former volunteer with Lutheran Family Services, the Junior League and the Silent Witness Initiative. She co-chaired this year’s early June PTI 5K 10K on the Runway race to end hunger in the Triad and is currently part of a team that frequently flies in deliveries of bedding, clothes, toys and water system parts and supplies to a Cap Haitien orphanage in Haiti, where she enjoys spending time with the children. 

About AMG:  AMG is a professional community association management company dedicated to building effective community associations. AMG guides and assists executive boards to help protect the association's interests, enhance the lives of community members and improve the property values in the community. With offices throughout the Carolinas in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Raleigh, NC, and Greenville and Aiken, SC, AMG is a knowledgeable partner in enforcing community governing documents with a proven set of processes and techniques, and supporting communities with a broad range of services that can be tailored to individual community needs. Association Management Group, Inc. is a locally Accredited Business by the BBB and is a nationally Accredited Association Management Company (AAMC) by the Community Associations Institute. For more about AMG, visit www.amgworld.com.

AMG Awarded Contract to Manage High Point’s Alderbrook HOA

True professionalism is more about “the how” than “the what” of a job. Alderbrook Homeowners Association, Inc., off Sandy Ridge Road in High Point, instinctively understands that. That’s why it has selected Association Management Group - Greensboro/High Point (AMG), one of the Carolinas’ largest professional homeowner association managers, to manage its vibrant community of 263 single-family homes.  According to Alderbrook HOA president Ted Reynolds, AMG’s professionalism was the deciding factor. “We felt AMG had the experience and the longevity in the business to provide the skills we needed,” he said. “The company’s professional approach included a one-on-one meeting with our board of directors and a thorough explanation of all they had to offer. We felt that attention to detail, coupled with the latest in information technology, would allow our community to stay abreast of all pertinent issues. In short, it’s a professional group doing a professional job for all the residents of Alderbrook.”

According to AMG Community Manager Candace Cole, the company won the business based on its impressive track record. “Alderbrook, which was established in 2005, was looking for an established management firm that would put its best interests at heart,” she noted. “The community appreciated that AMG is detail-oriented and combines strong administrative support with exceptional customer service.” AMG will provide Alderbrook with the full range of governance services: from working with the volunteer board on effective policies and procedures to assisting with contract negotiation and budgeting to managing maintenance issues to enhancing community communications.

AMG founder and President Paul Mengert believes the community will benefit from AMG’s  proven success. “AMG is an industry leader because we take the job of supporting communities and their volunteer leaders seriously,” he said. “As managers of HOAs, we make it easy for our customers to succeed in both the everyday work as well as the challenges, providing the best minds and solutions to help them create a healthy, harmonious and attractive community.” 

For more information about HOAs or AMG management, contact Candace Cole, Ccole@amgworld.com.

About AMG:  AMG is a professional community association management company dedicated to building effective community associations. AMG guides and assists executive boards to help protect the association's interests, enhance the lives of community members and improve the property values in the community. With offices throughout the Carolinas in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Raleigh, NC, and Greenville and Aiken, SC, AMG is a knowledgeable partner in enforcing community governing documents with a proven set of processes and techniques, and supporting communities with a broad range of services that can be tailored to individual community needs. Association Management Group, Inc. is a locally Accredited Business by the BBB and is a nationally Accredited Association Management Company (AAMC) by the Community Associations Institute. For more about AMG, visit www.amgworld.com.

How to Handle Extreme Heat During The Peak of Summer.

Every HOA is different and so are their covenants, conditions and restrictions. Some HOA regulations require homeowners to keep foliage alive and the color of the lawn to stay green through sufficient watering.

According to Virginia Tech's A Landscaping  Guide for  Homeowners  Associations (http://www.manassascity.org/DocumentCenter/View/3981):

Most plants need about one inch of water on a weekly basis. Normally, cool season grasses go dormant in the summer and only need water in cases of extreme drought.

Most of the time spent on lawn maintenance is spent mowing. Mowing correctly is one of the easiest things that can be done to help keep turf happy. Because mowing causes physical injury to grass, it is important that no more than 1/3rd of the total leaf height is cut at any one time. This allows the grass sufficient leaf area to photosynthesize the energy it needs to heal. When grass is very high due to wet weather, it needs to be cut in stages, taking 1/3rd off at a time and waiting until the clippings left on the ground disappear between cuttings. 

We suggest the following tips and tricks in order to maintain a healthy, intact lawn during the extreme heat of the summer. http://yardcare.toro.com/maintain/how-to-maintain-the-grass-in-extreme-heat/