The New Neighborhood (NN) subdivision is unusual because it is managed by four property owners associations (POAs) who co-manage the same common areas instead of just one. Each POA is associated with one of four completed phases of neighborhood development by the developer, Quercus Alba LLC. Each POA has a board of five elected directors, with four officers, who must be members of their respective POAs. All neighborhood lot owners are automatic members of their respective POAs. The four POAs are responsible for jointly managing the neighborhood common areas with neighborhood lot owners who are all co-owners of all the common areas — each lot of n total lots is associated with 1/n ownership of each common area. POA byaws currently require each board to hold an annual member meeting in March to determine annual POA budgets and the common area workplan for common area landscaping and septic system management. POA boards are required to show their POA assessment calculations — which may be significantly different for each POA — based on their POA budgets. These POA fees must be calculated and approved by members at least every three years. Though NN POA presidents and boards are legally required to comply with their POA bylaws and with the NN Planned Urban Development Agreement (PUD), many are not complying, and complaints are escalating. Some POA documents are provided below — contact your POA secretary for access to your own POA’s bylaws, meeting minutes, and other records offline or online — some POAs are providing online access to their records at the password-protected POA links below.
POA Boards of Directors and Contact Information
| POA# | President | Vice-President | Secretary | Treasurer | Director-at-Large |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POA1 Lots 01-15 | Bill Hunt 574.276.6000 | Corey Smith | Chris Nelson 616.826.2251 | Roxanne Shetler 734.904.0610 | Randy Nelson 231.326.2226 |
| POA2 Lots 16-35 | Annette Homburger 507.244.1599 | Todd Avis 616.915.7049 | Betsy Garofalo 734.478.9697 | Tamera Kroll 616.481.5915 | David Kroll 616.540.5982 |
| POA3 Lots 36-47 | Steve Weller 765.427.1681 | Ken Ehalt 516.546.2260 | Erin Trame 734.748.7667 | Kathleen Weller 765.426.6286 | Vacancy |
| POA4 Lots 48-62 | Linda Young 231.709.0927 | Bill Blacquiere 616.262.3754 | Jay Hoekstra 616.260.9183 | David Marks 574.596.3524 | Larry Bridges 513.382.5907 |
| POA5 Pending Lots 63-84 | Robin Johnson Quercus Alba LLC 231.326.3637 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
POA Bylaws
The bylaws for the four POAs are essentially the same as POA1’s bylaws right now, in 2025, but some POAs are in the process of changing theirs. Contact your POA president or secretary for more information.
2009 Escrow Agreement for the Maintenance of Community Sewers (associated with the Maintenance and Indemnification Agreement Regarding Privately Owned Public Sewers)
Recent Village of Empire Escrow Statement: 2023
New Neighborhood Planned Urban Development Agreement (PUD)