About Us....Our History

The first homes in The Legends were settled at the end of 1998.  By spring of 1999, both Pulte and Double-S had built a number of homes on the East Side of The Legends and the construction of the Frog Hollow Golf Course had begun.

In the early days of The Legends, Thomas Whittington, Managing Director of Frog Hollow, LLC, the developer of the sub-division met annually in the fall with homeowners.  At these meetings he suggested that the residents consider forming a Civic Association.  Mr. Whittington offered to assist the residents in this effort by providing a "boiler plate" set of By-Laws.  He also said that he would provide "seed money" in the amount of $1500.

The Civic Association would be a voluntary organization.  If the community owned common property we would have a Maintenance Organization which would have mandatory membership.  The Civic Association would be separate from the Architectural Review Committee (ARC) which created by The Deed Restrictions of The Legends to enforce those restrictions and the Architectural Standards.

In February 2003, a group of interested residents met, reviewed the proposed By-Laws, made changes and appointed an interim Board of Directors.  Those directors were Roseanne Cialella, Diane Canatto, Michael Castoria, Ed Colaprete, Joanne Jackson, Rich Kahn, Don Loesch, Darenda Olsen, and Mose Witt.  Annual dues were set to $50 per household.

On May 13, 2003, the first Annual Meeting of The Legends Civic Association was held in the Frog Hollow Clubhouse.  The interim Board Members were elected to serve a 3-year term.  At a June Board Meeting, Ms. Cialella was subsequently elected President; Witt, Colaprete and Loesch were elected Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary, respectively.

Middletown Mayor Kenneth Branner attended that May meeting and spent considerable time fielding questions from the homeowners.  One of the topics discussed was the maintenance of the medians on Whittington Way and the rotaries on Whittington Way, Casper Way and Sheehan Drive. Branner said that Middletown would cut the grass in the rotaries once the roads were finished and turned over to the Town. However, the town would not maintain the medians, since the original record plan called for them to be concrete.

Prior to the formation of The Civic Association, it was evident that the maintenance of the “common areas”, i.e. the rotaries and those medians was being neglected by the developer.  The grass in the rotaries was cut only sporadically and the weeds in the medians reached giant proportions.  Beginning in 2001 volunteers, working alone and in crews, cut grass and pulled weeds. 

Finally, in June 2004, after two dues billings and a Monte Carlo Casino Night, The Civic Association was able to contract with Green Sea Landscaping to do a major overhaul ofthe medians on East and West Whittington Way.  Green Sea cleaned up the areas and laid about 20 tons of river rock as mulch.  The idea of using the rock was so that we would not have to refresh the mulch each year.  They also created two planting areas at the entrances of The Villas of Augusta.  We also cleaned up the rotary on West Whittington Way by removing all of the dead plantings.  The cost to The Civic Association was $13,696.  We also paid Frog Hollow LLC $2200 to cut the grass on the West Whittington rotary for the  2004 season and K &L Golf $1000 to do weeding after the mulch was laid.  Since then we have contracted with Signature Golf Management to maintain these areas with fertilization, weeding and mowing.

It should be evident that the primary thrust of The Legends Civic Association has been landscaping and landscape maintenance. We have spent two years talking to landscapers about the development of the rotaries on West Whittington Way, Casper Way and Sheehan Drive.  In early 2007 we reached an agreement with the Town of  Middletown regarding the maintenance and enhancements to the rotaries on West Whittington Way, Casper Way and Sheehan Drive and as well as the maintenance of the rotary on East Whittington Way.

We have rolled out a Membership Discount Plan where local merchants will provide discounts to members.  53 merchants are participating.

Since the formation of The Legends Civic Association the number of homes in The Legends has more than tripled.  Membership has not.  Our dues are $75 per year, far less than some of the neighboring communities.  We need the participation of all residents.  

Your Board of Directors is only nine people.  We need feedback from The Legends homeowners.  If you have a suggestion please let us know.  We value your opinion.