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Blue Ballot: two action items to vote on
BLUE BALLOT: TWO ACTION ITEMS TO VOTE ON Rollover of excess funds: Your vote is necessary to give the Board of Directors permission (or not) to rollover any excess RWA…
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Call for Committee Volunteers
The success of RWA is due to having many volunteers who roll-up their sleeves and bring their energy, experience, and assistance to serve on our committees, help with events and…
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New WebSite
Greetings:We're excited to announce that our new website is now on line.As part of the new design, we have a section that only residents can see. This section contains documents,…
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A Round Community Is Romantic
When dining with multiple friends, I prefer a round table. It’s more congenial because everyone can see and talk easily with everyone else. For similar reasons, Joe Klein’s vision for…
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You’ve Got Mail!
Three times that call has resonated for me, at boarding school at age 12, as a Marine in some God-forsaken Belgian ditch during WW2, and from 1948 on, after I…
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A Salute to Ed McMahon
The original Rotonda developer made two smart moves in 1970. First, he negotiated with ABC-TV to telecast The Superstars, a unique new sports event, then he retained Ed McMahon, Johnny…
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Early Facts About Rotonda West
The land on which Rotonda sits was owned originally by brothers William and Alfred Vanderbilt. William was a former Governor of Rhode Island, and both brothers were direct descendants of…
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Don Pedro Island…. Rotonda West’s Most Overlooked Asset
It always amazes me that one of Rotonda West’s greatest assets is overlooked and underused… Don Pedro Island. Many Rotonda West residents seem unaware that a mid-1970’s investigation of Rotonda’s…
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Oil, Taxes and Scrub Jays Retard Rotonda West’s Early Growth
In 1970, right at Rotonda West’s start-up, the U.S. economy tanked and slowed development. Interest rates soared above 20 percent. Money for infrastructure became hard to find and borrow. (The…