President’s Letter

By Jeana Garms | Email

School is back in session! If you are engaging in the same life stage as my family with young humans, I hope you are enjoying the ability to take a Zoom meeting without kids dancing in the background as much as I am.

And on that note – I want to extend a huge thank you to our South Side families who opened their homes for what’s become an annual tradition of the neighborhood children gathering on the first day of school for donuts, pictures, and walking to school together. And to our South Side residents at large for your patience during this time. Speaking from my own experience, this is such a welcomed opportunity to shake off the first day jitters, particularly for our youngest school-age residents, and start the new school year on a high note.

When my family moved to Barrington four years ago we chose Fox Point for its reputation as a family-friendly community that was a great place to raise children. I remember as we drove in to look at what became our present home, counting the number of trampolines, basketball hoops, and playsets in the yards – an indicator of the number of families raising children who lived here and a proof point of the ability for kids to be kids and enjoy their surroundings.

It’s these proof points and unofficial traditions, coupled with our amenities and planned community events such as the Camp Out (which was fantastic by the way – kudos to the planning team!) that makes Fox Point a desirable place to live year after year. So cheers to all of our neighbors for continuing to foster this community and I look forward to seeing you throughout the neighborhood and at our upcoming events. 

Treasurer Report

By Susan Lunt | Email

Thank you to our Social Chair and to all those that take on the extra work and put in the time to plan and execute our awesome neighborhood events. We appreciate you! Please remember to submit any expense reimbursement requests with your receipts and a completed Reimbursement Request Form for more efficient tracking. LINKED HERE

Additionally, we will begin the budgeting process for 2026 and beyond. As in years past, the treasurer will be working with board members and the finance committee to build a comprehensive plan that meets the HOA’s fiscal goals and allows our community to thrive. I will keep the neighborhood informed as the process moves along during the fourth quarter.

Social Report

By Kate Feit | Email

I hope you all were able to attend this year’s Camp Out, it was a huge success with over 150 neighbors in attendance!  I’m tempted to say I will try camping next year 🙂 Thank you to Jordan Linville and Dan Pohl for organizing and bringing this event back to life.  We have two great events coming up in October, the progressive dinner and the golf outing.  Please see the below for details, hope to see you there!

Progressive Dinner

The progressive dinner will be held this year on Saturday, October 11th.  When signing up for the event, please consider volunteering to be a host house. We will also need a volunteer or two (or three or four) to host the appetizer and dessert portion of the night.  Please reach out if you have any questions around what it looks like to be a host house, reminder that all the food is catered and will be dropped off at your doorstep! Couldn’t be easier!

• Where: Fox Point Neighborhood
• When: Saturday, October 11th; 5-10pm
• Cost: $55 per person

Details:

The night begins with appetizers at one Fox Point home, followed by dinner at various homes in smaller groups. The event concludes with dessert and an after party with the larger group at a single home.

Tentative schedule is 5:00-6:00pm apps and cocktails with the larger group, migrate to dinner homes in smaller groups 6:30-8:00, and then back with the larger group from 8:30-10:00 for dessert, coffee, and a nightcap.

Appetizers through dessert will be catered with drinks also included in the ticket price.

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0949AEA92AA3F4C43-58202471-2025

Fox Point Golf Outing

The Fox Point Golf outing will be held at Palatine Hills on Saturday, October 25th with a shotgun start at 1pm.  Registration closes Friday, October 10th. When registering, include the names of those you wish to be paired with. We hope to see you on the course!

• Where: Palatine Hills Golf Course
• When: Saturday, October 25th @1pm shotgun start
• Cost: $90 per golfer
  • Registration fee includes golf, cart, bucket of range balls, prizes and pizza

Post golf celebrations will take place at the Blue Heron. Pizza to be provided. Cash bar.

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0949AEA92AA3F4C43-57725972-2025

2025 Event Committee Sign-up

Sign-ups are now available for the 2025 Social Event Committees. 

In order for the continuation of the events we have come to expect in the Fox Point community, we need volunteers to take part in committees responsible for planning and executing each event. More information and committee signups are available here.

 Not on the Fox Point Social distribution? Email social@foxpoint.org to opt in.

Civics Report

By Lisa Brooks | Email

The FP Board and Welcome committee greeted about 10 new families last month for the Homeowner’s Welcome party at the pool. Neighbors old and new were immediately making connections and sharing contact information. Thanks to all that attended and we look forward to seeing everyone at upcoming events!

Architecture Report

By Andrew Schwartz| Email

The Board has opted to move forward with a county grant application for the seawall.

Later this month, applications for grants from the Lake County Stormwater Management Board are due. Our seawall installation at the Boat Landings is a good candidate for this grant, a similar approach that we’ve taken for some creek shoreline work a few years ago. We have engaged our Lake Engineering firm, Hey & Associates to advance our approach and environmental data to manage the grant application. This supplementary work will be required for full permit approval, as we learned in a meeting with the Village of Barrington in June. If the grant is successful, the county may share up to 50% of project costs. With this direction we are targeting a 2026 install.

I am eager to continue working on this project to get our important common area near the lake higher and drier!

Lake Report

By Steve Kipferl| Email

Hello neighbors,

Lake season is winding down and fall is coming. Please remember to keep boats on the rack organized headed into the offseason. If you are still looking for a boat slot, please contact the lake committee at lake@foxpoint.org

The lake clarity and water quality had a rough month of July due to the extremely hot temps along with no rainfall resulting in lake temps rising and algae blooming once the water hit the mid 80s. We also experienced a small fish kill as a result, but damage was far less than we have seen in these events in the past. Discussion on future lake management is always ongoing between the maintenance vendors and lake committee. If you have questions or concerns, the meeting is a great chance to discuss at length. See below for details.

With the cooler temps we are seeing a rebound in water quality and a decrease in weed growth. This should continue into the fall.

If you would like to join the lake committee, we meet online on the second Monday of each month.. All are welcome so please tune in. We discuss all future plans and current issues regarding the lake. Hope to see you there!

Lake Committee meeting

Monday, Sep 8 · 8–9 PM

Google Meet joining info

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/aps-uieb-suf

Or dial: +1 540-680-3948 PIN: 727018692

More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/aps-uieb-suf?pin=7804832620575

Pool Report

By Criss Chang | Email

The pool has closed for the 2025 season, but the many gatherings and relief from the hot summer days will live on in our memories.  While the experience is fresh in your minds, please go to the link below to fill out this brief Feedback Survey within the next 30 days.  A summary of the results will be provided in next month’s newsletter.  If you would like to reach out directly, send your message to pool@foxpoint.org.

Feedback Survey Link https://forms.gle/YcdBY4YVYgaT3Y9y9

Tennis Report

By Taylor Shanfeld | Email

The 2025 Pickleball tournament is off to a great start! Good luck to the 20 teams participating this year and most importantly, have fun!!

Credit: @PickleballMemes

Please install the TeamReach app if you’d like to communicate with neighbors about playing pickleball and/or tennis.

Instructions:

Install TeamReach on iPhone : https://apps.apple.com/us/app/teamreach-team-management/id1101253705

Install TeamReach on Android : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamreach.app

For the FP picklers group, enter code DINKFP

For the FP tennis group, enter code FP40LOVE

A few court reminders:

1. There is currently no reservation system for the tennis and pickleball courts. Please limit play to one hour if others are waiting.
2. No bicycles, scooters, rollerblades, skateboards, etc. are allowed on the courts.
3. Please be kind to the pickleball nets. Do not put pressure on the net system.