​Thanks to CDA Board Member Paul Forst, our northern community sign landscaping has gotten a facelift.  Thank you Paul & Kathy!

Tim Weir helps with watering the shrubs there.  Thank you Tim & Debbie!

I hope you can make it to Duck and enjoy the Fall weather!

The Town of Duck recently purchased a tract of land in the Village area known as the Herron property and they have decided to utilize this property.  To that end, they are asking Duck property owners for comments and feedback.

If you are interested, you can fill out the survey here.

The following items were emailed out to community members:

• Updated Community Directory
• Updated Vendor Reference List

Additionally, off-season trash collection begins October 1.  Recap:

• Regular Trash:  Mondays ONLY
• Recyclable Material:  1st and 3rd Mondays of the Month

Posts and handrails at the ocean access points have been adjusted and repaired.

​The northern community sign has been removed for refurbishment.

The Town is asking interested owners to complete a survey on this topic.  I know many of you have points of view regarding preserving dark skies at night.  

I'm happy the Town is asking owners for their opinion.  Hopefully that effort will extend to other topics of owner interest in the future.

Please take the opportunity to complete this particular survey if you have an opinion on outdoor lighting.

Take the survey now!

The CDA Board met to vote on proposed changes to the Association Bylaws.  Revised bylaws were approved & the updated version of the bylaws has been posted to the CDA website.

The Town of Duck is offering free refrigerator clings that include:

• Updated website and social media information
• Ordinance reminders
• Trash and recycling collection details
• General community information.

If you would like these clings, please use the Town of Duck's form to request them here.

There is an interesting article in the Outer Banks Voice that might be significant in how we address future beach erosion.

Here's a link to the article: https://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2025/03/30/could-shorelock-be-a-real-alternative-to-beach-nourishment/

Bobby Outen, Dare County Executive, describes a company named ShoreLock.  They produce a product they claim is all-natural and can be placed in trenches on the beach.   The product would then mix with beach sand over time and would cause sand particles to bond together and thereby withstand erosion pressures.  The end result might be less beach erosion over time and hence a reduced need for sand renourishment projects. This sounds like an interesting concept, but it would need to be fully tested of course.

​The Board will monitor future news on this and share it with the community.

A public information meeting on the bridge project was held last week at Town Hall in Duck.  Attached is a handout from the meeting.

The meeting was well attended, and a number of people provided public comments.  The project has cleared all legal hurdles and is at the CAMA permit application phase.  While some people who provided comments were opposed to the bridge, a majority were in favor of it.  Very few comments addressed actual permitting issues.

There are more steps ahead before permit approval, budgeting and start of construction.  I don't think there's any schedule for the remaining steps beyond permitting.

Our impression is that this project is moving forward toward ultimate construction of a Mid-Currituck bridge.