On Sunday, June 28, 2026, the CMCC Volunteer Water Management Team will be conducting water meter readings throughout the community.

To ensure accurate and timely readings, please:

• Clear the area around your meter of obstructions (over grown vegetation, etc.).
• Manage any pets that may pose a risk or interfere with access.
• Check inside the meter box and remove any dirt, debris, or brush that could obstruct the meter.

Bills will be prepared and mailed shortly after the readings and are due upon receipt.

Please note: A $50 meter clearing fee will be assessed if access to your meter is obstructed or if the meter box is not properly cleared for reading.

Thank you!.

Hello Colony Mountain Community neighbors!

Ann and I have some excellent news. Our neighborhood has received a wonderful gift from Skagit County Fire District #14 (also known as Alger Fire). Chief David Skrinde recognized the need for our community to improve the security of our evacuation route and successfully secured a grant from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to facilitate a project removing some of the leaning trees that have the potential to block our escape during a wildfire.

This potential for trees to come down during a wildfire event has been one we have discussed in the past. While we have been lucky to escape major fires up to this point, we all know that when the power goes out up on this hill, it’s nearly always an Alder that has fallen during a wind event.  While having the power cut is inconvenient, having a tree come down and block the road while we are all trying to outrun a fire would be disastrous. If we should have a fire aggressive enough where we need to evacuate, I can guarantee the wind will be blowing that day.   The DNR and the fire district agree and will begin working to secure our egress path this month.

While there are probably hundreds of trees with the potential to fall and block Colony Mountain Drive, we have identified approximately 50 trees located between Schultz Lane and Old School Trail Road that will be removed. This type of work is dangerous and expensive, so while $25,000 is a generous gift, we will need to identify additional funding sources to address the rest of the road in the future.

The work is tentatively scheduled to begin on June 16 and continue through June 18.  There will be traffic control in place, and there may be some delays during the project. The affected property owners, PSE, and Skagit County are all on board with this effort, and I hope the minor traffic delays will not cause too much inconvenience.

Because we are a Firewise Community and have developed a good working relationship with the DNR and Skagit County Fire District #14, we have been given this opportunity.  If you are not familiar with Firewise, please check out Firewise USA @ https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/wildfire/firewise-usa.  Our neighborhood has been an active participant in their program since 2017. 

Chris England

Hello CMCC Community!

We are seeking volunteers to help with heavy maintenance of our community well house on Saturday, July 18th beginning at 9am.

Our community well house needs some loving in the form of a new roof (demo current roof and install new one) and coat of paint. We will also install a new mail slot.

We estimate that we need 6 volunteers for about 6 hours that day. You don’t have to stay the whole time, but we will need more people then.

Also, we would like a volunteer to provide cold water and snacks for the workers.

Should rain be forecasted for that day, an alternate day will be selected.

Please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Doug Robinson, by sending a text message to 360-708-7933 if you are willing to volunteer to help out on Saturday, July 18th.

Thank you in advance for your help!

On Saturday, January 3, 2026, CMCC volunteers will be conducting water meter readings throughout the community.

To ensure accurate and timely readings, please:

• Keep the area around your meter clear of obstructions.
• Manage any pets that may pose a risk or interfere with access.
• Check inside the meter box and remove any dirt, debris, or brush that could obstruct the meter.

Bills will be prepared and mailed shortly after the readings and are due upon receipt.

Please note: A $50 meter clearing fee will be assessed if access to your meter is obstructed or if the meter box is not properly cleared for reading.

Thank you for your cooperation.

You may have received Nooksack Adjudication documents via certified mail from the Washington Department of Ecology. These documents are being sent to everyone in northwest Skagit county. The CMCC board is reviewing the forms and will provide further information to everyone next week.

Watch for the follow up on our web site and via email soon.