__________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Sherry Luckey to the Antiquity HOA Board by

Cam Finley. Sherry is a Project Manager at Finley Properties, LLC.

Antiquity Lights Up the Night

First Luminary & Tree Lighting

It was a balmy December night. The weather had cooperated allowing residents to set out and light their

luminaries and then enjoy walking around to see the spectacle. Afterwards, residents gathered on Crew Cottage to

experience Antiquity's first tree lighting event. Expecting colder weather, Hans Armstrong set up his fire pit and

Social Committee Members, Regina Shea, Erin Concelman, Kelly Klyn, and Joyce Loomis provided hot drinks and

scrumptious treats. Some residents pitched in to help committee members light the many luminaries on the Close

and others brought even more goodies to eat. The night was a success and everyone is looking forward to more

participation next year. Best of all, Antiquity, with other surrounding communities, helped to raise over $50,000.

for Hope for Housing.

A Message from US Lawns

by McKenzie Brady

Dear Residents of Antiquity:

We are very excited to begin working with you all and hope to build a long and successful partnership. We will be

working hard through the contract period to provide Antiquity with top level service you deserve. In our short time

as your partner, we have been observing a few things around the community where can do our part in improving the

curb appeal of Antiquity. Our goal is to provide a customized and efficient maintenance routine and enhance the

quality of the following:

• Plant Health

• Pruning Practices

• Street Tree Health

• Turf Quality

• Mowing Practices to reduce scalping and turf growing up through fences

• Communication

Meet the Team:

William and Sheila Atwell, residents of Mooresville, N.C. own three U.S. Lawns offices throughout the Carolinas

that cover Rock Hill to Greensboro. They started their first location in 2000 and have continued to grow as their

success has landed them new opportunities. We have offices in Greensboro, North Charlotte and South Charlotte

with the Kannapolis, NC office serving as a main headquarters for the three. We currently have over 100

employees at our North and South Charlotte offices. This includes: 22 maintenance crews, five enhancement crews,

five account managers, and a highly experienced and knowledgeable office staff.

Charlotte Team:

General Managers: Brandon Shively and Shane Stegall - 16 combine years’ experience; 12 combined years with U.S.

Lawns.

Account Managers: Neil Cegielski / Rick Grevey / Josh Thomas / Wayne Atwell - 35 years’ combined experience.

Certifications / Background:

• Five Degreed Owner/Managers in Ornamental Horticulture with concentrations in Landscape Design,

Landscape Construction, and Turf Grass Management

• A Degreed and Licensed Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.) on staff

• A Degreed Marketing, Advertising, and Promotions specialist on staff North Carolina Irrigation Contractor

Board - Licensed Irrigation Contractor - # C-300

• Landscape Contractor Board – Certified Contractor - # 1282

• Storm Water BMP Inspection and Maintenance - Certified Contractor - # 2013

• North Carolina Pesticide Board – Licensed Applicator # 026-13022

• South Carolina Department of Pesticide Regulation – Licensed Applicator # C0015907

In the Community:

Almost everyone at US Lawns is involved in the community; professionally sitting on boards for IFMA and BOMA;

philanthropically volunteering at Ronald McDonald House and Crisis Assistance Ministry.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Butterfly Garden

by Jane Laurencelle

One of the last projects in 2015 for the Landscaping committee was to design and begin installation of the

Antiquity Butterfly Garden. As many of you already know, loss of habitat is having a devastating impact on

butterfly and pollinator populations. This landscaped area is not only to help revive the health of our butterflies

and pollinators, but to also offer an interesting wayside stop for hikers along our greenway, and to provide a fun,

interactive way for young children to observe nature. Dearness Gardens provided the expertise in plant selection,

which includes Winter Red Holly that hosts the Henry’s Elfin Butterfly, and a Fringe Tree that hosts Fringetree

Sallow, Waved Sphinx and Fawn Sphinx. Swamp Milkweed and Common Milkweed will provide habitat for the

Monarch Butterfly, and New England Aster, Anise Hyssop, Coneflower, Joe Pye Weed, and Verbena will provide

nectar sources for Monarch’s and other pollinators.

The bed preparation and planting was done by Landscape committee members and your ‘green thumb’ neighborhood

volunteers, Patrick Wilhelm and Kate Elliott. This garden will evolve over time. There are plans to expand the area

with spring flowering perennials, and to also plant a section with native wildflower seeds. It will eventually include

informational signs about each plant, perhaps butterfly and bird houses, and of course a garden bench so everyone

can sit and enjoy the area.

To locate the Butterfly Garden, use the hiking path entrance at the corner of Lovers Lawn Trace and Market

Street. The garden is just a short way down on the left side. When you visit, please remember that it is a work in

progress, and that those ‘dead looking plants’ are dormant right now – the colorful show should begin with the

warmer weather this Spring.

Anyone interested in helping with the Butterfly Garden? Contact Drew Green:dgreen@hawthornemgmt.com.

PARC Update

by Scott Higgins

• October, 2016 is still the target date for the "Antiquity" Greenway. I have made sure that this new greenway be

"protected" from budget amendments that would further delay the project but.....who knows what might happen

in 2016!

• The Cornelius Art Center Working Group has developed a strategic plan and is working in subcommittees to

define what and how the center should be. A priority location next to the police station is being discussed with

the owners for possible purchase by the Town.

• There is a revitalization advisory committee for the future improvements to #115 between Washam Potts and

Potts, (before RR bridge into Davidson), that has been formed by Wayne Herron, Planning Director. I was

appointed to this group because of my concern about increased traffic coming out of and in to Antiquity due to

the Hickory Street extension and proposed Art Center.

I welcome input from the HOA.

Antiquity NEEDS more voices at the Town Commission meetings, hearings, committees, etc.

Congratulations to our fellow neighbor, Scott Higgins, who was elected Vice Chair of PARC which will afford more

direction for the committee in responding to “East” Cornelius needs.

The History of Cornelius

by Sarah Wilson

20th Century - Part 4

Cornelius remained a very small town for the first half of the twentieth century. The population was only 1400

people in 1950. A small high school and a movie theater served the population. Early on the town had a very small

library which shared the same room as the town hall. In 1950 the library was moved to a building which had

previously been Puckett’s Grocery Store. The library stayed in that location until 1956. On July 2, 1956 the

Cornelius Library opened its first building constructed by Mecklenburg County. The library, located at 21216

Catawba Avenue, served the citizens of Cornelius and surrounding area for more than forty years until it closed in

July 1997.

A big regional library was built in 1997 in Huntersville, and we were supposed to make use of that library. A group

of us attended a county commission meeting and I was elected to speak for the group. Our county commissioner

told me “When someone speaks to me like you did, I listen.” The county agreed to build us our own library; if we

would raise enough money for the interior. We raised more than they needed and the rest was placed in a fund for

future use.

When we arrived in 1978, there were a couple of gas stations, a Bacon and Eggs where McDonalds is now, and a

Hardees where the ABC store is now. Puckett’s grocery store was replaced by the big Cashion’s Grocery store

which is now the site of the Rite Aid drug store across from town hall. I loved Cashion’s and if Cashion’s didn’t

have it, I didn’t need it. I would have to change my menu. There was one restaurant, Wilkin’s Bar-B-Que. They

served the best sea food. My favorite was their fried oysters. I have never eaten any as good as they served.

Cornelius had a famous baseball player, James Hoyt Wilhelm (July 26, 1922 ]– August 23, 2002), nicknamed "Old

Sarge", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher with the New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals,

Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, and Los

Angeles Dodgers between 1952 and 1972. He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. At a recent town planning

meeting, one of the items was the big field in back of the elementary school. The town plans to make some Little

League fields there. Someone if the audience spoke up and said that was where Hoyt Wilhelm got his start.

To help celebrate our national bicentennial in 1976, Keets Taylor asked the town fathers if she could paint a very

large mural on the side of the cotton mill facing Catawba Avenue. She painted a mirror image of all the little shops

across the street from the mill. She painted red, white and blue bunting along the fencing that was painted in

front of the shops. Local businesses got their names over the doors of the shops if they contributed money for

the paint used for the mural. We moved here in 1978 and the mural made a big impression on me. I wanted to live

in this clever town. Keets lived right down the road from where we bought our home and she asked me to help

paint out the bunting with green for grass now that the bi-centennial was over. Big changes are in store with the

building of the Cowan’s Ford Dam which created Lake Norman and the construction of Interstate highway 77.

Neighborhood News - Have something to share? Pictures from Antiquity events, births and birthdays,

anniversaries, new to the neighborhood, etc. Send it along for inclusion in a future newsletter.

Contact us at AntiquityNews@yahoo.com.

The closed Antiquity Facebook Page is for the enjoyment of neighbors communicating with other neighbors on

a variety of topics; however, it is not HOA sanctioned and is not monitored by or responded to by the BOD.

Questions and/or concerns of an official nature (covenants, regulations, etc.) should be sent to Drew Green.

dgreen@hawthornemgmt.com

Social Committee Chair Person Wanted

Please let us know if you are interested in becoming the Chair Person for the social committee. This is a

busy committee whose members not only use their brains to plan events but also use their brawn to make

sure everything goes off as planned.

Contact Drew Green if interested.

dgreen@hawthornemgmt.com

Cornelius Historic Preservation Commission

The Town of Cornelius HPC is accepting applications for open seats.

Interested in serving? Contact bpartin@cornelius.org.

Upcoming Spring/Summer events include:

• documenting a "Story Night w/Jack Conard Jr" at OTPH Date TBD in March

• possible hunt for artifacts relative to the Revolutionary War in Legion Park with metal detectors

• Wondering about the dog park light? There's been a snag. The board might have to consider other options.

• What's with the corner of Heights Way and Lovers Lawn Trace? The board is working with Cam and is hoping

that the seemingly permanent construction trailer will be removed soon and the area cleaned.

• How about Checker Square? Plans have not gone out for bid yet.

• When will the missing directional signs be replaced? - Two builders are responsible for replacing some of the

missing signs; others will be placed by the developer.

Copyright © 2016 Antiquity Home Owners, All rights reserved.

HOA Management Company for Antiquity HOA

Our mailing address is:

Antiquity Home Owners

22006 Market Street

Cornelius, NC 28031