Our Mission
BHA's mission is to provide ethical, transparent leadership on behalf of our members through community advocacy, communication with and for our members and activities that sustain the values and attributes that make Bald Head Island unique. In pursuit of BHA's mission, our guiding principles are:
- Effective management of our Covenants, Design Guidelines and Common Areas
- Contribution to a well-informed public
- Action on such matters as the Board determines affects
- The welfare and recreation of its members and the beautification and conservation of the natural environment of the properties
- Encouragement of volunteerism and broad participation
- Sound stewardship of our financial and Common Area assets
- Close cooperation with other island entities
- Promotion of a long-term vision and strategy for quality of life
Our Vision
BHA's vision for the future is a community working together to cultivate a unique quality fo life and to preserve the ageless appeal of bald Head Island for generations to come.
What does
BHA do?
On an everyday basis, BHA tasked with:
- Managing the Architectural Review process for Bald Head Association, the Harbour Association and Middle Island Property Owners’ Association
- Ensuring that homes are maintained according to the Community Wide Standards
- Owning and managing the Association Center, Bald Head Island’s only community center
- Maintaining Common Area, including the Wildlife Overlook and Master Walkway
- Communication to and among property owner members
- Managing over $3 million in community and neighborhood assets
- Managing all aspects of the neighborhoods of Keeper’s Landing, Surfman’s Walk and Sumner’s Crescent
- Enforcing 37 unique sets of Secondary Covenants on the East End of Bald Head Island
History
Established in 1982, Bald Head Association is the largest property owners' association on Bald Head Island, NC. The original property owners who came to Bald Head Island for a decade before there was electricity (in 1981) were called “The Generator Society.” It was their original vision of “living in harmony with nature” that has defined the future of the island and the need for a property owners association to protect that vision.
Financial
BHA is a non-profit corporation that is audited
by a certified public accountant.
Meetings
BHA’s Board of Directors meets monthly, typically the fourth Friday of the month. BHA also holds its Annual Meeting the last Saturday in January, an annual Board Candidate Forum in December
and special meetings periodically.
Association members are notified that in the event they have a dispute with the Association, they have the right to initiate mediation as provided in North Carolina General Statutes § 7A-38.3F. The Association is unable to provide any member legal advice of any kind.