History

• The property that became Powhatan Secondary was bought by Powhatan Enterprises, Inc. from United Virginia Bank (now SunTrust Bank) who received the property from a previous developer who had defaulted. This previous developer had bought the property from D.C. Rennick who also owned a farm house on the opposite side of Ironbound Road from what is now Veterans Park (the house is now under private ownership).

• Powhatan Secondary had its "birth" in 1981 with the recordation of the first section of lots and the creation of PCSA.

• The master plan of Powhatan Secondary included Veterans Park, Monticello Marketplace, Marketplace Shoppes, a pharmacy and adjacent commercial area, and a church. None of these commercial properties are members of PCSA which manages the residential properties.

• PCSA was modeled after the association created for Kingsmill on the James, begun by Anheuser Busch in the late 1970s. Kingsmill's HOA is known as Kingsmill Community Services Association (KCSA) and was one of the first mandatory associations in the Williamsburg area.

• Phases of development:
  • Wythe [Phase I, 51 Lots], first property occupied in 1983
  • Steeplechase (Apartments), built in 1985
  • Essex [Phase II, 36 Lots], first property occupied in 1992
  • Cluster Villages [Phase III, 18 Lots], first property occupied in 1995
  • Sussex [Phase IVA & IVB, 62 Lots], first property occupied in 1994
  • Westover [Phase VA & VB, 37 Lots], first property occupied in 1998
  • Cromwell Ridge [52 Lots], first property occupied in 1999
  • Waterford [82 Lots], first property occupied in 1999
  • Powhatan Woods [120 Lots], first property occupied in 2000
  • Powhatan Place [60 Lots], first property occupied in 2000
  • Berkeley [Phase VIA, VIB, & VIC; 90 Lots], first property occupied in 2002
  • Villages of Powhatan [209 Lots], first property occupied in 2003
  • The Colonies [Phase VIIA, VIIB, & VIIC; 75 Lots], first property occupied in 2003
  • Monticello at Powhatan (Apartments), built in 2003

• PCSA was transferred to residential control by the developer in 2006.

• Recreation Site. The 4.3 acre Recreation Site was deeded by the Developer to PCSA in 1993. The trees were cleared, land limed, seeded, and fertilized. The first addition in about 1994 was the original playground (swings, wooden train, and screened Gazebo). The Multi-Use building followed in 1995, the Clubhouse in 1998, the swimming pool in the year 2000, Clubhouse addition and Pavilion in 2007, and the new playground in 2008.

• 15 acre lake: Known on Google Maps as Rennick's Pond, it was named for the family who owned the area and had a small farm pond installed. In the late 1970s, the land was sold to a developer who immediately retrofitted the dam and increased the lake to its current size. When bought by Powhatan Enterprises, additional improvements were made and two additional lakes added downstream. Mr. Beamer renamed the waterbody "Lake Powhatan" and there is a road in Powhatan Place which also bears this name that parallels the lake. The older name of Rennick's Pond was retained from older USGS quadrangle maps by Google and many on-line fishing sites.

• Other items maintained by PCSA:
  • "Custom" Street Signs. The original street signs in Powhatan Secondary were low, horizontal wooden "routed" signs placed by the Developer. They were hard to read and beginning to deteriorate. There were also light green "standard" unglamorous VDOT signs. In approximately 1997 the Developer and PCSA gained approval from James City County and VDOT to install "custom" dark green, reflective signs as we have today [and which are maintained by PCSA].
  • Private Streets. With the exception of the streets in the four sub-associations as well as CLUSTER WAY, all streets are public and maintained by VDOT. Cluster Way is a private street whose maintenance is the responsibility of PCSA (the 16 property owners on Cluster Way are assessed a special fee for street maintenance and lighting).
  • Sidewalk along Powhatan Parkway. When the streets in Berkeley section were conveyed to VDOT by the Developer, an agreement was made whereas PCSA would accept responsibility for maintenance of this non-standard (according to VDOT) sidewalk.

• Past Presidents of PCSA:
  • Bill Beamer
  • Tom Rogers+ (1st Resident President)
  • Franz Kitenko
  • Ron Pierson
  • Murray Pearson
  • John Chapman
  • Kirk Puterbaugh
  • John Chapman++ (switch to non-developer control)
  • Louise Pearson
  • Aaron Small
  • Jim West
  • Teri Collins