Date: January 30, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Enmarket Arena

Join us for an exciting night of hockey and heart as we cheer on the Savannah Ghost Pirates, while supporting The One Hundred Children’s Foundation! Your participation helps fund vital programs that improve the health and well-being of children in our community.

 Purchase Tickets:  Buy your tickets through our website: www.theonehundredchildrensfoundation.org

Come enjoy the action—and make a meaningful impact!

Friday January 30 at 7p.m.,mezzo-soprano Abbey Terry and Dr. Julia Tucker, piano will present a program of opera arias entitled Against the Monstrous at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. The program centers around telling the stories of the great heroines of opera, as well as the trials, tribulations, and (sometimes literal) monsters they faced. Featured composers include Beethoven, Mozart, Puccini, and Mahler, as well as the Margaret Bonds Spiritual Suite for solo piano. The concert is free and open to the public.

Courtesy of TLA’s Board Operations & Financial Planning Task Force

The Marina Operation revenue figure for 2026 was incorrect in our last email. The correct figure for the 2026 Marina Operations revenue is $2,791,728. We apologize for any confusion caused by this typo.

In developing TLA’s budget each year, we look at two specific categories of income — Assessment and Non-Assessment Revenues. Understanding where our money comes from helps to explain how we maintain The Landings we all fell in love with when we moved here, keep our community running smoothly, and enhance our property values.

As the name suggests, Assessment revenue comes from the annual Assessment (dues) paid by all 4,420 property owners. Non-Assessment revenues are entirely different. They are income streams generated from a variety of fees, Marina operations, and interest earned on the balance of our Operating and Capital Reserves Fund. These income sources are incredibly important to our financial health. In 2025, Non-Assessment revenues accounted for 42% of our total operating budget, and that figure is expected to grow to 47% in 2026. Without this income, our annual Assessment would essentially be twice what it is today!

The Financial Goal in our current Strategic Plan is to “Maintain and enhance TLA’s long-term financial health to meet the needs of the community”.  Specifically, the third objective within that goal is to “Establish an annual process to identify and generate potential additional or increased Non-Assessment revenues”

Here are some of our major Non-Assessment revenue sources

 *  T-Mobile lease cancelled

 **Projected decrease with lowering interest rates. These include both operating and capital funds.

The remaining Non-Assessment revenue is generated by charging fees for reimbursement of expenses (materials and labor) that specifically benefit individuals rather than the residents at large, service charges for credit card payments, and fines. Registration or user fees include such items as dog park registrations, mailbox installation or replacements, and TLA facility rentals. In 2025, TLA adopted a cashless payment system for vendor passes. A cashless environment for the entire organization began in 2026, with a 3% surcharge on each credit card transaction that will offset more than $130,000 in processing fees.

The intent of imposing fines is to modify behavior, most notably in areas of resident safety on our roads and cart paths. Our hope is that revenue from fines diminishes over time, but in the interim, we use those revenues to offset operating expenses. 

Non-Assessment revenue provides vital alternative income streams that supplement our regular dues and mitigate the need for special assessments, effectively lowering the financial burden on all residents.

While we occasionally hear concern about residents feeling “nickel and dimed.” it’s important to view most Non-Assessment income as paying for services that only specific members of our community use. This is a fair way to allocate the cost of those services and ensures that the annual Assessment remains focused on benefits for everyone.

The CDD team has been busy this week. Following is a closer look at what they’ve been working on.

Private Property Maintenance Standards
Routine inspections were conducted in Marshwood and Palmetto. Follow-up and requested inspections were conducted throughout the island. This week, three properties were contacted regarding new violations of the Private Property Maintenance Standards and no properties were contacted to provide courtesy education regarding property maintenance standards.