Four Seasons receives second creek restoration grant

The Four Seasons Homeowners Association has been awarded a three-year $37,500 Direct Financial Assistance Grant for continued Johnson Creek restoration by Tualatin Soil and Conservation District (TSWCD). A team of Crystalbrook and Four Seasons volunteers have worked with TSWCD over the last two years, culminating in a TWIG grant in 2025-26 that launched a first phase of volunteer creek restoration plantings in March.

The grant provides funding for continued restoration efforts while also offering TSWCD staff input and support, including plant selection, vendor relations and more. The HOAs also will be working with Native Plantscapes Northwest on design and implementation of future planting projects.

Several Four Seasons and Crystalbrook homeowners were recognized for their efforts in realizing the first phase of restoration: Tami Katz and Elaine McDonald, Crystalbrook, and Nicholle Winters, Ryan Baldwin and Michael Keiser, Four Seasons.

Updates on restoration plans will be shared here and on the Four Seasons website. If you’re interested in helping with future creek restoration efforts, visit the Four Seasons website page, “Four Seasons Volunteers” and complete the online Volunteers form.

Let’s get growing!

Posted: 8:39 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026

Lots of room to grow at the Four Seasons/Crystalbrook’s first planting party!

From 4-year-olds to 40-somethings and beyond, neighbors from Crystalbrook and Four Seasons turned out along Johnson Creek March 21-22 to plant over 500 native grasses and more than 60 shrubs along the creek to protect eroded banks and create better habitat for native wildlife. A huge thank-you goes out to all our neighbors who joined in the creek restoration planting party!

Creek Committee chairs, Tami Katz and Elaine McDonald, were delighted with the turnout. “The volume and quality of planting that volunteers did was amazaing,” Katz said. “But it was really special to see our neighbors, including kids, parents and grandparents, dig right in and plant togethers. It was true community.” Visit the Four Seasons Creek website page for pictures from the weekend.

The planting party was funded in part by a $5,000 grant from the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District, which is supporting transformation of the creek corridor with this first round of planting. The Creek Committee, which includes board members and volunteers from Four Seasons and Crystalbrook, is spearheading the project.

Watch for announcements via email and on the Four Seasons and Crystalbrook websites about future volunteer opportunities. Updates also will be posted as the plants grow and flourish!

Posted: 6:01 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Crystalbrook changes in 2026: New Board members

Two new board members — Elaine McDonald from Shallowbrook Lane and Phil Royce from New Plymouth Lane — have been elected to the Crystalbrook Board of Directors. McDonald will serve as secretary and Royce as treasurer. Their terms began following election on November 13. Their board bios and photos will be posted soon.

Rae Henock, Jim Gauronski and Susana Sharp will continue in their current offices — president, vice-president and member-at-large, respectively.

In November, the board also voted to change its meeting day to the third Wednesday of the month. This ensures that the board has timely budget reports from Community Association Parnters, our property management company.

There is no meeting in December: But mark your calendars — January’s new board meeting date is Wednesday, Jan. 21. Start time remains 5:30 p.m. Meetings will continue to be conducted via Zoom.

Posted: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025

Annnd — new HOA dues in 2026

Both Crystalbrook and New Seasons will increase homeowner dues in 2026.

Starting in January 2026, Crystalbrook monthly dues will be $310 a month. Four Seasons’ annual dues increase to $714. Crystalbrook dues are paid on a monthly basis.

Four Seasons has two payment options:

1. Payment in full ($714) by Feb. 1, 2026. (Late fees begin after March 4.)

2. Payment split in two installments — $357 due Feb. 1, 2026 and $357 due May 1, 2026. In the case of split installments, late fees would begin March 4 and/or June 1.

   Posted: 11:13 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025

Welcome, GBR

Crystalbrook welcomes our new landscape company, GBR! The company, which also services Four Seasons, began in September. They will continue to be responsible for clearing all common areas, sidewalks and streets in Crystalbrook as well as certain homeowner services as well.

There is one change — our landscape day switches from Wednesday to Friday.

This is a good time to remind homeowners that you can opt out of certain landscape services like spraying and pesticide use, pruning and weed spraying. (Important note: If you opt out of any or all of these services, you are responsible for keeping your property up to snuff.)

To opt out — or to update an existing opt-out form on file — complete Crystalbrook’s Opt-Out form and send it to our property management company, Community Association Partners (CAP). You can find the form on our Key Documents page.

Updated: 11:32 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025