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Just Because

By Paul Bradley December 14, 2012

Good Day To All,

Well Minnesota had it’s first big snow fall and of course our little park was not untouched. Yeah we have a snow plow contract and thank you to them for being so prepared. Saturday night 12/8/12 as I was in the office doing what I am always doing paperwork. :). The plows guys were taking a drive through to make sure we were ready for what was to come, up to a foot of snow or more. Of course it was more 13.6 inches in our town of Fridley. Sunday morning I headed to the office to prepare for a long day. The plow trucks were onsite and at 8:00 am warming up. All the residents were all ready working hard on their driveways and helping others. Even did some work at my place.

It was now 4:30 pm and I had to go to Saint Paul to help my other half get her house done and wow did we have a lot of work to do. It was a long day and I still had to go to work the next morning (Monday) after working so hard all day Sunday.

The roads were so not fun and I was so late for work. Had to drive in 4-wheel drive the whole way. This was like that for 3 days.

Now here we are the next weekend and they are saying a bad weekend once again.

Yeah I get to go rollering skating tonight with my youngest grand-daughter who is 7 for a birthday party. Yes I know I am old and I still roller skate. I promise not to fall and get hurt.

I will try to get some pictures on the website including our facebook of the snow soon.

I hope everyone in ROC land are doing well and staying warm and safe. I will keep you all posted on the next storm. Can you say come on spring here in Minnesota.

Natividad 🙂

Paul Bradley began working with homeowners in manufactured home communities in 1988 as a co-op organizer, launching ROC USA in 2008 to scale the enduring community-based structural solution through a Network of affiliated nonprofits and a national team. ROC USA and its affiliates expanded resident ownership to 338 communities encompassing 23,000 homesites in 21 states during his 16-year tenure. In 2023, Paul founded Integrity Community Solutions, Inc., a ROC USA subsidiary that aims to accelerate the growth of resident ownership.

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