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KPOG
History
written by Thomas U.
Greer
FROM
HOG TO KPOG - AN
HISTORICAL REVIEW
The first chapter of this
ten-part history was published in August 1995 with the following introductory
note:
With KPOG going
on 15 years of age, many
Kiawah property owners
were unaware of the
reasons it came into
being. For your
enlightenment, Kiawah
Island Talk asked
former KICA property
owner director Tug Greer
to write a history of the
organization from its
inception. We think you
will find this to be
extremely interesting
reading. KPOG thanks Tug for the considerable amount of work he did on what has
turned out, due to the large amount of material to be covered, to be a
multi-part article.
Most of Talk's
readers are aware
that it is the Kiawah
Property Owners’ Group
(KPOG) that publishes
this paper. As our Kiawah
population continues to
grow, it has become
apparent that those of
you who are relatively
new owners have no idea
how KPOG came into being
or what a significant
role KPOG has played on
Kiawah over the years.
Furthermore, it has
become equally apparent
that many of you
"Kiawah
old-timers,"
including some who played
an active role in KPOG’s
evolution, suffer from
that common malady found
here - a declining
memory. I cannot tell you
how many of the questions
I asked when conducting
interviews for this
article were answered, as
I simply don’t
remember."
For these
reasons, I started out to
write this article, in
order to educate our new
owners as well as to
refresh the memory of the
"Kiawah
old-timers." As I
delved back through the
years more and more,
however, I recognized
several other benefits of
reviewing KPOG’s
history. First, as the
reader reviews the issues
which have energized KPOG’s
membership over the
years, the manner in
which the organization
has operated, and the
results attained by this
completely volunteer
organization, the reader
is better able to answer
for himself the question
of whether there is a
need for KPOG today, and
if there is, if KPOG is
operating effectively to
fulfill that need.
Secondly, the magnitude
of the service provided
by KPOG to our community
over the years will also
become readily apparent.
Finally, I believe
readers will be impressed
by the large number of
their friends and
neighbors who have been
willing to devote their
time and energy to the
benefit of all of us over
the years. Hopefully,
this, in turn, will
inspire us all as
volunteers are needed for
Kiawah activities in the
future.
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