We’ve had more than our fair share of controversies in recent years.
Among them were issues involving the new Druid Hills clubhouse, the stables amenity, food and beverage division losses, turnover in community club management, board of directors transparency (or, depending on your view, lack of) and currently the whopper of them all: the proposed amendment to the covenants and restrictions.
Can we handle another one at this time?
One emerged last week when nine-year resident Chris Schwaberow asked on the social media platform Nextdoor why some people abbreviate “Fairfield Glade” as “FFG” and not “FG.” He pointed out that “Fairfield” is one word; it’s not “Fair Field.”
Now that’s serious stuff. It is the kind of developing issue that keeps me awake into the middle of the night as I worry over how much it might divide the community.
Within a day of Chris’ posting, there were 70 responses. Here is a sampling:
– “Same reason the Lakeshore Terrace condos are the LST condos. Lakeshore is one word.”
– “Well I’ve lived here longer than you and it was always FFG!”
– “I remember growing up as a kid and seeing FFG everywhere … never made sense.”
– “Would others seeing just FG know what it means?”
– “To further befuddle you, FGFD and FGRS are not part of FGCC, separate entities from the POA.”
– “Why is Nashville Airport, BNA? Rhetorical question, I know the answer, but something else to think about.”
– “Those of us who have been coming here or lived here since the 70s-80s remember it being referred to as ‘FFG’ so it just kind of rolls off our tongue like that.”
– “People call it both, but I am an FG person.”
– “That’s why I use Crossville as my mailing address.”
– “Let’s take a vote!”
– “I enjoy living in tennisE.”
– “Ask a local from Tansi Tennessee where they are from. Sounds like Tansi Tansi.”
– “Why do they say ‘The Glades?’”
– “It’s The Glade, we’re not The Villages.”
Stop right there. No need to get into FG/FFG vs. The VGs.
The next day, Chris was surprised by the number of responses. “WOW!” he wrote in a post. “I never thought I’d get almost as much response as the C&R amendment.”
To which another responded: “Chris you didn’t.”
Good. Now maybe I can get a decent night’s sleep.