Everyone in the Pepper Ridge community is invited to have a free cup of Woodside Creamery’s delicious ice cream on Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Look for their truck starting at:
There are five flavors to choose from: vanilla, chocolate, raspberry, cookies & cream, and sorbet. BYO rainbow sprinkles. 😊
Yard waste is banned from all Delaware landfills. The best way to handle most yard waste is to compost or mulch it on-site.
Many Delaware trash haulers offer yard waste service. Evergreen Waste Service gives all Pepper Ridge customers a discounted rate of $87 per quarter for recycle and trash or $111 per quarter for recycle, trash, and yard waste. Community members need to contact Evergreen directly at 302-635-7055 to sign up.
Residents can also take their yard waste to the Polly Drummond Hill Community Yard Waste Site across from the Judge Morris Estate entrance.
Free drop-off for Delaware residents only, no landscapers or businesses.
The site is maintained by DNREC and is open seasonally. The 2025 season opened on March 22, 2025. Hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Two islands on Mermaid Blvd and a small area at the end of Pepper Ridge Court adjacent to the old golf course (privately owned by Onix Group).
We have also requested 5 SALT BARRELS for this winter (no cost). There will be 2 at each of the common areas on Mermaid Blvd. and the 5th one will be located on a neighbor’s property on N. Tupelo Turn. We understand that many of you used them for your personal property last year, but we ask that along the way you put some on the roads and make sure the lids are on tight.
A huge thank you to those that have paid. If you have not yet paid, please submit your payment using one of these methods:
Thank you!
PRCA Board
The annual meeting was held on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, in Goldey-Beacom College’s Fulmer Center, Room 100. We heard from the two candidates running for the open seat for State Representative District 21, reviewed the treasury report and the budget, and voted to fill two open civic association district rep seats.
As a reminder our annual meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 8th at 6:30 p.m. at Goldey-Beacom College in the Fulmer Center, Room 100. State Representative Candidates’, Brenda Mennella and Frank Burns have accepted our invitation to speak at our meeting. They will take a few minutes to introduce themselves and speak on their key points. You will then have the opportunity to ask them questions.
Two households can win gift certificates to Pike Creek Community Hardware just for attending. We purchased one and Pike Creek Community Hardware has donated the second gift certificate.
Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend. The 2024-2025 Budget and Treasurer Report will be presented. Items such as snow removal, maintenance of the common areas and community event will also be discussed. We are hoping to vote in additional officers. This can only happen if we have a quorum which is 30% of eligible members (dues are paid).
A big shout out to the neighbors that have already paid their dues!! Your quick response is appreciated and helpful. Our budget is solely based on payment of dues. The earlier they are received the better we know how to approach our expenses. Dues are $40 per household, payable by cash, check, or credit card. Go to prca.cheddarup.com to start the secure online payment process. Cash and checks payable to PRCA can be mailed/delivered to PRCA; c/o Fairlight Zimmerman; 4930 S. Tupelo Turn (mailbox is labeled with full address).
Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you on October 8th!
Pepper Ridge Civic Association Board
Dear Neighbors,
It’s that time of year again. We are planning our annual meeting and collecting dues for the 2024-2025 year.
Thank you to everyone who submitted their dues for 2023-2024. 50% of our neighbors (100 homes) paid their dues which was a 16% increase from the previous year. We still need the other half of our community to contribute so that we can accomplish our goals –
Dues are $40 per household, payable by cash, check, or credit card. Go to prca.cheddarup.com (or focus your cell phone camera app on the QR code on the print newsletter you received) to start the secure online payment process. Cash and checks payable to PRCA can be mailed/delivered to PRCA; c/o Fairlight Zimmerman; 4930 S. Tupelo Turn (mailbox is labeled with full address).
Our annual meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 8th at 6:30 p.m. at Goldey-Beacom College in their Fulmer Center. The President of Goldey-Beacom, Dr. Colleen Perry Smith has graciously opened one of their classrooms to us. Everyone is invited to attend. Volunteers are welcomed and your vote for officers is needed.
There is also a chance to win a gift certificate to Pike Creek Community Hardware. Some items up for discussion –
Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you on October 8th!
Pepper Ridge Civic Association Board
This information will be also posted on Facebook. Search for “Pepper Ridge Civic Association” (public) or “Pepper Ridge Neighbors of Pike Creek, Delaware” (private).
Questions may be submitted on Facebook or through our contact form.
Saturday, May 18, 2024 @ 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Look for their truck starting at:
Five favorite flavors to choose from: Vanilla, Chocolate, Raspberry, Cookies & Cream and Sorbet
Everyone in the Pepper Ridge community is invited to have a free cup of Woodside’s delicious ice cream!
Evergreen Waste Services (302) 635-7055 – $87 per quarter for recycling and trash removal; $111 per quarter for recycling, yard waste and trash removal.
McDonald Lawn & Landscape (302) 239-2180 currently maintains our community common areas. They are offering the Pepper Ridge community a discount rate of $25 for end units and $20 for center units. Their services include:
50% of our neighbors have paid their dues. That is an increase of 16% from last year. Thank you to those that have paid.
We have asked McDonald Lawn & Landscape to do our Spring Cleanup this year. There is some maintenance that needs to be done to two of the areas that is too much to ask from volunteers. They are also going to repair our Pepper Ridge sign. Mowing has been postponed a few weeks to allow two of the common areas to grow grass. We will continue to monitor.
This past winter we had two significant snow storms, January 15th with accumulation just below 4” and January 19th with accumulation above 4”. Our contractor at that time was not available to us when we needed them. We then switched to Ramone’s Landscaping. They were already doing a couple of the surrounding communities which included parts of Mermaid Blvd. It only made sense to have them include Pepper Ridge. On February 13th our section of Mermaid Blvd was plowed by Ramone’s Landscaping and we could see the difference. As funds provide we would like to continue to plow Mermaid Blvd for accumulation 2” and above and the rest of the community above 4”.
Thank you & we look forward to seeing you!
PRCA Board
Pepper Ridge residents are invited to attend a meeting with the civic association executive committee on Monday, February 5, 2024 at 6 p.m. at D-Fit (aka Delaware Swim and Fitness), 4905 Mermaid Blvd.
We are going to go over the following:
Here is an outline of the first meeting of the Pike Creek Community League that was held on December 13, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. at Goldey Beacom College in the new community room. Speakers included State Representative Mike Ramone, State Representative Mike Smith and Councilperson Janet Kilpatrick with an introduction from Dr. Colleen Perry Keith, President of Goldey Beacom College.
At the end of the meeting attendees asked questions and shared concerns and information.
This is a very brief outline of topics discussed. If you have further interest or questions on any of these, there will be additional meetings once every 3 months on the second Wednesday of the month held at Goldey Beacom College. Dates to be announced. We can also invite speakers to our PRCA meetings to narrow down discussions.
Thank you!
PRCA Board
Thank you to the 108 neighbors who signed up with Evergreen Waste Services. As of December 1, our community will receive a discount rate of $87 per quarter for recycling and trash or $111 per quarter for recycling, trash, and yard waste.
All Evergreen customers in Pepper Ridge will see the new rate in their next billing cycle. Evergreen will not waive delivery fees going forward. That was an incentive to reach the 100-household minimum.
Questions? Please send us a message.