Effective April 1st, recycling is no longer covered under your monthly HOA assessment and the old blue recycling totes will be collected by Waste Connections.

If you are interested in recycling and have not yet signed up with Waste Connections for the RecycleBank program, please call Ashley at 622-4237. The cost is $3.75 per month and you will be billed quarterly for this service.

Please help support the Pinon Valley Neighborhood Association as they spearhead a cooperative effort with Pinon Glen and our neighboring HOA's to raise money to fund the 2010 budget shortfall for Pinon Valley Park and organize volunteer efforts. For additional information, please go to www.pvna.org.

Please call the HOA's cell phone number with any questions, problems or maintenance requests. (See HOA Directory for phone number.) You may also send an e-mail to the HOA board by using the Contact Us link on this website or by using the email address here:

The pinon pines are a group of pines, which grow in the southwestern United States and Mexico; they yield edible pinon nuts, which were a staple of the Native Americans, and are still widely eaten. The pinon pine tree reaches heights of 12 to 30 feet tall, and is the state tree of New Mexico. Pinon pine needles were widely used by Native Americans, particularly during ceremonial purposes. When burned on hot coals in sweat lodge sessions, they release a purifying scent. Used in incense, the pine needles have a distinctive clean and sweet smell that resonates with a feeling of being out in a natural wooded area. The scent can refresh the body, mind and spirit, clear the head and aid the release of a bleak outlook.