CCHOA Fact File

Cramer’s Crossing has an abundance of open space–14.49 acres to be exact–divided up between 7 zones or reserves.

Reserve A is located at the intersection of Stockton Way and Cramer’s Crossing Drive and features the largest retention pond in the community and a shelter house. The City of Dublin is responsible for mowing and maintenance of the pond and fountain, including electricity. Improvements were made by the City of Dublin in 2011, which included additional landscaping and the construction of Dalmore Park between Cramer’s Crossing and Ballantrae. In 2014, large stone pieces were added to the pond edges to improve the appearance of the banks as water levels fluctuate.

Reserve B is the Cramer Oval, surrounded by Stockton Way on the west and Sumner Loop on the east. The City of Dublin is responsible for the mowing. Dublin completed landscaping enhancements to the Cramer Oval in 2014 which included the addition of a sidewalk, gazebo and handicapped-accessible seating and planted 44 new trees. The City maintains these trees and replaces any that are diseased or dying.

Reserves C and D are small areas just to the north and south of Cramer’s Crossing Drive at Stockton Way. The City of Dublin is responsible for turf maintenance.

Reserves E and F make up the Rings Road entrance to Cramer’s Crossing on the southern end of our community. The CCHOA is responsible for the landscape maintenance with the City responsible for grass mowing.

Reserve G is on the south side of Cramer’s Crossing Drive from Avery Road to Stockton Way. Dublin handles the turf maintenance and maintains the retention pond and fountain, including the electricity to run it. The CCHOA is responsible for the landscaping, the stone fences, the entrance sign and the electricity costs for the sign lights.

Additional Reserve:

Reserve H is on the north side of Cramer’s Crossing Drive. This area is maintained by the Cramer’s Crossing Village Condominium Association, and includes the controls for the irrigation system that is installed in both Reserves G and H. Through an agreement with the Condo Association, CCHOA pays half of the utilities and maintenance costs associated with running the irrigation system and pond pump (used to keep water levels equal on both sides of Cramer’s Crossing Drive) and the Condo Association in return pays for half of the cost of the electricity to light the sign in Reserve G. Both the irrigation and pond pump systems began to fail around 2012.  The irrigation system for reserves G and H was overhauled and partially returned to service in 2019. The irrigation restoration was completed in 2020, along with work on the pond pump, allowing both systems to now work as designed.

With our abundant green space (and our ponds) comes a nuisance: an overpopulation of Canada geese. The Canada goose is native to Ohio. When hundreds of the birds take residence on the Cramer Oval, its difficult to believe they were almost driven to extinction in the first half of the 20th century. Federal and state wildlife officials began a restoration program in the 1950’s to restore their numbers. Their success is obvious. 

Controlling the geese (and their excessive droppings) is difficult and expensive. The  CCHOA has looked into several companies that specialize in goose removal but the cost has been prohibitive. The City of Dublin also attempts to remove unwanted geese, but due to the growing bird population and the large number of affected communities, they are stretched to the limit.

Regularly scaring the geese away or attempting to make the area less hospitable for them in the first place is really the only control option. As migratory birds, Canada geese are protected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act). Ohio does have an annual hunting season for migratory birds including Canada geese, but obviously this doesn’t help much with the urban geese that we are dealing with.

Here are some links for more information on the Canada goose: