Holden Beach Property Owners Association

Board of Commissioners’ Meeting Agenda – April 2026

The Town of Holden Beach Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday, April 21 for their regular monthly meeting.  Highlights include:

• Interviewing applicants for the Commissioner vacancy,
• Agreeing on a contract for the Block Q/Jordan Blvd./Bridge Area Comprehensive Design,
• Next steps in changing the Town Charter, and
• Selecting a bid for landscaping.

The agenda is below.  Click here for the meeting packet.

Thank you to John Cifelli and Cheryle Syracuse of the Holden Beach Turtle Watch for their timely reminder that Holden Beach is a Turtle Sanctuary. We can help by sharing their 2026 Holden Beach Turtle Watch flyer. For additional information or questions, please contact communications@hbturtlewatch.org

UPDATE:

Item #3: The Board approved and made a budget adjustment to pave all of Swordfish.

Item #4: The Board approved A. W. Babson Construction to build the Block Q stage and dance floor.  Completion is expected June 30, 2026.

The Budget work will continue with Revenue discussions on May 1.  The Pier was discussed, but nothing was determined.

The Board of Commissioners will hold a Special Meeting Friday, April 10 to review the planned expenses for the upcoming budget year.  They will also discuss repaving Swordfish and Tuna, and review the bids for the new Pavilion on Block Q.  In addition, there is an agenda item to discuss plans for the Pier.  You can review the agenda and meeting packet here.

HBPOA was delighted to welcome Nathan Slaughter with ESP Associates to our Easter Membership meeting to discuss the NC Resilient Coastal Communities Program (RCCP) and the Community Action Team (CAT) integral to the process. The Town of Holden Beach has an ongoing project in partnership with ESP Associates to identify and create shovel-ready projects to make our island more resilient to storms and tidal flooding. Nathan is the Project Manager for the project, and he created a slide deck for our Membership.  You can review the slides here.

The Holden Beach Property Owners Association Easter Meeting will be held April 4 at 10:00 a.m. at the Holden Beach Town Hall in the Public Assembly Room.

If you can’t make it in person, please join us via Zoom with this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2513296660?omn=88204939769

A G E N D A

1. Quorum Check

2. Call to Order & welcome

3. Guest presentations/speakers

a. Holden Beach Turtle Watch
b. Mayor Alan Holden
c. Town Manager Bryan Chadwick
d. Resilient Coastal Communities Program (RCCP) Community Action Team (CAT)

4. Adjournment

Hope to see you there!

Maria Surprise, President

HBPOA

Holden Beach Property Owners Thanksgiving Meeting 

November 22, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. 

Holden Beach Town Hall in the Public Assembly Room.

Please join us for our final meeting of 2025. We’ll have more information about the Pier straw poll process and the lessons learned.  Also, two of our community members will speak on the good works they are doing in Brunswick County. Dee Carlisle, of the Holden Beach Merchants Association, is working with Brunswick Family Assistance to purchase holiday gifts for children and seniors. She plans to present what BFA has requested and how HBPOA can help. Tina Bowen, with the Suds of Love Truck, https://www.sudsoflovetruck.org, will tell us about her organization and what their needs are going forward.

Can’t make the meeting?  Listen in via Zoom with this link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2513296660?omn=88533241393

The HBPOA has launched a straw poll survey to allow all Holden Beach property owners to cast a YES or NO vote on the pier bonds.  For those who do not live here and are not registered to vote in Holden Beach, this is your chance to provide input on this important decision.

If you are a registered voter in Holden Beach, you must still vote in the November election for your vote on the bond referendum to count, but please also participate in this straw poll so your vote can be included in our results.

The poll is being conducted using the Election Runner online system and ballots are secret.  You can vote online, by text, or by leaving a voice message.

This straw poll is not limited to just HBPOA members. Each property on the island is assigned a unique Voter ID and a Voter Key to ensure only one vote may be cast per household.  Each household gets only one vote regardless of how many people there are or how many properties they own.

Every property owner should receive an email and/or a paper ballot with information about how to vote.  This information will also be included in our Fall Newsletter that will be mailed in the next week or two.  Please contact us at HBPOA@hotmail.com if you have not received your information by the end of the month.

The results will be presented to the Town and posted on our website.

Our postponed Labor Day meeting will be this Saturday, September 20 at 10:00 am at Town Hall.  If you can’t make it in person, log in with Zoom by clicking this link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2513296660?omn=88296743997

We hope you will join us to get caught up on what is happening with the Town and the organization!

Questions?  Feel free to reach out via email to  HBPOA@hotmail.com

Due to mold remediation at the Town Hall Public Assembly Room, the HBPOA Labor Day Meeting is postponed until further notice. We are working to reschedule the Labor Day meeting as soon as the meeting room is available, with a target date of Saturday, September 20.

Join us for the Memorial Day Meeting

May 24 at 10:00AM at Town Hall

Can’t make the meeting?  Watch live via this Zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2513296660?omn=85051901194

Our speaker for the meeting is Tri-Beach Fire Department Assistant Chief David Ward who will talk about the Beach Rescue Safety Stations soon to be installed along the beach strand.  He will also take questions.

Click here for more meeting information:

Meeting Agenda Easter Meeting Minutes