Updated 12/8/23 at 10:35 a.m.
The Highlands Ranch Community Association and its general manager were recently recognized by the Community Associations Institute’s Rocky Mountain Chapter during the annual award ceremony and celebration at the Denver Tech Center.
Mike Bailey, the general manager of the Highlands Ranch Community Association, received the “Community Manager Excellence in Service” award by the Community Associations Institute, an international membership organization dedicated to building better communities.
With 63 chapters and more than 45,000 members, the Community Associations Institute provides information, statistics and resources to homeowner volunteers who govern communities in addition to the professionals who support them.
Having been with the association for over a decade, when Bailey received the news about the nomination, he said he was “flabbergasted.”
The award is given to a manager who displays integrity, reliability, commitment to the industry, loyalty to clients and the ability to interact and work with other managers, board members, services providers and many more industry professionals.
“I am honored to work in and serve such an amazing community on a daily basis,” said Bailey in the press release announcing the award. “I work among some of the best industry professionals who consistently strive to do what’s best for the Highlands Ranch Community Association.”
The board of directors, which is made up of five elected volunteers, accepted the “Association of the Year” award for the Highlands Ranch Community Association.
The board of directors are tasked with setting policies for the community in order to manage the duties of the association.
As the Highlands Ranch Community Association board of directors and homeowners were recognized for putting the association’s interest first, the award also recognized the association’s team and homeowners whose members understand their roles and responsibilities.
With over 90,000 residents, the mission of the association is to enhance and maintain property values while providing its residents with a quality of life. As part of this, the association provides architectural control and covenant enhancement for all residents.
Additionally, there are over 2,100 commercial venues, four recreation centers, hundreds of fitness classes and competitive and recreational sport opportunities.
The association also administers educational options for all ages, manages the Backcountry Wilderness Area, holds various community events and operates four nonprofit organizations.
Bailey said it was an honor for the association to be recognized because it highlights the collaboration of the board of directors and delegates and that all of Highlands Ranch should be proud of this award..
“We live in this beautiful community and what we do, we do it for our residents in every facet of our operations,” said Bailey. “The way I truly look at this, this is an award that the community won, we just happen to be the mechanism that was recognized.”