Category: Lake Conroe Area News

Why Bentwater?  Of all the great places to live on this planet, in this county, in Texas, in Montgomery County, why are you living in Bentwater?  Pause for a moment and think about that question.  Regardless of your answer, I’ll go out on a limb here and suggest it’s by choice.  Your choice.  Our choice.  After all, who gets transferred to Bentwater?  No one.   So, we all looked at our housing options at a particular moment in time and we chose a community that best suited our budgets and our preferred lifestyles.  We chose Bentwater.  That’s why I’m completely stumped hearing folks complaining about some of the requirements of living here and, in particular, the fact that property owners must be (and are uniquely allowed to be) members of the country club.  I suppose I could understand the angst if there was some new rule introduced that every property owner would now suddenly be required to join the country club at some level.  But it ain’t even all of a sudden.  That’s been the case for the nearly four decades that Bentwater has existed, certainly since before we all chose to buy here, to move here, to live here.  Now, having made that choice, we can absolutely decide how or whether we choose to participate in which amenities and activities of the club and the community.  But there’s no shortage of such choices.  A quick scroll down the member home page of the club’s website will point out lots of current activities and events you might want to consider.  And those don’t include all the things you might choose to do individually or in small groups like golfing on our courses or driving range or putting greens or tennis or pickleball or sports club workouts and classes or swimming or boating.  Admittedly, some of those activities call for us to have more than just the requisite social level membership but, again, that’s totally our choice.  Meanwhile, there are other activities that don’t call for incremental membership or costs.  They’re yours to enjoy by virtue of simply having an address in Bentwater.  For example, the dog parks, walking paths, playgrounds, basketball court, fishing holes and special events like the concert series taking place at the Park In The Meadows?  Have you attended any?  No?  Well, the next one is coming up in just a few days on September 23rd and I hope to see you there.  Your choice.  There’ll be food and drink available for purchase if you choose but, otherwise, no cost.  Speaking of choosing, at the risk of seeming to be a pest, you have voted for your choices of POA Board members, right? 
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