One year ago, at the request of municipal leaders in Bridgeport and Stratford, Superior Court Judge Dale Radcliffe appointed attorney Barry Knott to repair the mess that became Success Village, roughly 2,000 residents enduring no heat or hot water, millions of dollars of common charges unaccounted for by the dethroned board of directors.
A state loan has provided much-needed financial relief while investigators continue to follow the missing money.
Knott filed his updated report to the court on the anniversary of his appointment.
See full report here
Meanwhile, On The Mark management that is implementing infrastructure upgrades sent this latest update to residents:
This email is being sent as an update to the upcoming heating season and the installation of the two new boilers.
As you are all aware, the ageing boilers currently housed in the mechanical room have been experiencing issues for quite some time and new boilers were purchased to ensure consistent heat for the 2025-26 winter season. Work began in late July to install the two new boilers housed behind the Main Building at 100 Court D.We are progressing on schedule and expect the new boilers to be operational in mid-October. We will be excavating and repairing three areas of concern regarding large steam leaks at Buildings 25, 27 & 63. We expect this repair to take 5-7 days beginning in the first week of October.
We are taking precautionary measures with the heating system if the new boilers are not up and running come mid-October by securing a temporary boiler to be installed in front of the Main Building. Although we are not expecting that the new boilers will not be operational, we have secured a temporary boiler to ensure that heat will be provided throughout the complex come mid-October in case of any delays.
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Still no accountability for the missing million$…
Respect for and greetings to Judge Radcliffe and the appointed Receiver Knott for their work to remedy the “failed self-governance” system at Success Village. It appears in the rear-view mirror that health and safety issues can be helped with authority and money and a commitment to acheive a long term purpose.
It is valuable to read what has been accomplished when conscious, competent, folks are employed with instructions.
It is difficult to understand how accountability for why, how, and where money moved from the hands of residents to wherever, for what purposes (and more importantly were they resident purposes), and how they have disappeared, is creating such difficulty. Who were the folks who were handling the funds, channeling payments, etc.? And more importantly, who is instructing those current owners who wish to be responsible in the future for managing the CO-OP affairs in the legal responsibilities for such public service? Is such instruction available from the State OPM as a service to Co-ops or condos with residents who are well intentioned to serve alongside their neighbors but who have little or no practical experience previously working with a successful board that observes OPEN, ACCOUNTABLE, TRANSPARENT, and HONEST values? Why do months pass where little or no attention is paid to the ongoing local self-governance of and by resident owners can become re-established?
And does the loss of millions of actual dollars as well as owner values bring on investigations? Who is fact finding in the case? What are the ugly facts discovered thus far? Are they too ugly to share, or is evidence too scarce for pursuit of an indictment? What is the plan for resumption of “self-governance” and protection of all parties who will “see something and say something”? Time will tell.