Fairfax County land development officials have drafted a brochure to help increase citizen understanding of the complex details surrounding the bonds that the county collects from developers to ensure that they fulfill their obligations as stated in the building plan of a residential development. The county releases the bond back to the developer once a community’s “public infrastructure” is in full compliance with the plan. The brochure explains the procedures followed and the role which HOA Boards can play on behalf of their newly-built communities. The HOA Board of the Huntington Grove II community in Lee District gained first-hand knowledge of this process through its recently completed bond-release process, which lasted six years. The Huntington Grove II Board requested that the county prepare a brochure to help de-mystify the process; this brochure is the county’s response. It contains some of the Federation suggestions coordinated by Don Hinman, Huntington Grove Board member, and Lee District representative on the Federation Board.