The following information and links are provided to help residents find services. If you discover broken or dead links, please notify the webmaster.
Utilities and related services
IREA provides electricity.
Xcel Energy provides gas.
CenturyLink provides phone and DSL Internet.
Trash Services (For Residents with COHA Community Trash Service)
- Vendor: Haulaway Storage & Solid Waste
- Address: 540 Topeka Way, Castle Rock, CO 80109
- Phone: 303-683-8887
- For pickup issues: contact Roy, operations manager for Charter Oaks area @ 303-961-1034
- Office Hours: M-F 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Going on Vacation?
If you are going on vacation for any amount of time, here are some useful links for notifying various groups:
- U.S. Post Office Vacation Mail Hold
- Douglas County Sheriff’s Office House Watch
- Denver Post Vacation Hold
DCSO (Sheriff) Contacts
Non-emergency dispatch: 303-660-7500 (please use for all non-emergency contacts, such as reporting unlicensed solicitors)
Home Watch Registration (to have increased patrols of your home while on vacation)
Banned and Noxious Weeds
Did you know there are weeds that are banned in Douglas County? The Douglas County Weed Management website details the various noxious weeds and gives mitigation strategies for them. Many of these weeds not only spread rapidly but will harm indigenous plant life. The COOA covenants state owners shall “weed, water, trim, and otherwise maintain landscaping…”. Please do your neighbors a favor and review this website.
COHA and a number of the residents use Weed Wranglers, a local weed management company, to help control weeds on their property.
Wildfires
READY, SET, GO a wildfire preparedness pamphlet from the South Metro Fire Rescue Authority’s wildfire mitigation resources.
Animal Pests
A number of residents have used Critter Control for the control of unwanted vermin, such as voles, pocket gophers, rats and mice.
In general, the coyotes in our area have not been a threat to people. Please do not feed or otherwise encourage coyotes – if you see one nearby you should make loud noises and otherwise discourage it from habitating with people.
There have been occasional sightings of black bears, mountain lions, bobcat and lynx in our area. All of these animals should be considered dangerous and should be avoided.
Encounters with coyotes or other dangerous wildlife can be reported to the DCSO.
Health Care and Emergency Medicine
The following links are provided as a courtesy ONLY. The Charter Oaks Owners’ Association does not endorse any of the providers listed nor does it make any warranty about the providers’ fitness or qualifications You are cautioned to patronize them at your own risk and after conducting your own due diligence. Residents can suggest names be added to these links by writing the webmaster.
Hospitals
Sky Ridge Medical Center (Lone Tree)
Castle Rock Adventist Hospital (Castle Rock)
Parker Adventist Hospital (Parker)
Physicians
Castle Rock Family Physicians (Castle Rock)
Dentists
Castle Pines Dental Care (Castle Pines)
Eye Doctors
Castle Pines Eye Care (Castle Pines)
Other Miscellaneous links
The Castle Pines Connection publishes a newspaper that has information that may be of interest to residents and their guests.