About MIPOA

MIPOA (Masons Island Property Owners Association) is incorporated under the laws of the State of Connecticut and is a voluntary membership organization of property owners within the Masons Island Fire District (MIFD). MIPOA owns the roads, rights-of-way, and various island amenities. It insures these properties and coordinates their maintenance in conjunction with The Masons Island Fire District (MIFD). MIPOA also creates, promotes and oversees Community Guidelines which are developed to help maintain the unique character of Masons Island.

Notable dates: Formation 1992, Acquired Roads from MICO 2007

MIPOA Purpose (from Bylaws)

1) To promote and enhance the welfare of the community of Mason’s Island and to promote the collective health, welfare, and pleasure of property owners.

2) To negotiate such mutually agreeable arrangements with private or public entities as may be in the collective best interests of property owners.

3) To represent the collective interests of the members of MIPOA in litigation, public hearings and other proceedings

4) To acquire and hold property including roads and rights-of-ways, when deemed advisable for maintaining and advancing the purposes of MIPOA, and to provide for the construction, management, maintenance and care of such property

MIPOA Membership

All property owners are eligible and encouraged to become members of MIPOA and pay nominal annual dues ($125) for their fair share of liability insurance for the roads and other admin expenses. Note: MIPOA owns all the roads within MIFD roads to maintain their privacy, but has no taxing authority which is held by The Masons Island Fire District.

MIPOA maintains a list of property owners to provide informational messages and announcements as appropriate. All members in good standing (i.e., whose dues have been paid) will receive MIPOA communications and are eligible to vote at annual and special meetings, which they are encouraged to attend. Note that multiple owners of a property and owners of multiple properties are entitled to only one vote.

Our relationship to MIFD, MIYC and MICO

Our Relationship with the Masons Island Fire District

The Masons Island Fire District (MIFD) is a municipal taxing district in Mystic, Connecticut, and covers the southern portion of Masons Island that is congruent with the Masons Island Property Owners Association (MIPOA). MIFD is primarily responsible for the delivery of fire & emergency medical services for its residents, and in partnership with MIPOA, manages the private roads, stormwater drainage systems and recreational areas within the District. The District includes roads, parks, beaches, hiking trails and other facilities that are maintained and conserved by MIFD and MIPOA for the exclusive use of MIFD residents and their guests.

As a legal municipal taxing district, membership in MIFD is not voluntary, taxes are levied against all real property owners based on a mil rate established each year, which entitles these property owners to vote in our public meetings, in addition to any resident who is registered to vote in the Town of Stonington that resides in the District.

Our Relationship with the Masons Island Company

In 1853 Gurdon Spicer Allyn started kettle processing of menhaden fish on the beach at what is now the end of Allyn’s Alley. Four years later with a patent for fish processing he incorporated as the G.S.Allyn & Company and built a fishworks on the present site of the Masons Island Yacht Club. Then in 1913 the Masons Island Company, Inc. was founded by his descendants to develop residential land purchased from John and Andrew Mason. Over the years additional tracts of land were purchased from the Masons and the Society of St. Edmund. Infrastructure of roads, utilities, docks and beaches was implemented and improved. Land and pier of the old fishworks were donated to the Masons Island Yacht Club when it was established in 1928. The roads were sold to MIPOA in 2007 and the last building lot within MIFD was sold in 2025. The Company presently owns the Ice Pond and docks and beaches at Allyn’s Alley, East Forest Road and Plover Lane and continues as a family owned and managed business.

The Company’s website is at https://www.micorealestate.com/ For historical information on the Company and Masons Island go to https://mystichistory.org/digital-publications/ author James H. Allyn

Our Relationship with the Masons Island Yacht Club

The Masons Island Yacht Club (MIYC) was formed in 1927 on a parcel of land donated by the Masons Island Company at the southeastern point of Masons Island. It is a private membership organization that allows property owners within the District to apply for Active membership. Thirty Associate memberships are available to individuals and families that do not own property within the District. Non-voting Summer Privilege memberships are available to former Active members and their children, or to individuals that rent a home within the District. For more information on MIYC, please go to www.masonsIslandyachtclub.org.

About MIPOA

Our relationship to MIFD, MIYC and MICO

Our Relationship with the Masons Island Fire District

Our Relationship with the Masons Island Company

Our Relationship with the Masons Island Yacht Club

Our Relationship with the Masons Island Yacht Club

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