Lake Dunlap Election Update
September 29, 2020
It's Countdown Tuesday! 35 days till November 3rd ...
Dear Neighbors,
Wow! It is hard to believe we are just five weeks away from getting our lake back November 3rd! Today's update shares the latest campaign video, and provides details about the Lake Dunlap "Float-a-Palooza" event Oct 3rd ... We're keeping this one short, but there is lots of good stuff happening! ummmmmm ..... like this next item:
Construction Update
This is big, folks: The bid process to find the contractor that will rebuild our dam is officially open! Yes, please read that again!
This means GBRA is now actively seeking bids on the work to Restore Lake Dunlap. We are soooo close to having construction start! Literally, the only thing between us and turning dirt for the new dam is the election. We need to all be making our plans on how and when we are going to vote, and seeing Props A, B, and C pass.
GBRA has posted complete info on Bidnet.com — its publicly available if you subscribe to that service. For those of us closest to the center of this effort, this is fantastic news. While it is unlikely we'll know the final selection before November 3, we should have the range of bids by the end of this month.
New Campaign Video
Related in a way to the preceding topic, we dropped the next in the series of Campaign Videos today which tells the story of the earliest days of the planning effort thourhg October 9 last year, when we finally had a draft plan in place with GBRA. The way the community came together over that time to get this plan done is a great story of resilience.
The video is called "Building the Plan" See it and all our videos here on our brand new Youtube Channel! Please subscribe to see them as they come out each week!
Lake Dunlap "Float-a-Palooza" is next weekend, Saturday, Oct 3rd!!
It's finally almost here! The weather looks good — sunny, mid 80's — looks like a perfect day for it!
We'll start assembling at 10 am and officially continue till noon. It'll be a MAJOR press event for the Restore Lake Dunlap campaign. We'll also have our own video crew to record the story of this amazing community and the plans we have to bring our lake back! Everyone is invited to support Lake Dunlap in her time of need.
Graciously, the owners of the ramp at Schumann's Beach have agreed to let us use the "beach" and boat ramp as our base camp. We're very grateful for their hospitality! We hope to attract people from all parts of the lake to participate and to show support for the effort to bring our lake back. This will truly be a Lake Dunlap event!
Plan to bring whatever you have for a leisurely cruise/paddle/float with your neighbors down the lake from Schumann's and back! You can launch kayaks, paddle boards, and boats up to about 16 ft there.
Register to Vote!
Holy moly! October 5 , now just 6 days from now, is the last day to register to vote for the November election! Learn all you need to know about registering to vote, the voting calendar, the ballots, or any other aspect of the election here! Time to start making your voting plan — early voting start Oct 13!
Next Steps
Our team has been hard at work on new elements for the campaign to Restore Lake Dunlap, and there is much more coming over the next six critical weeks.
Please encourage your neighbors and lakeside friends to subscribe to this weekly update. It takes just a few seconds on LakeDunlap.org — if they just complete the Subscribe box at the bottom of any page, we'll make sure they start getting these updates right away!
That's it for now, I guess. Questions? Hit reply and send 'em along. Much more coming over the next 35 (gulp!) days!
Sincerely,
Larry Johnson
Five clear benefits of restoring our lake
Clean, safe, and fun year-round recreation opportunities for everyone.
Restored economic vitality for property owners and local businesses
A safe, affordable, modern dam that will last for generations to come.
Ecologically sound habitats for all our lake residents, including our fish and wildlife
Enough clean, renewable hydroelectric energy to supply over 1,500 homes