It's Countdown Tuesday! 56 days till November 3rd ...
Dear Neighbors,
Today's update is about a major upcoming event, the election efforts overall, our recent and upcoming videos, and keeping the excitement going .... lots of good stuff happening!
Boat/Float Parade in Support of Lake Dunlap Oct 3rd!!
HOLD THE DATE! We are planning a fun event in support of the plan to #RestoreLakeDunlap on October 3rd, and we want you to be part of it! Starting at 10 am and continuing till noon, we plan to meet at Schumann's Beach to assemble a boat parade of supporters that want to see the lake back, and everyone is invited. 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.
It might not match the July 4th boat parades of old, but we hope to evoke that same spirit. Plan to bring your kayak, canoe, paddleboard, Jon boat, inner tube, floaty, party boat, or whatever you have for a leisurely cruise/paddle/float with your neighbors down the lake from Schumann's and back! Much more detail will be coming out ahead of that date, but we already hope to see you there! (Rain dates are Oct 4 and Oct 10)
Restore Lake Dunlap Video Series Launched This Week.
This week we soft-launched a new series of videos that are intended to put a human face onto the campaign to bring our lake back. A series of ten videos is being produced to bring the stories of real residents forward, to hear why they miss the great place we had before May 14, 2019, and how this amazing grassroots effort took hold to become a genuinely real plan to bring our lake back! See the first video here.
We continue to shoot more videos — if you would like to be included among those adding their voices, please reply to this email and we'll be in touch. We will also have our crews out at Schumann's Beach on October 3, and plan to shoot interviews there as well!
Restore Lake Dunlap Signs are Out!
We began putting out signs in neighborhoods all around the lake last week, and the response has been fantastic! Some 300 are already out all over the district, and some neighborhoods are at 100%!
The response in Guadalupe County has been tremendous! Now, we're especially looking for places to put signs in Comal County, on Keuhler Ave, E Klein Rd, Rio Dr, and homes along Placid Cove and Riverbend Drive. Yard signs are free, but if you want to pay it forward so someone else can get a free sign, any donations will be used to buy more signs!
Next Steps
Our team has been hard at work on new elements for the campaign to Restore Lake Dunlap, and next week we will be rolling out our first direct mail piece, another video from real people who live right here on Lake Dunlap, and digital ads aimed at social media users.
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. As we did last week, I will again leave you with this little list to consider:
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
#VoteABCNov3!!
Questions? Hit reply and send 'em along. Much more coming over the next 56 days! Sincerely, Larry Johnson