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The Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to apply for a $100,000 grant for trails and complementary projects in Blackburn Park. The county match would be volunteer labor.
This project has the potential to create the county’s second major park and open the first recreation area in southern Lumpkin. The beauty of this project is that we’re reclaiming roads, trails and pavilions that already exist. Continue reading »
Tags: Blackburn Park, BOC, parks
Volunteer participation can be used as the county match for a $100,000 grant to improve Blackburn Park. The county must apply for the grant by November 30. Since no county funds are available for the required 20% match, the grant cannot be accepted without a commitment for 2200 volunteer hours. Continue reading »
Tags: Blackburn Park, BOC
The Lumpkin County Homeowners Association (LCHA) will meet on Tuesday, October 27 at 6:00 PM in the meeting room of United Community Bank located on Morrison Moore Parkway across from the Post Office. Continue reading »
Tags: Blackburn Park, LCHA info, parks
Commissioners graciously accepted the Blackburn Park petition at the beginning of their Wednesday evening meeting.
It seems that the official county form for petitions adopted in July by unanimous vote of the board was merely a recommendation and not a requirement. Quotes from Commissioners in The Dahlonega Nugget article on October 14 continue to verify that they did not agree on what they voted for.
It seems that they do now agree to accept petitions as required by the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution. Chairman Raber was quoted as saying, …All we did was ask that people follow a form so petitions could be legitimized. Yet, the commissioners blindly approved a document that provides for $1,000 fines and imprisonment of up to five years. Continue reading »
Tags: Blackburn Park, LCHA info, petitions
Petition protest: Group to challenge BOC policy
[By Sharon Hall. Originally published in The Dahlonega Nugget Wednesday, September 30, 2009]
Lumpkin County Homeowners Association members plan to put the county’s new rules concerning petitions to the test at the next regular meeting of the board of commissioners Wednesday, Oct. 14. They voted last week to present a petition that does not conform to the new rules, opposing the harvesting of hardwood trees from the Blackburn Park property. Continue reading »
Tags: Blackburn Park, LCHA info, petitions
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