More great pictures and information about Blackburn Park.
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18Jul
Tags: Blackburn Park, parks
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12Jul
Lumpkin County continues to pay for the stupidity of hiring an inexperienced out of county company to build the reservoir trail. In an effort to respond to recent EPD concerns about dirt from the trail going into the reservoir, Lumpkin County brought in large equipment that further widened the poorly constructed “trail” turning it into a full-fledged dirt road. Click on the pictures. Continue reading »
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13MayCommentary, Events, Issues Comments Off
The Dog Park Committee will meet at 9:00 AM on May 24th at Park & Rec.
Following the commission vote to not approve one particular site in Yahoola Creek Park for a Dog Park, they agreed to have a committee appointed to consider proposing a site. Continue reading »
Tags: animal control, BOC, parks
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22Feb
Once again, leaving many in the audience unsure about what they had voted to do, Lumpkin County Commissioners denied dog park proponents the right to proceed with plans for their dog park.
Chairman John Raber began the discussion saying, “Regardless of what comes out, you have been professional.” He continued relating that during visitation at the funeral home someone had yelled out at him, “Y’all had better not allow that dog park!”
After allowing dog park supporters to state what they wanted, Raber offered dog park opponent, Clinton Crane, an opportunity to question dog park supporters. Crane asked, “Y’all gonna build a fence if we give you a piece of property? Y’all gonna take care of all the upkeep, so forth? No extra work for the Park & Rec? Who has liability? My thing is, right now the county has not given a piece of land to a non-profit.”
This public display during a Regular Commission Meeting was unprecedented since Raber became chairman. During all previous Regular Monthly Commission meetings, Raber has been very careful to allow only commissioners to ask questions during meetings. Continue reading »
Tags: parks, unabashed deception
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21Jan
The Lumpkin County Homeowners Association (LCHA) will meet on Tuesday, January 26 at 6:00 PM in the meeting room of United Community Bank located on Morrison Moore Parkway across from the Post Office.
Join us for our first meeting of 2010 when we make plans for the year. Be prepared to discuss what we can do to encourage more residents to pay attention to what’s going on and what we can do to encourage them to get involved. Continue reading »
Tags: parks
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