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Lake
Tara Cleanup Project.
Volunteers
are requested and needed for the following areas: Grant Writing,
Tele-Marketing (Cold Calling), Engineering for Dam and Spillway
design.
Within
the next 6 months (by mid summer 2007) the following area streets
are scheduled to be repaved in the Lake Tara community.
Adamson
Road
Duncan
Drive
Lakeshore
Drive
Ohara
Drive
Village
Ct.
Village
Drive
NEW FUNDRAISING
PROJECT
Starting
January 22, 2007 through March 5, 2007 Kilpatrick Elementary
School will be working with Lake Tara Nature Habitat on a joint
flower fund raising project. This project will benefit not only
Lake Tara Nature Habitat but also benefit Kilpatrick Elementary
School. If any parties are interested in helping in any way
contact Deborah Ybarra at 770-473-1119.
Below
are links to articles that have appeared in the Clayton News Daily
regarding the dilemma and draining of Lake Tara. Hopefully, these
articles will help all who read them understand the situation much
better. Look for new articles to appear here as they are printed.
Attorney
urges county to disclaim lake
Clayton
County examines drained lake
Lake
Draining causes Quagmire
Lake Tara
remains drained
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Factoids:
* The lake was originally 26.5 acres, since it has been
drained there are about 4 acres of water left.
* The neighborhood was originally built in 1944 as a summer
nature retreat primarily for the well-to-do citizens of
Atlanta.
* There are approximately 165 homes in the Lake Tara subdivision.
* The lake was drained by Michael Adamson, owner of Forrest
Homes in Alpharetta, Georgia. The draining took place
in late July of 2004, when Mr. Adamson had the dam breached.
* As of December 30, 2006, the legal costs to fight for
the preservation of lake and its wildlife, some of which
is endangered has surmounted to $42,300.
* The citizens of Lake Tara have raised $25,100 towards
the above mentioned legal costs.
*
Lake Tara Nature Habitat recently received a $1,000 grant
from United Way.
URGENT:
Over the past couple of months an entity
trying to rid the lake of all of its life and beauty has
dumped trash into and around the lake. Everyone
in the community please keep your eyes open. This
dumping usually takes place in the early hours of the
morning when most of the residents are asleep. If
this entity can be caught they will face serious
fines and/or imprisonment. Let's catch
this entity and put an end to this stupid and irresponsible
behaviour.
Interested
in helping in some way? We would love to talk with
you. Simply fill in the email form below and a Lake
Tara Habitat officer will contact you to discuss how you
can help. THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST.
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