friends of lake nantahala - FOLN

Subject: Update - Friends of Lake Nantahala (FOLN)

A couple of recent developments worth noting:
 

1. Six HOA’s have committed to joining. They are:  Arrowhead Point, Nantahala Harbor, Mountain Shadows, Little Choga, Summit View and Nantahala Highlands Estates. By my count, that should give us 104 developed lots or funding as of 1/1/2020 of $2600, which should be enough to get us going.  It would be great if the other HOA’s that, at least according to my notes, expressed some interest at one time (or another) in joining would let us know where they stand, ie, in or out. They are: El Shaddai II and III, Upper Walnut Creek, Nantahala Shores, Big Choga and Whispering Springs.  We will also be reaching out to commercial establishments on the lake and homeowners not affiliated with a HOA about participation and funding.
2. On August 8,  a number of us took Dr. Kim Hall from WCU to inspect and sample various water inflow points on the lake in anticipation of FoNL contracting with her and WCU to sample water in the lake 4 times a year for various pollutants and other characteristics. This is similar to the service she performs at for Lake Glenville.  She expects to be able to report what her sampling showed in the next week or so, and thereafter to submit a (slightly) revised proposal for studying the water in the lake beginning next year.
3. Representatives of Little Choga and Mountain Shadows were recently able to work together to improve Frontier’s maintenance of its communications services to some members of the Little Choga HOA who were not receiving prompt attention from Frontier on phone maintenance issues.

 
At some point in the relatively near future, we will need to have an organizational meeting of the six HOA’s that have committed to joining (and hopefully representatives of the other HOA’s that have not yet decided) to sign bylaws, elect officers, confirm a few other details, begin work on a web site, and identify other points of common interest that we wish to move forward on. So, be thinking about dates.
 
Frank Smith