We feel the boundaries of any neighborhood association should be the entire
Beaverdam Creek Watershed which includes Beaver Lake and Lakeview Park
- We are all one ecological unit. A creek or river
valley is defined by the sloping topography draining into the creek
from its start to its terminus. According to maps, Asheville's terminus
of Beaverdam Creek is Beaver Lake. For environmental purposes, no
scientist would ever study a creek or river without including its
terminus, since this is where sediment and chemicals will be deposited.
It would be a very bad thing for decisions to be made without including
Lakeview Park which owns Beaver Lake
- Per Mr. Roepnack, the goal of the
greenway group is a greenway all the way to the French Broad River from our area.
Sounds like the greenway group should be encouraging participation now
by Lakeview Park
- We have already received financial and planning
offers from residents of Lakeview Park for an alternate use of the
proposed dog park location
- Geographically
the one major thoroughfare out of Beaverdam Valley is Beaverdam Road
and therefore Elk Mountain Scenic Highway is not a logical cutoff point
for our association
- All of Beaverdam Valley has an
interest in and impact on the ecology of the Audubon Society Bird Sanctuary
- If Lakeview Park is excluded they could form their own neighborhood association.
According to the info packet from the city, a neighborhood association
(unlike a homeowners group) would include businesses and organizations
within the geographic boundaries. This would include the Audubon Society, the country
club, etc. We are afraid that in the future these two organizations might
find they have conflicting interests and we feel this could be avoided
if we join together now.
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