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With the state of the economy, I am afraid we will be seeing more sites for sale than ever. At the same time, like all real estate, it is the prime time to buy if you can afford it. Lake Adventure is a relatively affordable way to have a ‘vacation’ or ‘second’ home. This should be the type of community (as with some condo and co-op residences) that there is a waiting list to get in – not over 100 sites for sale!

There seems to be a total lack (or at least, very little) of good PR or marketing about Lake Adventure. Yes, it does cost money for any kind of advertising but as the saying goes: you have to spend money to make money. It doesn’t take a lot to get started. For example, all the t-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets and any other promotional items LACA sells with the name Lake Adventure on it should also include who we are and where we are. Just seeing “Lake Adventure” means nothing to a stranger. Seeing “A Campground Resort” located in “Lords Valley, PA” might get a person’s interest. It doesn’t hurt to include a web address either! We have a lot of full color brochures of points of interest at the administration office. Have you ever gone anywhere and seen a general brochure about Lake Adventure and its amenities in a literature rack?

Many of the sites for sale are abandoned. Is it safe to assume that LACA now owns some of these sites? Haul out and junk the old, unuasable trailers for scrap metal. Then hire a couple of college students for the summer to work in the Maintenance Dept. for the sole purpose of cleaning up these sites and giving them the “curb appeal” they need to get sold! Clean out the leaves, dead brush and branches, spread a new coat of gravel on the pad. GET THEM SOLD!

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Wow, never thought about the double whammy. How do you tell prospective buyers that they will have the highest dues of any community in the area and if they want to upgrade the old trailer they can only get another one that went out of style a couple of decades ago? I can deal with the dues (almost) because I have many friends here and don't want to leave but we desparately need to get approval for 12' wide homes. We could change the look of the place for the better in one season if all those waiting to buy new homes were allowed to. Has anyone heard news if the new attorney (can't really call her new anymore since she was hired in June) has met with the township yet?

POLL DATA 3

PAST POLL RESULTS
POLL DATA RESULTS

Q: SHOULD LA HIRE A MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO RUN LA

a: yes -------------------- 12
no ------------------------ 54

Q: WOULD THE BOD BE TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT IN GETTING LA A MANAGEMENT COMPANY

a: yes ------------------ 50
no --------------------- 9

Q: IF THE BOD HIRED A MANAGEMENT COMPANY I'D BE

a: thrilled --------------- 6
okay ---------------------- 7
mad as hell ---------------49

Q: HOW MUCH HAS THE FINANCIAL SITUATION AFFECTED YOU

a: not at all -------------- 5
a little -------------------10
a lot ---------------------- 9
disaster ------------------ 32

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I think employees do a good job, the question is why are we paying so much in dues to keep the place running? A catch 22, the dues go up and fewer people pay them so the dues go up and fewer people pay them. In scanning the For Sale by Owner list there are many trying for years to sell their lots without success. Same for the Joco site which has many more listed for years. It would be difficult to buy another lot somewhere else if you can't sell the one you have. We have to seriously think about our investment and how to best improve the situation if don't want more people abandoning their property. I'm lucky, I don't have a rodent infested abandon eyesore next to me but if I did I doubt I'd be able to sell my property either. Never said I didn't like LA. I enjoy my place but think we need to keep up with the competition if we want a new generation of buyers to invest.

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Your comments are correct and right to the point. Not only have the elections been a popularity contest but a way for board nmembers to get work done. ie; electric upgrades, sewer upgrades and repairs, culverts repaired and cleaned out. Look at the location at LA where the aforementioned work was completed and you will find board members properties were included.With 12 wide issues that would have improved the attraction of people to purchase at LA is put on the back burner what do we have to attract young people to buy here, the highest dues of any community in the area!! The board is doing a lot of harm with no manager, spending money like no tomorrow and just doing what's best for them, which was shown at the open board meetings. Other blogs have praised other previous board members but if you examined their performance you would see the same results, working for their own gains. Until a completely new board is in we will continue to be managed like a 10 year old is in charge.