Successful Bayside Party - Membership Grows Past 75

Thank you to everyone who helped make the LAHA Meet and Greet on Wednesday evening, August 20th, such a huge success. Nearly 60 people came out to Bayside (including several by boat) for a wonderful evening on the deck overlooking Walled Lake. In addition, membership has gone from 46 or so last month to 76 today. We are looking forward to more exciting events later this year for our growing family of members.

LAHA Membership Eclipses 50

On the heels of last week's Quarterly Association meeting, we are proud to report the addition of more than a dozen new members, taking us to 52 total members so far this year. We greatly appreciate the rapidly growing interest and support from lakes area residents, and look forward to substantially more participation in the coming months. The stronger we are as an association, the more we will be able to accomplish together. With 1200 possible members, we can easily become the largest homeowners' association in Oakland County, and one of the largest in Michigan. Thank you again for your continued support.

Membership Dues Special

To help accelerate the association's momentum, we will be extending all $25 annual memberships (including those who previously paid for 2008) through December of 2009. This is a one-time only extension as we aggressively grow our membership and social and community participation. Please plan on adding your support to our new group of officers, volunteers, and members, as well as to the continuing work of our long-time members. To join, please complete the membership form on the website or, for more information, please contact one of the officers (contact information for each is on our home page). We also encourage you to join us on Tuesday, July 22nd for our next Quarterly Association meeting (open to members and non-members) where you can get a better sense for the direction of the current group and the value your $25 annual membership will deliver. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at one of our upcoming events.

Introducing Your New LAHA Officers

April's association meeting will be the first for your new LAHA officers. We are all looking forward to serving the association and aggressively building on the strong foundation that Asa Smith and Paul Olsen have built over the years.

Making the association even more valuable and enjoyable for its members is not going to be possible without your support and participation. We have ambitious plans to not only continue the lake advocacy that has been a long-standing tradition for the association but to also help stimulate an even more enjoyable lifestyle around the lake for all of its residents. We will strive to keep you posted on the latest lake activities, host a handful of association gatherings to help you get to know your lake neighbors a little better, and keep pressing on area quality of life issues that are important to us all.

We can't stress enough how important having an active membership is to our area's success. It helps preserve our home and property values, and the lake lifestyle that we value. Beginning with our April meeting, we will be making a significant push to grow the association's membership to more broadly and actively reflect the residents that we are representing. Part of that push has been to add value to the membership itself. When you join with your $25 annual membership fee, you will not only support the association this year, you will also receive some special added benefits that we've detailed in the membership section of this website.

Please pass the word along to all of your neighbors to attend our meeting later this month. We will present to you some of our plans for the year, and use your feedback and suggestions to shape our association priorities.

If you have any questions in the meantime, please don't hesitate to contact any one of us. We are all looking forward to starting off the year on a high note!

Sincerely,
Greg Iszler, President
Jeff Laz, Vice President
Nancy Galloway and Judy Rae, Co-Treasurers