Infrastructure Archives - Focus on Big Canoe, GA

“BIG CANOE, GA” Private Luxury Community Demands Taxpayer Bailout – using FEMA Hurricane Helene Funds!

Publisher — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:26:49 +0000

Hurricane Helene wrecked real lives—homes, farms, and paychecks. A year later, folks across Georgia are still rebuilding while churches and volunteers fill the gaps. Inside the gate at Big Canoe, we chose clubhouses and golf before fixing our dam—and now the POA wants FEMA–GEMA to pick up the tab. That’s not aid; it’s a bailout for entitled elites, paid by people who can’t even use the place.

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UPDATE/Big Canoe Lake Petit Dam: Final LLO Gate Test (Plus++)

Publisher — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:40:56 +0000

The POA promised to alert the community before the final test of the LLO. So far they haven't. In this article we'll give you the latest date ... + give an overview of the test, + share some concerns.

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UPDATE/Big Canoe Lake Petit Dam: LLO Gate Test (And More)

Publisher — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 21:30:13 +0000

Originally the LLO Project was supposed to be done back in 2023. We spent a ton of money on that FAILED project. Now it has been delayed - AGAIN, and Engineer Scott still hasn't offered the community timelines. Well, FOBC now has them....

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PSA/Big Canoe Lake Petit Dam: LLO Gate Test Dates

Publisher — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 03:59:37 +0000

On April 3, 2025 Geosyntec communicated in an email to GA Safe Dams that the following are the planned test dates for the LLO Gate Tests:

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Big Canoe’s OLD Lake Petit Dam – New Problem!!

Publisher — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 18:43:50 +0000

FOBC received a headsup a few days ago about a large "slide" on the downstream face of Lake Petit Dam (down by the ballfield). It is in the area that the large "gravel patch" was. First a little history, then some analysis & commentary.

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Big Canoe Lake Petit Dam: Non-Zero Chance of Imminent Collapse (LLO Work Related)

Publisher — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:26:40 +0000

"There is still a very real “Non-Zero” chance that this LLO Project during March and April 2025 ends in catastrophic failure of Lake Petit Dam...."

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Big Canoe Lake Petit Dam — the Financial Game has Changed!

Publisher — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:51:43 +0000

After years of extravagant spending on Golf Courses and Luxury Clubhouse upgrades.. the Big Canoe POA has no money left to meet it's legal and regulatory requirements to fix Lake Petit Dam. Big Canoe POA is looking to the Public Taxpayer to bail them out now. Maybe we need D.O.G.E. in Big Canoe to find out where all the money went!

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Big Canoe Lake Petit Dam Update: MUCH Bigger than the Trademark Issue

Publisher — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 18:53:44 +0000

FOBC hasn't done a Petit Dam Update in quite a while. I just got back my most recent Open Records Request, and I just couldn't ignore what I am sitting on.

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Big Canoe Fires vs L.A. Fires (Alarming Similarities)

Publisher — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:54:08 +0000

The L.A. fires have shined a light on many similarities we see here in Big Canoe, GA. Leadership has mismanaged our finances leaving us ill prepared to deal with any new emergencies or needed projects... and no issue is more serious than the Real Risk of a Wildfire in Big Canoe.

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Big Canoe, GA: Lake Petit Dam Update (March 14, 2024)

Publisher — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 22:29:24 +0000

The sole purpose of this particular article is just to quickly share a recent email exchange between GA Safe Dams and the Big Canoe POA's Engineer, Geosyntec. Scott Auer is being copied on all emails as is usual.

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