https://bigcanoe.news Big Canoe's Only Investigative Newspaper Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:34:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-the-marina-project-nobody-mentioned/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-the-marina-project-nobody-mentioned/#respond Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:32:46 +0000 https://bigcanoe.news/?p=54771 Six-Figure Spending, Zero Public Record, and a Lake Level Story That Doesn’t Add Up. Here is something most Big Canoe property owners do not know: the POA has been soliciting contractor bids for a major [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-the-marina-project-nobody-mentioned/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-ga-private-luxury-community-demands-taxpayer-bailout-using-fema-hurricane-helene-funds/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-ga-private-luxury-community-demands-taxpayer-bailout-using-fema-hurricane-helene-funds/#respond Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:26:49 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=54672 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. [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-ga-private-luxury-community-demands-taxpayer-bailout-using-fema-hurricane-helene-funds/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/update-big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-final-llo-gate-test-plus/ https://bigcanoe.news/update-big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-final-llo-gate-test-plus/#respond Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:40:56 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=54337 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. [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/update-big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-final-llo-gate-test-plus/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/update-big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-llo-gate-test-and-more/ https://bigcanoe.news/update-big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-llo-gate-test-and-more/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 21:30:13 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=54318 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.... [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/update-big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-llo-gate-test-and-more/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/psa-big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-llo-gate-test-dates/ https://bigcanoe.news/psa-big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-llo-gate-test-dates/#respond Sun, 06 Apr 2025 03:59:37 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=54304 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: [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/psa-big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-llo-gate-test-dates/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-new-problem/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-new-problem/#respond Sat, 22 Mar 2025 18:43:50 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=54280 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. [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-new-problem/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-non-zero-chance-of-imminent-collapse-llo-work-related/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-non-zero-chance-of-imminent-collapse-llo-work-related/#respond Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:26:40 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=54256 "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...." [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-non-zero-chance-of-imminent-collapse-llo-work-related/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-the-financial-game-has-changed/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-the-financial-game-has-changed/#respond Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:51:43 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=54241 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! [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-the-financial-game-has-changed/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-update-much-bigger-than-the-trademark-issue/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-update-much-bigger-than-the-trademark-issue/#respond Sat, 01 Mar 2025 18:53:44 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=54213 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. [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-lake-petit-dam-update-much-bigger-than-the-trademark-issue/feed/ 0 https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-ga-lake-petit-dam-update-march-14-2024/ https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-ga-lake-petit-dam-update-march-14-2024/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 22:29:24 +0000 https://bigcanoe.themountainsvoice.com/?p=54033 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. [...]]]> https://bigcanoe.news/big-canoe-ga-lake-petit-dam-update-march-14-2024/feed/ 0