Welcome to the Long Glade Lake Community and our beautiful, private lake! I will be posting our current events, family news, projects and more through once-a-week postings. Feel free to add your email address to our "contact" area so that you will automatically receive each new posting. You may also send pictures you would like to see included to our email for this blog at longgladelakelady38@yahoo.com. Keep on reading for the history of our little community.
Long Glade Lake Corporation was incorporated in 1939 as a fishing club by 10 original members who had purchased the property strictly as a fishing club. Numerous shareholders were eventually added with an eventual membership of 50 shareholders. The lake property included around 100+ total acres inclusive of the 50 surface acres lake.
Each shareholder was assigned a block of land (lot) that was marked by staking out the lots in a crude manner of marking trees and rocks as the dividing lines between lots. Eventually, as time progressed, all of the lake property and lots were surveyed to establish legal metes and bounds to eliminate future arguments as to property boundaries. Members sold their shares and rights to given property to family members and friends (approval of Board is required) and the growth of LGL began. The value of the shares was based on whatever shareholders could negotiate.
About 25-30 years ago, the county built a new dam and widened County Road 2127 making it available to landowners in the general area. As you drive around the lake, you can see evidence of some old fishing cabins that were built 30-40 years ago along with some makeshift piers and boathouses. A lot of the older structures have been removed and new homes began to replace old cabins. In the last 15-20 years, around 25 permanent residences have been established on the lake.
Property values have soared over the past five years, partially due to LGL becoming a gated entry lake as well as promotion by local realtors. LGL property is very attractive because of our lot sizes, secured entry, annual dues, no Corporate debt, and reasonably priced lots.
LGL has nine board members, (president, vice president, secretary/treasurer and six other board members) who all own shares in LGL. All LGL business must be approved by a majority of board members.
*Special thanks to Don Rone for the compilation of LGL's history.*
Edited by Shawnda Ferrell
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