Neely Henry Lake Association Meeting

Please join us for the Neely Henry Lake Association July meeting at 6:30 P.M. Thursday, July 12, 2018. The meeting will be held in the large meeting room at the Rainbow City Community Center, 3702 Rainbow Drive.

The guest speaker will be Brad Wilson. Mr. Wilson has extensive experience and expertise involving both the construction and the various types of building materials utilized for boat docks, piers, boat houses, decks, seawalls etc. and will discuss the advantages and/or disadvantages of various building materials at this meeting. The discussion will involve the latest and best approved wood treatment and preservation methods as well as alternatives to wood that could be a better option. The goal of this meeting is to supply information that will assist anyone building (or planning to build) structures on or near the water to select the most appropriate and cost effective building material (i.e. the right type of approved treated wood or alternative material) for their particular project. This promises to be an extremely informative/beneficial meeting for anyone planning work of this type now or in the future.

Information will also be provided in the following areas:

• A summary of the completed 2018 fish habitat improvement project
• The status of vegetation issues that are impacting Neely Henry Lake(Included will be a discussion of vegetation that is both detrimental and beneficial to our reservoir and control measures that are in place to mitigate damage associated with harmful/invasive vegetation)
• The status and details associated with the 2018 Neely Henry Lake “Maintenance Drawdown”
• NHLA sponsored community service activities