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Greetings from your Board of Trustees!

Summer is coming, which means our annual membership drive is going on now!

The LHPOA works on your behalf to keep our lake clean, healthy, and fun for swimming, boating, fishing and relaxing. As you are aware, our primary challenge is to manage invasive species like Eurasian Milfoil.

Our volunteer Board of Trustees works hard all year to secure grants, gifts, and members to contribute to the costs of funding our vital milfoil management programs in an effort to sustain our beautiful lake.

Each year we collect annual membership dues of $150. Your membership dues and other donations help keep our lake accessible to you and your family while maintaining healthy water quality and fish habitat.

We hope you will continue your support of the LHPOA through your annual membership dues and consider making an additional donation with your membership.

Join our K Club with a $1,000 membership contribution and get a Lake Hortonia t-shirt!

You can pay your dues and update your directory information on our website at https://lakehortonia.org/membership or print and fill out the membership form and mail in your contribution. 

Thank you for your support!

The Lake Hortonia Property Owners Association will hold its spring meeting on Sunday, May 25th @ 10:00 am at the Sudbury Town Hall. This meeting provides an opportunity to get milfoil management details, updates on lake happenings and to ask questions of board and committee members. This meeting is informational, and no voting or official business occurs. It is also a time for members to share ideas and suggestions with the board.

The Lake Hortonia Property Owners Association is supporting SudHub by promoting their upcoming virtual community visioning meeting and other community organizing efforts.

Lake Hortonia Community Trust and Sudbury Community Club have teamed up to form an informal initiative called SudHub. We believe the best way to shape the future of our region is through the ideas and input of all residents. We are working together to enhance our local community with the help of available state grants, fundraising efforts, and public/private partnerships. Here are three upcoming community engagement events to give you an opportunity to plug in.

1) Lake Hortonia Community Update & Engagement Meeting - Virtual Meeting- Wed. April 23, 6:00-7:30p EST

Attend this meeting to:

1. Learn about the Lake Hortonia Community Trust and SudHub initiatives, including an update on the Lake Hortonia Country Store.

2. Share your community development ideas for Lake Hortonia and the Sudbury - Hubbardton region.

CLICK THIS LINK to JOIN ZOOM MEETING

2) Community Vision Survey online by April 30th. We’d love to hear from you! Please take a few moments to share your thoughts and ideas. We encourage each member of your household, including children, to fill out a separate survey.

3) Sudbury Community Visioning Shindig, Sat. June 21, 10:00am, located at the Sudbury Meeting House. More details to come.

Thank you for helping us make our community an even better place to live and recreate! Please encourage your friends and family to participate.

Best regards,

SUDHUB - Members of the Lake Hortonia Community Trust & Sudbury Community Club
sudhubvt@gmail.com

Our Annual Meeting is this Saturday and your LHPOA board is looking forward to gathering with you and bring you up-to-speed on all things Lake Hortonia. We have a wonderful silent auction with artwork from your lake neighbors, several beautiful framed photos as raffle giveaways and a gift for each member. And, don’t forget, bring your favorite brunch pastry to share during the social/coffee time, 8:30-9:00.

LAKE HORTONIA PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEETING @ CAMP WACHUSETT
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24
8:30 COFFEE, MUFFINS, SOCIAL TIME
9:00-10:15 MEETING

Our Annual Meeting is your opportunity to meet lake neighbors, hear updates about long and short term strategies for managing invasive species, ask questions of your board members and committee leaders and vote for new board members. The 8:30 coffee and social time is a wonderful way to reconnect with neighbors and chat with board members. There will be one voting item on the agenda, the election of the 2024-25 Board of Trustees.

Muffin Potluck for the meeting??

Yup, we’re going to try it this year… in the past, Jane, Joyce and Sue have organized the Ladies Of The Lake to bring the goodies, but this year we’d like everyone to pitch in. Bring a plate of your favorite baked goods to share, we’ll provide the coffee. Jane will be there to organize the tempting table!

AUCTION, RAFFLE AND GIFTS

We are excited to announce special Annual Meeting gifts, prizes and auction items! First, for all up-do-date members, we will have a special gift for you when you arrive. We will also give away beautiful lake photos throughout the meeting. And, drum roll please, we have five unique silent auction items handcrafted by lake neighbors. Below are photos of the auction items that you can bid on at the meeting. All proceeds go into our budget for managing Eurasian Milfoil and, you have a unique piece of artwork for your home.

JOIN THE BOARD

LHPOA has a 9 member board and most years we need to fill 1-3 positions. This year, all five members whose terms have expired will run again; which is ideal to maintain continuity and consistency. However, any member may run for one of those five positions. If you would like to serve on the board and run in an election with the 5 board members who are up for reelection, email: murray@murraybanks.com and we will send you a self-nomination form.

The election will occur at the Annual Meeting, August 24.

Board members whose terms end at this years’ annual meeting and who you will be voting on for another two year term:

• Ken Gibson
• Laurie Sahagian
• Murray Banks
• Jeff Zappieri
• Becky McKee
• Wendy Ffjeld

Board members whose terms run through 2025:

• Dave Weaver
• Aaron Wright
• Dave Perrin

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!

This year’s spot treatment of Lake Hortonia using SePRO ProcellaCOR EC will take place on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, beginning at 12:00 pm. Please see the Advisory Notice and Map for details, including water use restrictions.

The Lake Hortonia Property Owners Association will hold its spring meeting on Sunday, May 26th @ 10:00 am at the Sudbury Town Hall. This meeting provides an opportunity to get milfoil management details, updates on lake happenings and to ask questions of board and committee members. This meeting is informational and no voting or official business occurs. It is also a time for members to share ideas and suggestions with the board.