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From:Jan Guenther <br />To:Adam Edwards <br />Cc:longlakerowing@gmail.com <br />Subject:FW: rowing partnership with Long Lake <br />Date:Wednesday, February 26, 2020 7:45:31 PM <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Jan Guenther <br />Owner Gear West <br />Ski.Run.Bike <br />www.gearwest.com <br /> <br />From: Jan Guenther <br />Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 7:42 PM <br />To: acdwards@ci.orono.mn.us <br />Cc: longlakerowing@gmail.com <br />Subject: rowing partnership with Long Lake <br /> <br />Hi everyone on the Orono parks commission. Everyone at Gear West loves the rowing club and <br />sincerely asks that you support the club in their mission to provide an alternative form of fitness and <br />exercise to youth in the area. <br />I have been supported Orono rowing since the beginning when the club could only use the Rettinger’ <br />old car wash building. I have seen them respectfully observe the rights of all users of the lake while <br />growing their sport for both the local youth and for enthusiastic adults who want to improve fitness <br />and enjoy the water. <br /> <br />Please allow the LLRC To continue to provide outdoor water recreation to those who love rowing, <br />love the water and enjoy a comradery of outdoor fitness. But to do so they need stability in location <br />and ease of lake access. For those of us who do not care for motor sports on the lake yet are <br />respectful to those who do, I ask that you support those who would also like to use the water in <br />alternative ways. Care will be taken to observe the normal use of beaches and I fully believe there <br />can be room for all of us lake users who appreciate the water and value the lake front. <br /> <br />Long Lake is not Excelsior and is not Wayzata, but we have the potential and are on our way to <br />become the “Fitness Hub of the West”. With Gear West as one of the premier bike/ ski stores in the <br />Mpls and greater area, with our growing number of Fitness studios, with the wonderful new bike <br />path thru the town and with our jewel of a lake, Long Lake IS unique. There are very few areas / <br />lakes that have the ability to foster and support a rowing club and we should be proud that such a <br />club exists in our town. Please allow them to grow conservatively in a permanent home. <br /> <br />Thank you <br />Jan . <br />