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