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From: Adam Edwards <br /> To: "Colin Balmforth";Melanie Curtis <br /> Cc: Irene Balmforth <br /> Subject: RE:Long Lake Rowing Club(LLRC)-A letter of support <br /> Date: Thursday,January 13,2022 12:54:45 PM <br /> Colin, <br /> Thank you for your Letter. We'll make sure to share it with our Commission and Council. <br /> Adam <br /> Adam T. Edwards, P.E. <br /> Director of Public Works/City Engineer <br /> City of Orono <br /> (952) 249-4661 <br /> aedwardsPci.orono.mn.us <br /> From:Colin Balmforth [mailto:colin.balmforth@gmail.com] <br /> Sent:Thursday,January 13, 2022 12:53 PM <br /> To:Adam Edwards<aedwards@ci.orono.mn.us> <br /> Cc: Irene Balmforth<irene.balmforth@gmail.com> 411/ <br /> Subject: Long Lake Rowing Club (LLRC)-A letter of support <br /> Dear Mr.Edwards, <br /> My wife and I are recent residents of Orono and find ourselves fortunate to live on the north <br /> shore of Long Lake. <br /> We enjoy all the amenities the area has to offer. As soon as we witnessed the serene rowing <br /> shells on the lake we were pleased to find that Long Lake rowing was not a private club but <br /> available to all, so we promptly joined this fun group of rowers last year. <br /> What a great community of people,we quickly got involved with their extra curricular work <br /> for the broader community,volunteering to support the Schools program,Long Lake Fire <br /> Department,teaching groups and many other events. <br /> First things first. Day one at Birch's restaurant where LLRC is currently located was eye <br /> opening- all of the rowing shells were spread out in various barns, homes and storage <br /> facilities for Winter. They needed to be transported to an open but wooded location below the <br /> restaurant and set up on temporary racks. It's an interesting challenge to rotate a 30'rowing <br /> shell on it's side and then thread it through trees to find a spot where the boat is strapped down <br /> to hopefully protect it from the elements - such a shame for equipment that is not just <br /> expensive but has history (I was carrying one of the Olympic boats used by Canada,now with <br /> LLRC).And then the crazy challenge to get these boats on the water, a hike via a muddy steep <br /> hillside track that had me jumping in to assist with a boat that was about to be dropped by it's <br />