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during the Minnesota winters is untenable given the replacement <br />costs. <br />• We offer financial aid so there are no barriers to participating in <br />rowing. If you need assistance, we encourage you to apply to the <br />scholarship program we started. Details are on our website. <br /> <br />• Long Lake Fire Department has been gracious enough to let LLRC <br />conduct indoor winter training in their building. They are great <br />partners and have been a huge help when we couldn’t find affordable <br />space. However, that was before COVID. We haven’t had indoor <br />training in 2 years because keeping our first responders safe is <br />critical, so we’ve stayed out of the firehouse. And with other <br />restrictions, we have held no indoor training this winter, putting us 3 <br />months behind. This is another critical piece for our teams, so any <br />facility we would construct must have space for our winter training <br />and our 15 rowing machines. <br /> <br /> <br />Popular claims on social media: <br /> <br />First of all, it’s clear there are some in the community who have an axe to <br />grind with the City of Orono. Your grievances are your own. LLRC will not <br />be a part of any agenda or dialog that citizens or groups of citizens have <br />with the city on other issues. We do not appreciate our organization or our <br />proposal being used as a wedge in that regard. <br /> <br /> <br />We are taking over the swim beach <br />Our operations —the launching and docking of boats—WOULD NOT <br />HAVE HAD ANY IMPACT THE BEACH IN ANY WAY! We understood <br />from the outset that the beach was OFF LIMITS and we respected that by <br />orienting the building away from the swim area and moving our docks to <br />the north side of the building. I will say it one more time: the beach was <br />never going to be used for nor impacted by LLRC operations. <br /> <br />We are taking over the Lake <br />We have never made the request that motorized boats stay off the lake <br />during our practices, a claim made by a resident on social media. That is a <br />complete and utter fabrication. Rowers easily share the lake with all types <br />of watercraft. Rowers play very well with others. This is a request we