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It's Back to the Beach Season! In the mood for some fun, sun, music and more? Then mark your calendars for LPBF’s 17th Annual Back to the Beach Festival on June 3rd & 4th! We’ve lined up an action-packed weekend at an exciting new location! The festival will take place on Lake Pontchartrain in Laketown (end of Williams Blvd in Kenner). Help us kick-off the summer with festival favorites including a 5K run/walk on Saturday, breathtaking cars at our Sunday car show, a stellar line up of bands, arts & crafts, fabulous food and fun for the whole family! Admission is $7 for adults, $3 for children under 12 and seniors 65 and up. Partnering again with the New Orleans Track Club (NOTC), the festival’s 2nd Annual Back to the Beach Run begins at 7 PM on June 3rd. Registration is $20 by May 29th and $25 after May 29th thru day of race. To register call NOTC at (504) 467-8626 or visit www.runNOTC.org. The much-anticipated 4th Annual Back to the Beach Car Show is June 4th. Registration goes from 8:00 AM until noon. The show features street rods, custom cars, racecars, bikes, jr. dragsters, bicycles and antiques. Pre-registration fee is $20 per car until May 25th and $25 after the 25th. For information, call Walter or Pam Larter at (504) 452-8618. For a complete Back to the Beach schedule, please visit us on the web. ___________________________________________ Pontchartrain Picnic!We will also host our Back to the Beach Patron Party, themed Pontchartrain Picnic, on June 24, 2006, at Two Lakeway Mezzanine, 3850 North Causeway Blvd., Metairie from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM. The party will offer fabulous food, cocktails, music by Bobby Cure and the Summertime Blues and an awesome silent auction. Tickets are $50. Please call 836-2205 for more information. ___________________________________________ Basin Beauty on Your Desktop
Download free wallpapers from Lake Mart and see the glory of our Basin every time you log on to your computer. Don't forget to visit our website often for updates and new wallpapers. ____________________________________________ Ill-Sited Development on the Tchefuncte Raises Concerns. Directing development away from wetlands and floodplains toward more appropriate areas makes a lot of sense as our region rebuilds. Wetlands and floodplains serve to buffer our communities from storm surges and rain events. However, a recent development proposal near the mouth of the Tchefuncte River just south of Madisonville is drawing opposition from groups and residents throughout the Pontchartrain Basin. Aptly named, Pleasure Beach, the proposed 15-lot subdivision is being slated for a 7-acre swath of marsh along the Tchefuncte River. A similar project was proposed nearby two years ago by the same applicant though due to tremendous public opposition, the plan was withdrawn. While the amount of land to be impacted appears small, the project would set a significant precedent for opening up thousands of acres of undeveloped land from the Tchefuncte to the Tangipahoa River. LPBF has been circulating a talking point sheet about the project to assist interested citizens in preparing letters to the permitting agencies. Comment letters on the wetlands permit must be postmarked to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by Friday, May 26th. Click here for examples of letters that LPBF has submitted on other ill-sited development projects.____________________________________________ Become A Member, Get Involved Membership is a gift of support to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation. We’d like to thank our new members and all our past members who have renewed in 2006, bringing us to 1,500 strong! With your help and support, LPBF has accomplished many projects since our beginning in 1989, but we have more work to do. Please become a member today! ____________________________________________ Education/Outreach News Katrina/LPBF Cleanup Program continues. Pick an area in your neighborhood and bring your group out to clean up. Call JoAnn to document areas being covered. LPBF’s Coastal Lines of Defense Program: Call for a 45-minute interactive presentation to your group on LPBF’s plan to restore the coast. There is no cost and an LPBF staff member is happy to discuss how to protect our region from the next hurricane. JoAnn Burke ___________________________ |
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