“Along with the 2,000+ members of the Lake George Association, the Board of Directors and I want to thank the Northern Border Regional Commission and Sen. Charles Schumer for the $500,000 in federal funding to support the reconstruction of the Lake George Wastewater Treatment Plant,” said Walt Lender, Executive Director of the Lake George Association….
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LGA Awarded $78,575 Grant From New York State To Prevent Invasive Species Spread
The Lake George Association will continue to pay to protect Lake George boat launches in Gull Bay and Hague thanks to a state grant announced late last week. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the Lake George Association has been awarded $78,575 through the state Department of Environmental Conservation to provide funding for aquatic…
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Walt Lender’s Remarks At The Grand Opening Of The West Brook Conservation Initiative And Festival Commons At Charles R. Wood Park
(Delivered today, May 29, 2019) For nearly 135 years, the Lake George Association has been working to protect Lake George’s water quality. I’ve only been at the LGA since 2005, and on Day One, I met with Mayor Blais. I learned a lot about an amazing opportunity that we had to work with this 12.5-acre…
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IP Foundation Grant Will Support Citizen Science On Lake George
Thanks to a generous grant from the International Paper Foundation, the Lake George Association will continue our citizen science water sampling program for the 2019 summer season. The IP Foundation has awarded the Lake George Association $1,540 to support the efforts to understand current water conditions in Lake George and chart changes over time using…
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Stewart’s Holiday Match Grants $1,000 To LGA’s Floating Classroom Program
Thanks to both Stewart’s Shops and its customers, the children in the Lake George watershed will be able to continue to learn about the wonders of Lake George on the LGA’s Floating Classroom! As part of Stewart’s Shops’ long history of support for community programs from the annual Holiday Match project, the company has awarded…
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Lake George Communities Win Multiple Regional Economic Development Grants
Congratulations to our partner municipalities for the awards announced today in Albany at the Regional Economic Development Council ceremony: Town of Bolton: $600,000 for Rogers Memorial Park Waterfront Sustainability improvements – something your LGA is supporting with money toward the grant’s local match requirement. Town of Bolton: $1,000,000 for improvements to the Town’s wastewater treatment process, reducing the volume…
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Download the LGA’s March 2018 Newsletter
Among the stories in the March 2018 Lake George Association newsletter: A $54,500 grant to the LGA from the Lake Champlain Basin Program will solve a water quality concern in Huletts Landing; What the LGA is doing about harmful algal blooms and how the new New York State program will be a major help for…
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$54,500 Repair By LGA, Town of Dresden Will Improve Water Quality In Huletts Landing
It’s a practical solution to a Lake George water quality problem that plagues the Lake in a number of areas. And with a $54,500 grant just announced from the Lake Champlain Basin Program, as well as a $12,000 investment by the LGA and $5,000 investment of in-kind services by the Town of Dresden, the solution…
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LGA Gains $17,500 In Match Challenge From Peter and Gretchen Menzies
Because of a generous offer from a board member and an equally generous response from members and friends, the Lake George Association will have an extra $17,500 for projects and programs in 2018. LGA Board member Peter Menzies and his wife, Gretchen, issued the LGA a challenge at the end of 2017: If the LGA…
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LGA Receives $23,400 in Grants To Protect Lake George Water
The Lake George Association, whose mission is protecting Lake George water quality, has received $23,400 in two grants from the Lake Champlain Basin Program to be used toward Water Quality Protection and Invasive Species Protection and Outreach in 2018. The first of the grants, for $15,000, will be used to protect Lake George water by…
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