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By BILL BAAB
The Augusta Chrcnirie
Outdoor Editor
STATESBORO, Ga. - How
do you spell economy and re
creation? In the offices of the
Georgia Southern Area Plan
ning and Development Com
mission here, they're spel
ling it G-R-O-V-E-L-A-N-D
L-A-K-E.
Bill Greer, dynamic execu
tive director of the commis
sion, will quickly get out
charts that show that South
east Georgia has no big fresh
water reservoir to which her
people can go for fishing, wa
ter skiing, swimming and oth
er forms of outdoor recrea
tion.
With the exception of sever
al rivers and the nearby
coastal region, that section of
the state is high and dry’.
“THINK GROVELAND
PROJECT’’ is on a sign on
Greer’s desk and illustrates
just how the S2B million pro
ject, proposed by the South
east River Basin Study, has
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Groveland Lake: A plan for Paradise
generated much enthusiasm
in the 18-county area affected
by the reservoir.
“Why, do you know that we
have had no opposition, not
even one word against the
lake,’’ smiles the affable
Greer, whose main job up to
this point has been the “sell
ing” and promotion end.
“I’VE SPOKEN to numer
ous civic and sportsman’s
clubs about it and all have
pledged support. Private citi
zens and politicians, both
houses of the state legisla
ture, the Georgia Sportsman’s
Federation, and our repre
sentatives in Washington in
cluding Rep. G. Elliott Ha
gan. Sen. Herman E. Tal
madge, Rep. W. S. Stuckey
and Sen. Richard Russell have
all come out in support of it,"
he adds.
“Os course, there is no
doubt in the minds of anyone
about the lake which will
mean a tremendous boost to
the recreational and economi
cal systems in the area,” he
declares.
The counties most affected
by the lake, to be formed by er below the mouth of Lotts
a dam on the Canoochee Riv- Creek in Bryan, Bulloch and
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Groveland Lake: It looks good on paper
Bill Greer of the Georgia Southern Area Planning and De
velopment Commission is flanked by a pair of charts showing
details of the Groveland Lake project. The left chart is a dia
gram of the lake proper, while the one at rieht shows its at>-
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Evans counties, are Appling, Chatham, Effingham, Eman-
Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, uel, Evans, Jenkins, Liberty.
proximate location as well as that of Georgia's other major
reservoirs. Groveland is the small splotch in the southeastern
half of the state.
The Pembroke Journal, Thursday, May 2, 1968-
Long, Mclntosh, Montgomery,
Screven, Tattnall, Toombs,
Treutlen and Wayne.
Residents of those counties
who d hKe to get out on the
water for a day of water
skiing, or fishing, or boating
must now travel over 100
miles to the nearest major re
servoir, whether it’s Clark
Hill or Lake Blackshear.
GROVELAND Lake will be
astride a major North-South
tourist route of U.S. Highway
301 and when Interstate
routes 95 and 16 are complet
ed. out-of-state recreationists
will have easy access. Resi
dents of Savannah are within
a 30-minute drive of the reser
voir after completion of 1-16.
The closest community to
the lake will be Claxton, with
the largest area in Evans ana
Bulloch counties. Parts of
Bryan and Candler counties
also will be inundated by the
17,000-acre impoundment. The
land to be inundated is most
ly marginal timberland and
swamps.
Target date for completion
if 1975.
Greer’s commission feels
that it has done as much as it
can up to this point so an
18-member Action Committee
has been organized through
the cooperation of the county
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commissions of each county
affected.
“WE ARE unaecided wheth
er to organize a permanent
authority or commission to
handle policy-making deci
sions,” says Greer, “so we’re
going to hold a meeting some
time in the near future to dis
cuss this and other problems.
The lake itself will be
public, but there probably will
be sales of its shoreline land
for private cottage sites, simi
lar to Corps of Engineers
lakeside development. Mari
nas, public access, picnic
grounds and camping areas
also will be provided.
According to the Southeast
River Basin Study, it is esti
mated that land values would
increase at least 1,000 percent
within 10 years following the
project. Tax values also
would increase and the plan
calls for tax and land-lease
revenues to help pay for the
project’s cost.
The Groveland Action Com
mittee also must determine if
federal and state aid will be
sought and it is studying the
possibility of utilizing the
Land and Water Conservation
Fund, which provides match
ing funds to state, county and
municipal governments devel
oping outdoor recreational fa
cilities.
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