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Events
Join us in cleaning up—and helping keep clean—Lakes Estelle, Formosa and Rowena. The Friends of the Loch Haven Chain of Lakes (FLHCL) is organizing a lake-based, shoreline and streets cleanup with Keep Orlando Beautiful (KOB).
Come join us for our next cleanup
Saturday, November 2, 2024. 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Lake Rowena Park ( 1200 Lakeshore Dr., Orlando )
Lake Formosa Park ( 1801 Alden Rd., Orlando )
Lake Residents Meet, Greet and Update
January 12th, 2024 at Leu Gardens
Celebration for the $1.35M appropriation funding on September 29th, 2023 at Leu Gardens
Winter Park Joins Trilateral Management Plan for Local Lake Basin
Nonprofit celebrates big step toward cleaner Orlando lakes
From left to right, City of Orlando District 3 Commissioner Robert Stuart; Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings; Winter Park Commissioner and Vice Mayor Sheila DeCiccio; State Senator Jason Brodeur (R-SD10); Michael Register, Director, St. Johns River Water Management District; State Representative Anna Eskamani (D-HD42)….and Shan Atkins
Big News of 2023
Florida's budget for 2023-2024 is now final and designates $1,350,000 to develop a plan for improving the Loch Haven Chain of Lakes!!!!! This is a big WIN for our Lakes. Thank you to everybody who wrote emails and letters to our elected officials and pushed to have this legislation approved. We could not have done it without YOUR SUPPORT!
The budget specifically allocates this money for "Development of a Flood Control and Long Term Nutrient Management Plan with Capital Improvement for the Loch Haven Chain of Lakes." St. Johns River Water Management District will implement the plan and our group looks forward to meeting with them on next steps.
We expect part of this funding will be spent to conduct a nutrient load study, which will be the starting point for developing a master plan to improve infrastructure and/or procedures. This improvement in infrastructure will then support higher water quality in our lakes and will help protect neighborhoods from flooding. This is a long game and we need your continued support to get to the finish line. In the meantime, we are thrilled to announce this new and exciting development!
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