Our May 1st 09:30 AM membership meeting will be a panel discussion of real estate issues with a focus on the Lake Gaston Residential Market.
Our panelists will be Barney Watson, Lake Gaston Real Estate Broker/Owner, Chad Barbour, Lake Gaston Properties Owner/Realtor, and Crystal Dickens, Pointe Realty Group Realtor.
The meeting will be at the Lake Gaston Baptist Church, 2378 Eaton Ferry Road, Littleton, NC (across the street from the Lake Gaston Chamber of Commerce and Subway Restaurant.) This meeting is open to the public and Lake Gaston Association membership is not required.
On May 4th, 2024, the Lake Gaston Association (LGA) will offer free document shredding for Lake Gaston area residents and businesses. The annual Jack D Saunders Community Paper Shred Event will take place from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the Roanoke Wildwood Volunteer Fire Station on 790 Lizard Creek Rd, Littleton, NC.
The picture above shows the traffic flow for the Shredding Event. Please enter at the entrance near the bingo hall and exit on Quail Ridge Road. The traffic flow is one-way and no parking spaces are available. This traffic pattern allows us to quickly unload your vehicle and check the contents before sending them to the shredder.
Our vendor, Shred-It, Inc. sends a mobile shredding truck from Raleigh, NC. This truck is equipped with a high-efficiency industrial shredder, enabling it to handle a large volume at a much higher rate than a traditional office shredder. Much like garbage trucks, shredding trucks are also designed to securely hold compacted shredded material and transport it to their shredding facility or recycling center.
Your documents will be checked by LGA volunteers to ensure that no binders or binder clips are placed in the shredding bin. Once filled, the bin is rolled to the truck and the contents are emptied into the shredder. We will accept documents with standard paper clips and staples (which do not need to be removed). We cannot accept cardboard boxes, which will be returned to the homeowner, for recycling by them. Below is a reference guide for what can be accepted.
This event is free to all Lake Gaston area residents. You do not have to be an LGA member to use this service. As always, we will accept donations, which are not required. Please do not plan to arrive early to drop off your papers and leave. We will not accept any documents until the shred truck is onsite. Please avail yourself to this free annual shredding event, as the next opportunity will occur the first Saturday in May, 2025.
Please take a moment to read the proposed changes to the Lake Gaston Association Bylaws. Members in good standing should submit their comments about the changes by emailing them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before April 28, 2024. The proposed changes will be voted on by the membership in attendance at the Annual Membership Meeting on June 1, 2024. The meeting will be held at the Dominion Day Use Recreation Area located at 2369 Jack Brown Road, Littleton, NC 27850, and will begin at 9:00am.
In 2023 the LGA leadership conducted a Member Survey to identify how effective we are and what are the most important areas of concern for our members. This is the 6th survey that has been conducted in the last 17 years, so we are also able to look at results over time.
We had 297 responses which is approximately 14% of our membership.
On a scale from 1 to 4, we were rated at 3.5 for overall effectiveness. This is the highest ranking from all previous surveys. The areas we scored very favorable in are communications and community safety. Areas needing improvement are Government Relations and Lake Clean-up. Areas that our members said were of most importance to them are the environment/watershed and aquatic plant management.
Your LGA leadership is taking a hard look at these results and comments made as we move ahead in our strategic planning process this spring. We value this input and will stay focused on what is important to our members and strive for improvement.
Volunteers are needed on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, and Wednesday, June 19, 2024!
Goal: To Manage & Enhance Native Aquatic Vegetation in Lake Gaston
LGA volunteers work with the Lake Gaston Weed Control Council, NC State University Cooperative Extension, NC Wildlife Resource Commission, and the VA Department of Wildlife Resources to improve the management of native vegetation in the lake. Managing the native vegetation is critical to ensure continued lake water quality!
Volunteers are needed to help repair, build, and plant the cages.
Fenced-in areas, called "cages," are used to develop colonies of native vegetation. The cages protect the newly planted native vegetation from being eaten by herbivores, such as turtles and grass carp. Native vegetation provides habitat for fish and wildlife, reduces shoreline erosion, and out-competes invasive/noxious vegetation.
Contact Wally Sayko at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (434)774-0715 or Judy Waters at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (804)387-1124 to volunteer or for additional information.
Workdays are currently planned for Tuesday, June 18, 2024, and Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Additional information will be made available as plans are finalized. Students can receive a letter from NCSU acknowledging volunteer hours!
