OUR STORY

Highland Park Community Association operates the administrative wing of the nearly 100 year old non-profit in Mobile, AL We operate under Title 10 — CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS. Chapter 3A — NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS and The Clean Water Act of 1972. Our waters are multijurisdictional. HPca, Inc is responsible for three easements, two parks and a 25 acre lake and spillway, on the Milkhouse Creek part of the Dog River Watershed. “Encouraging Responsible Watershed and Lakeside Management” since 1967 HPca sponsors the Highland Park Review newspaper, The Highland Park Community Gardeners group, the Purple Martin Migration Station, International Monarch Watch, and certified National Wildlife Habitat at Optimist Lake. HPca, Inc is environmentally conscious, protective, and defends our civic space birdsong sanctuary.

For almost 100 years Optimist Lake provided a buffer zone for Federally protected wetlands. Since the collapse of the dam those wetlands are filling in with silt and pollutants from upstream. The waterfowl are gone. The lake is gone. We will work with what we have and in time the Greater Mobile area will realize the important role that Lake Optimist Dam served this community. They will come to restore the area for the greater good. In the meantime we are managing the parks, have built a wild songbird habitat, are cleaning up dead wood, protecting the land from outsider takeover, and working to get grants to restore the natural wetland and wildlife habitat. We ask that you support us in any way you are able. Thank you.