Clarifying The Goal
Sherry Lynn Gros 3/9/2023 I got a request to clarify what I am hoping to get out of all the “noise” I am making regarding this lake issue and to keep it simple. I hope to get: Professional Environmental and…
Announcement – HPca, Inc – Lake Optimist Environmental Impact Assessment 2023
by Sherry Gros, Citizen Journalist for the Highland Park Review February 25, 2023 Highland Park Community Association is heading up the Environmental Impact Assessment for Lake Optimist 2023. The purpose is to guide Highland Park residents and stakeholders through a…
Memorial Day 2022 – We Remember
Today we remember those who defended our Nation and laid down their lives so that we may live to carry on the Torch of Freedom. We carry that Torch in their Honor. We are Americans. We live in treacherous times.…
HPca Annual Members Meeting 2022
NOTICE: There has been no response to calls for membership. There has been no response to renewing membership dues (which is one dollar annually). There is generally no interest from HIghland Park residents in managing the park and lake under…
Why is The Dam at Lake Optimist not on this Project List?
by Sherry Lynn Gros for the HIghland Park Review April 26, 2022 Look at the millions of dollars in monies awarded by Mobile County Commission in the link below. There is no reason in this world why Highland Park Community…
Ushering in a New Era of Wetlands and Watershed in Highland Park Subdivision
by Sherry Gros Freelance Writer for Highland Park Subdivision Mobile Alabama 10/02/2021 Lakes were an imporant feature of a neighborhood during the early 1900s subdivision development in the South. There were no climate controlled environments before WWII aside from an…
RESILIENCE and RESTORATION ~ TIME TO FOCUS
BY SHERRY GROS FREELANCE WRITER FOR HIGHLAND PARK MOBILE AL Good Thursday Morning. Here are a few other things we can add to the growing list of ideas of what to do to recover the dam. 1. Class Action Suit:…
“PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL” OPTIMIST LAKE DAM IS NO MORE
BY SHERRY LYNN GROS FREELANCE WRITER FOR HIGHLAND PARK MOBILE AL Catastrophic Failure at around 4 PM on August 30, 2021 Optimist Lake Dam Suffers Critical Injury This article is an update to yesterday’s article. I guess I could feel…
The Dam at Optimist Lake after Hurricane IDA
By Sherry Gros Freeland Writer for Highland Park Mobile AL 08/30/2021 Good Monday morning. The dam is overtopping at 7:15 am. The lake is at its high water mark, as high as it can get, and the water is rushing…
January 2020 SWIM Report for Optimist Lake
By Sherry Lynn Gros, President, LHPca and Freelance Writer for the Highland Park Subdivision Sorry this is so late in coming out. I received it end of February 2021 but by that time I was enjoined by the neighboring HOA…