NLIA Meeting Updates & News

NLIA Membership Meeting - July 4, 2026

Thanks to all who attended the meeting. See meeting minutes and Treasurer's report in Reports section below. 

Important topics included an approved motion to increase the 2026 NLIA budget by $2000 for needed aeration system optimization work as proposed by NLIA Lake Manager, Aqua Link, as well as updates on general water quality and lake management, total membership tally, fund raising efforts, and progress on NLIA Bylaws review.  

We look forward to seeing you at our final meeting of the season on September 5th.

Other important July happenings include...............

50/50 Raffle Update

Congratulations to our Independence Day 50/50 Winners, Joan and Rich Wilczynski. They are the recipients of a prize totaling $1300.

Thank you to everyone who supported this fundraising event benefiting the North Lake Improvement Association. We are grateful for your continued support and look forward to seeing you at future North Lake events.

LAKEFEST 2026 

It was a fun filled family day at the First Annual Lakefest with many participating in the Fishing Derby and Talent show. 

Fishing Derby 

Nineteen anglers braved the summer heat and enjoyed a successful day on the water landing some impressive catches. Congratulations to all of our winners and a special thanks to Jason Zubris, our Fishing Derby Director and our sincere appreciation to all that participated.

Talent Show

The North Lake Pavilion was filled with family, friends and neighbors gathered to enjoy the many talented performers featured in this year's Talent Show. The evening was filled with music, dance, laughter, cheers and even an impressive karate demonstration as performers of all ages took to the stage. Many thanks to all performers and to those who spent many hours coordinating the event.

A special thank you to the Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire Department for taking the time to share their equipment and expertise with the children at North Lake during our Touch-a-Truck event.

A special thank you to D’s Diner Food Truck for joining us at LakeFest and serving a wonderful selection of delicious food that everyone enjoyed throughout the evening.  We also extend our sincere appreciation to Back Mountain Brewery for their generous donation of cold beverages for the adults to enjoy.

And a final shout out to those Members who helped rebuild the Pavilion stage and assisted in cleaning up the general area. 

Aqua Link Lake Management Onsite - June 10, 2026

The Aqua Link team completed the second water quality treatment to the lake for the 2026 season.

As with the prior treatment this application included both Micro Life Clear Max (beneficial bacteria) and algaecide (copper sulfate). These treatments are designed to prevent, treat and control nuisance blue-green algae blooms.

In addition, they completed the initial gathering of water samples intended to help plan for future treatments.

These treatments are being supported directly from generous contributions from our membership and other fund raising efforts.

We truly appreciate your ongoing support.

We will provide updates as lake treatments continue throughout the upcoming season.

NLIA Water Quality Committee

NLIA Membership Meeting - May 23, 2026

Thanks to all members who braved the weather and attended the first Membership meeting of the summer. We appreciate the level of participation by all and the dialogue around the health of the lake and community as well as the upcoming events calendar. 

Scroll down to review Treasurer's Report, Meeting Minutes and Committee Reports

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Aqua Link Lake Management Onsite - May 12, 2026

Aqua Link was back onsite at North Lake on Tuesday, May 12th.

During this visit, the Aqualink team completed the first water quality treatment to the lake for the 2026 season.

This treatment included Micro Life Clear Max which is applied early in the season in order to establish populations of beneficial bacteria before noxious blue-green bacteria (Cyanophyta) populations have an opportunity to become established. These bacterial additives have been shown to dramatically decrease blue-green algae dominance when applied regularly during the growing season. The treatment also included an Algaecide (copper sulfate) to control nuisance stands and surface mats of filamentous algae.

In addition to the planned treatments this season, we will continue to operate the aeration system to maintain good concentrations of dissolved oxygen throughout the water column.

We will continue to provide updates as lake treatments continue throughout the upcoming season.

NLIA Water Quality Committee

 Lake Management Update - April 9, 2026

Our lake management consultant, Aqua Link was at North Lake on April 9, 2026. They were onsite to provide service to the aeration system including standard maintenance of the pumps and to begin the process of cleaning the diffusers throughout the lake. The Aeration system is now operating and we expect to continue to run the system until the fall of this year. This is the recommendation of Aqua Link. 

Water treatments will begin in the weeks ahead and we will provide updates as those treatments continue through the next several months.

NLIA Water Quality Committee

Please direct any questions you may have to president@nlake.org.

 See March Treasurer's Report below in the Reports section.

February NLIA Membership Meeting Minutes, Treasurer Reports and Aqua Link Presentation/Water Quality Update are available for your review in PDF format. Scroll down to the section below to download.

January 9, 2026

President's 2026 Kick Off Message and Upcoming Events

As we turn the calendar to 2026, we are reaching out to provide you with some updates about the North Lake Improvement Association. As you may know, there have been some changes in the NLIA officers and Board members for the next 2-year period. We want to start by offering our sincere gratitude to those NLIA officers and Board members who previously served for their commitment and efforts to the Association and to North Lake.

The new Board has already been meetng and discussing our priorities for the upcoming year. As always, subject to overall membership input the following high level priorities have been established.

1. Continued Engagement of a Lake Management Consultant

We believe that the direction last year produced positive results and our recommendation is that we continue to engage AquaLink as our lake management consultant. While that is the recommendation,

the final decision on moving forward belongs to the membership. As such, we are planning a virtual meeting to be held on February 5th @ 5:30 pm. Additional information about the meeting will be forthcoming. 

2. 2026 Budget Establishment/Fundraising

The below attached letter include our proposed 2026 Budget/Comparison to 2025 actual expenses. Based on historical membership numbers and the ongoing operating costs including lake management, our

proposed 2026 budget is $34,000 or an average of about $550 per household membership. There is no plan to increase the membership fee but there will be an increased focus on direct fundraising/donations as well as our special events (July 4th drawing and the basket raffle).

3. Membership Communication/Engagement

We will endeavor to focus on improving the communication and engagement of the members. The NLIA Board is in place to serve the members, and we are committed to assuring that the concerns and ideas of membership are considered. To that end, the board is establishing 3 standing committees to which interested members are invited and encouraged to join. The committees are:

• Water Quality

• NLIA Finance: Membership and Fundraising

• Executive/Administrative

This letter is the “kick off” of our 2026-year membership and fund-raising drive. We hope that if you are a current member that you will renew your membership. If you are new to the lake or perhaps not a member for a while, we would like to welcome you to the North Lake Improvement Association. We also hope that you will consider making an additional contribution to help support the Association. Remember all donations are tax deductible.

We are excited about the future of our Association and of our wonderful North Lake community.

Sincerely,

Bob Ochs

NLIA President