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“All we have ever needed was the courage to endure and prepare for better days ahead. "For What It’s Worth By Jim Owens 
Jim Owens
It seemed for a while that all Atlanta, including one of the outer-boundary beltways, was headed our way. Even with 300 construction-type workers waiting each morning to do their “thing” here, Big Canoe did not lose its uniqueness of being away from the madding crowds of greater Atlanta. The formula for a great place to live has and will remain — the best that nature has to offer to a caring community. Big Canoe should offer up a safe harbor from most storms if its people manage the circumstances of drastic change. Sure we have and will continue to be a part of the world around us. That is why it became a safe harbor in the first place. Thank you, Tom Cousins for being a man with an attainable vision. Thank you, early residents of Big Canoe for protecting this place from greedy investors. How fortunate we have been because of the litigation instituted by a fledgling Big Canoe community which gave us, among other things, ownership of our amenities which is a key reason for our “safe harbor” status. Prognosticators seem to believe that after our current recession is over, things will return to a different kind of normalcy. They seem to be saying that the quick-step of the past twenty years will slow to a moderate pace. Stated another way — we will experience a change in our style of living to a slower but steady upward pace. Big Canoe appears to be prepared to maintain its “safe harbor” status for the foreseeable future. We have new things on the way, (e.g. reworked covenants and a capital reserve that should serve us well as the years rush by). We may not have to concern ourselves with the magic “4750” build-out number for years to come. The de facto build-out scenario that we have experienced for the last 2 ½ years seems to have worked well for all concerned parties. As I write this article we have a “safe harbor” that is partially iced-over, but a change in weather is just around the corner. And so goes most of the problems of Big Canoe. All we have ever needed was the courage to endure and prepare for better days ahead. I believe that is the right course whatever the weather may be. |
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