Long Bar Community Update

Dear Neighbor,

I'm writing you today to update you on some of the things we have done as we begin organizing our community and to let you know about some areas where we are in need of people to help out.

As you know, our meeting at the Bush River Yacht Club on July 7th was a huge success. We heard directly from the Sheriff's office about what's been happening in our community, and we heard what they are doing. We also began putting together plans for a Neighborhood Watch and discussed the construction of a community website.

First we need volunteers to help us coordinate our Neighborhood Watch program. For us to be eligible to participate in Neighborhood Watch several steps need to be completed. First the Sheriff's department has suggested splitting the community into four sections due to our geographic size.(see web site for map). Second each section must designate its own captain. Those interested in getting their Watch off the ground please let me know.

Secondly, we need volunteers to be on a website committee and to be in charge of making updates to our website. Dave Dorsey, a website developer with Visionary's Management Consultants, LLC. in Timonium, has graciously volunteered to work with us free of charge on our community website, longbarharbor.com. He is a very experienced website developer and will be creating tools to help us manage the website's content through a simple point-and-click interface.

With the tools Dave is providing, you won't need to know how to "code" or how to do any sort of web design. You'll need the ability to type, and the desire to help keep everyone informed – and that's it. So if you're interested in helping us keep our website fresh and up to date, please respond to this e-mail and let me know.

This initiative can only be effective if we all can maintain the level of enthusiasm that was evident at our meeting at the Yacht Club. Together, we can make sure Long Bar Harbor is one of the best and safest communities in Harford County. I urge you to step up and help us make this community-building effort a success.

Your neighbor and friend,

Paul Fortier
community@longbarharbor.com