Lake Lanier Info

Georgia World Congress Center this week was a great place to measure people's confidence in Lake Lanier. Do buyers at the 46th Annual Atlanta Boat Show still want to spend $100,000s on big boats?

The answer was ... maybe. The AJC reports that half-million dollar boats were still being purchased because "there's still plenty of room in the lake's main channel". About 40,000 visitors are expected with sales of around 700 boats.

On the downside, many of the boat vendors were worried by the combination of low lake levels and and weakening economy.

It seemed to me that the overall mood was "lets wait and see". If the lake rebounds in the next few months confidence will come back quickly. Even a rise of 5 to 10 feet will help greatly. However, if the lake stays at 20 feet below full pool, or even drops further, local business confidence might fall rapidly.

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