Welcome to Big Crooked Lake Improvement Association online.
As you know we are doing our best to provide the perfect lake lifestyle for our community. Big Crooked Lake Improvement Association is interested in your voice and ongoing support. This is why we are asking residents to complete the lake members survey page. By doing this you are benefiting the lake community. Thank you for your help with our surveys.
2024 season is getting started. Residents are asking for keys to put in their boats on our wonderful private lake. Remember the keys free and available, only to those residents who pay their yearly association dues.Please do not give out your keys as we need everyone's support on this.Yearly dues matter to the community and our ongoing lake improvements.
Raising funds that support our Big Crooked Lake Community.
Please shop for BCL swag and purchase cookies from the worlds famous Mrs, Fields. All profits from purchases will help with weed control and the high cost of lake maintenance.
Discovery After reviewing past year’s collections of dues we realized that just over 50% of those residing in the association geography actually paid yearly dues.
This is part of the reason we have weed control issues, these numbers are not good and as everyone is aware everything is costing more these days. Lake improvements are at an all time high, this allowing us to do less with what we have. We can not express to our community on how important it is to have every home and property owner on the lake pitch in every year.
Boat launch key After speaking with residents, many thought yearly association dues fee was only to receive the boat launch key.
We can see why people would think this, however dues is not about the key. If residents are using other ways to put their boats in the water we still ask that everyone pays the yearly fee required to help maintain the lake the best way possible.
Why money matters Big Crooked Lake is a private lake and with that, there are many hidden cost people are unaware of. Property owner dues are managed by the Big Crooked Lake Improvement Association to work for you and our community.
This money creates our yearly budgets.Money is used to cover the FREE boat launch key cost for residents after paying their dues. We use money for the boat launch maintenance. Mailers for communications, postage stamps, insurances, taxes, PO Box and lake signs.
The most expensive cost to all of us is the current lake treatment fees. Plus any all the other fees involved with the association business/special assessments. In addition to all the above stocking the lake with fish. We also put on the fall chili cook off /hay ride event for kids and families.
Imagine how all of these cost add up. We can only do so much with weed control based on cost and options. For these reasons, your yearly dues and money matters to the entire community and the lake life.
2025 Dues Increase by $5.00 To keep up with increasing costs the decision was made to increase dues to $45 a year. Current bylaws only allow $5 incremental increases. Year 2025 dues rate will be $50 per year.