A representative of The Woodsmen, LLC, an Atlanta-based corporation, recently posted information on the lake site. Since The Woodsmen, LLC has owned 406 Suncrest Blvd., a property in our community since 2024, their representative has the right to post to the site just as all other owners are encouraged to do.
Unfortunately, the information posted by The Woodsmen, LLC is not completely accurate. In an effort to help all of our neighbors have a complete and accurate picture of the facts, the Board would like to point you to some source documents that you can read for yourself. All the documents referenced are available on the lake website under Lake Documents – Talahi Lake. Please check them out.
The first is a document titled “Talahi-Lake-Management-Corporation-Grantors-8_13_1981.” In this document, you will see that all sections of Talahi Lake Estates are mentioned. No exceptions, no exclusions. You will also see the word “covenant” in the document. It shows the markings where it has been filed with the county. To assert that there are sections of our community that “have no current covenants in place” is factually inaccurate. The Woodsmen, LLC is aware that this covenant exists, as it is the binding document that imposes our annual lake dues, which The Woodsmen, LLC has paid each year since it has owned property in our community.
Other documents you may review are the meeting minutes and budgets for the last three years. In three consecutive annual public meetings, the budget was presented, discussed, and accepted by the community members present. It was posted for all to see after the meeting and has been open for public comment each year. Upon careful examination of those budgets, you will see that legal fees were budgeted. The Woodsmen, LLC seems to imply that the Board is somehow misappropriating funds when it uses the funds budgeted, in the manner budgeted, and within the amounts approved by the community. This is an inaccurate representation of the facts.
The Woodsmen, LLC also asserts that the Board is operating outside of its mandate. Again, please refer to the documents posted, where you can find the by-laws, which do not tell the Board to do this or that explicitly. The Woodsmen, LLC, is attempting to portray a set of restrictions on the lake management that simply do not exist.
One fact that The Woodsmen, LLC gets correct is that several docks on the Lake have covers, which directly violates the Lake Use Agreement. Since they have only owned property for a couple of years, The Woodsmen, LLC can be forgiven for not knowing the history of those docks. Long before Woodsmen, LLC came to Talahi Lake Estates, the first covered dock was proposed for the Lake. Those of you who are long-time residents will surely remember that there was much discussion at the time. Ultimately, the Board decided to allow the covered dock. In doing so, the Board established a precedent which has been continued through the intervening decades in a spirit of fairness to others who wanted covered docks. Any enforcement of restrictions on docks, fences, outbuildings , or any other lake-use rules should include consideration of exemptions or similar process to ensure equity.
In the end, the Woodsmen, LLC encourages everyone to refuse to participate in the voting process. You have an opportunity under the law to make your voice heard.. Vote for, vote against – Agree or disagree, but do not stop participating and trying to make things better.
As soon as the voting is finalized there will be a called meeting to share results, discuss next steps and elect new board members.
Finally, the Board would ask everyone to remember that we are a community of neighbors who love the Lake and all that it offers. One person’s “busybody” is another person’s caring neighbor. In all that we do, let’s treat one another with dignity and respect free from name-calling and litigious threats.
The Board of Directors
Talahi Lake Property Owners Association, Inc.

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