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Lanier shoreline holds up well during Irma ahead of Shore Sweep
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Bags of trash and blocks of foam are piled above the water line of Lake Lanier on Monday in front of a Lake Lanier Association Shore Sweep poster. The area was flagged as an advance drop location so that volunteers can easily grab bags of garbage on Saturday.
Tropical Storm Irma roughed up Gainesville and Hall County, but the Lake Lanier waterfront fared relatively well in the storm. That’s good news for property owners, but it’s also good for the Lake Lanier Association and its volunteers getting ready for their annual cleanup event, Shore Sweep, set for Saturday. Shore Sweep begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, and advance dropoff locations on islands around the lake opened last week. Those advance locations were due to open before mid-September, but were delayed as Tropical Storm Irma headed for Georgia.