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About Us Jordan Lake Arts & Music, LLC is a registered nonprofit organization that strives to provide live, local music, including bluegrass, folk, jazz, reggae, zydeco and many more as well as Lawn Chair Theater, for your entertainment. Working with local talent allows us to showcase the abundance of talent in the surrounding areas rather than out source at an attempt to entertain the crowd. All of our efforts will go to great causes, environmental, educational, sustainable and so on. Jordan Lake Farm, a historic 1865 farmhouse located in northern Chatham County which sits on a scenic 20-acre environment adjacent to Jordan Lake, will be the site of our very first art and music festival. JLF offers an idyllic and unique setting for the performing arts and music for all invited guest and patrons in our community. We encourage people of all ages, culture and economic background with a supportive environment in which to explore and experience the arts. JLF invites local, regional, national and international artists whose works stimulate, challenge and educate, to perform in a simple and creative environment. The fall JLAM festival will be a fundraiser to benefit the “SAVE JORDAN LAKE” project. The Jordan Lake watershed stretches from Greensboro east to Durham and Apex. It is home to nearly a million people, with more arriving every day. Each year, the lake receives over 12 million visits from people coming to the lake to swim, fish, sail, or just watch herons and eagles soar over the water. In addition, Jordan Lake is a source of drinking water for over 100,000 people. We’ve not taken good care of the lake. Rain that falls anywhere in the watershed, and wastewater discharged into upstream creeks, eventually flows down to Jordan Lake. High levels of pollution – from wastewater plants and from runoff – are causing algal blooms and extreme chemical conditions in the lake. The problem isn’t limited to the lake itself; virtually every town upstream has a creek that has been damaged by pollution. We can fix this. The federal Clean Water Act requires that everyone who contributes to the problem help solve it by reducing the pollution going into the lake. The NC Environmental Management Commission has proposed a package of rules that will require upgrades at a number of wastewater treatment plants, and will require better controls of runoff from new and existing development. We all need to do our part to clean up Jordan Lake. Now! For more information on our collaborative efforts please check out these websites: Save Jordan Lake Environment North Carolina Haw River Assembly Conservation Council of North Carolina North Carolina Conservation Network Southern Environmental Law Center |