2008 Winners

• What are the most popular restaurants and marinas on the lake?
• How long will it take the lake to recover from low water levels?

We aimed to answer all these questions and more via the 2nd Annual Lake Lanier Survey.

Read on to find out the results...

1) How long have you been coming to Lake Lanier?

Lake Lanier clearly has attracted people throughout its 51 years. There's even 2% of the respondents who have been coming here since 1957!
	Lake Lanier in 1957

2) Where do you live?

20% live on the lake Lanier, and another 25% are from Atlanta, but nearly half the respondents live off the lake in surrounding areas.
	Lake Lanier Real Estate

3) How do you like to spend time on Lake Lanier?

Overwhelmingly people come to boat and relax. Fishing is a popular third:
	Boating on Lake Lanier

4) Which part of the lake do you visit most?

In contrast to last year when the vast majority of people visited Buford and the islands at the lake's south end, a large number now go to Gainesville the lake's middle:
	Living Around Lake Lanier

5) Which is your favorite restaurant?

Big Creek Tavern is the winner for the second year in a row, this time by an even larger percentage. Dockside Grill take second place once more.
	Big Creek Tavern

6) Which is your favorite marina?

Whereas the restaurant vote was much more decisive than last year, the marina results were much closer. Holiday Marina wins again but by a much smaller percentage from Aqualand which finishes second once more.
	Holiday Marina

7) What's your favorite place to fish?

In contrast to the close restaurant vote, we had a runaway winner in the marina competition. Holiday Marina proved to be almost twice as popular as its nearest rival Aqualand Marina. Congratulations to Holiday Marina!
	Fishing on Lake Lanier

8) What's the best thing about Lake Lanier?

The two most popular aspects of Lanier reflect answers we saw earlier ... people love boating and they love easy access to Atlana.
	Boating on Lake Lanier

9) What is the worst thing about Lake Lanier?

Water levels were the clear winner here with a few variations such as "Ramps too short" and "Corps managment of water".

10) How long with the lake take to recover?

People aren't particularly optimistic, predicting that it will take between two and five years to return to the levels we've enjoyed in recent year.

11) Who is to blame for low water levels?

A majority think the Corps with the rest of you believing that own government in Georgia or neighboring states are responsible for the current problems.
	Buford Dam