A community once known for its legendary inability to agree on anything has found common ground: Flat Rock must be fixed.
What was once a vibrant community hub—hosting children's birthday parties, engagements, weddings, the iconic RE/MAX Baffle Creek Raft Race, and serving as a beloved spot for fishing and boating—has now become a dangerous health and safety liability.
The main area is slowly submerging, residents say due to upstream land clearing and persistent climate change. Daily, people injure themselves on razor-sharp, slippery rocks. Public BBQs and shelters have vanished. The playground is an exposed, unshaded relic from an era of limited imagination. The Boat Club, once a weekend destination with hundreds sailing, swimming, and kayaking from across the region, is now a hollow, barely functioning dream.
"We dont agree on much. But we agree on this: Fix Flat Rock," said a spokesperson for the Fix Flat Rock steering committee.