About

The Association for the Preservation of Long Pond (“Association”) was established in 2002 to ensure the health and beauty of Long Pond for current and future generations. Due to homeowners’ involvement and proactive leadership, the Association, working with the Town of Barnstable, has and continues to work to prevent the overgrowth of Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant species. We are also focused on understanding the causes of and mitigation for elevated Cyanobacteria levels in our pond as well as a number of other issues of interest to the homeowners around Long Pond.

In September 2019, we started a mailing and web campaign in an effort to update and re-energize the Association. We sent out a mailer in early October encouraging homeowners in and around Long Pond to join the Association and sign-up to this website. As of July, 2023 we have a total of 165 members which is about half of the homeowners that live on the pond or streets surrounding the pond. As new people move into the area, please let your new neighbors know about the Association. They can easily sign up by logging onto this website: preservelongpond.org.

Organization

The Association is run by a volunteer Steering Committee of neighbors who live on and around Long Pond. Our current officers:

CO-CHAIRPERSONS: Jim Kelly, Donna Mayo

VICE CHAIRPERSON: Michael MacDonald

COMMUNICATIONS: Cathy Fair

EDITOR-AT-LARGE: Steve Waller

The Association is governed by a Steering Sub-Committee consisting of the Officers and Members-at-Large and should consist of no less than five (5) nor no more than twelve (12) members.

We welcome fresh perspectives. If you are interested in serving as a Member-at-Large or on the Steering Committee, please email us at contact@preservelongpond.org.

We strive to keep you updated about our efforts regarding the health and safety of the pond via email and this website.

In memoriam: Ron Sirch, our Chairperson from 2008 to 2020 and Chairperson Emeritus thereafter, and Paul Yasi, a Steering Committee member since 2023, both passed away in 2026. We miss them, and we are grateful for all they did for Long Pond.