I would also be very surprised if the town bought it.
If nothing else this brings the Foxman era to a close right?
I'd like to understand the editorial approval process on that piece.
The journalism industry has been decimated. Quality has followed, especially on the local level. It's amazing some outlets even survive, even in digital form.
It's all so sad. I first heard about this Tupper revival when I watched the PBS Adirondacks documentary in, what, '07? All those people in the end at the town meeting who were duped by that guy thinking they would be a new Aspen and they could either find a local job, any job, or sell the house for some inflated sum and move to a warm place. With jobs. All this time, and then I read this. So sad. They have no clue. And it's all so dreamy, like they thought it up on a coaster at the bar. Yeah, mountain biking! Yeah, hiking trails! Yeah, sled trails! We'll finally own this place! It's a gold mine! Lord. No focus, just, give us something, anything. If they want a ski hill, they need major capital to just build a new ski hill, because the only thing left at this point is derelict, and grown over. I just listened to a podcast with the CEO of Saddleback, which just came back online after "only" five years, and they're starting with 13 million, with a let's see how this goes before another 40 million or so is spent during a long term plan. And that has the backing of a smart PE outfit and a former LL Bean exec hired to run it.
https://skiing.substack.com/p/podcast-30-saddleback-gm-and-ceo?r=3ib01
Maybe the people of Tupper will luck out and find that, but, highly doubtful. Sounds like they are still primed to get scammed again (which actually happened at Saddleback before the present owners invested).
And, no way the state is dropping in. They have zillions "invested" over at LP. The hit on state revenues from virus lockdowns will linger for years. No way Cuomo is building a new ski hill that nobody wants but the Tupper locals.
Sad.
