ORDA Funding
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Campgottagopee
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D.B. Cooper
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“Whiteface hasn’t had a new lift in…I can’t even remember…maybe since the gondola.” -ORDA Board Member before voting to fund Whiteface’s third new lift in four years.
That was Art Lussi. Something so dumb needs to be called out.
That was Art Lussi. Something so dumb needs to be called out.
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Art Lussi, an attorney, is the President (and one of the owners with his sister and brother) of the Crowne Plaza Lake Placid and the Lake Placid Vacation Corp. He has been President since 1991. The Crowne Plaza is right next door to the $19 million Olympic Conference Center. His father, Serge G. Lussi, and mother, Caroline Lussi, were the previous owners of the Crowne Plaza and the Lake Placid Vacation Corp. Serge G Lussi was a member of the ORDA Board starting in the 1980s thru 2014. Art Lussi has been on the ORDA Board since 2017.
Art Lussi is also Co-Owner of other holdings: Lake Placid Club Golf Courses and wedding venues, Lake Placid Marina and Boat Tours, and a partial interest in the Lake Placid Hampton Inn and Suites
There have been ethics questions raised over the years about the Lussi Family doing business with ORDA.
ORDA condo lease raises ethics questions
LAKE PLACID — A condominium the state Olympic Regional Development Authority has leased for years is owned by the family of a former ORDA board vice president, raising questions about a possible conflict of interest. Serge Lussi sat on ORDA’s board of directors since the 1980s, including some...
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In the early 2000s, during an ORDA Board meeting, the final approval and installation of the Hudson Triple at Gore was being discussed. Serge Lussi suggested that Front Street developers (owners of the property next to the Ski Bowl) should be asked to contribute to the cost of the lift. The ORDA Board managed to hold up the lift for 1 month. He also stated he would love to have a lift right next to his property (Crown Plaza) and maybe ORDA should build a gondola from Lake Placid to the base of Whiteface - a distance of 9 miles. A few years later the ORDA Board approved the $19 million Olympic Conference Center right next to the Lussi Family owned Crowne Plaza Lake Placid.
Art Lussi grew up in Lake Placid and attended Northwood High School.
D.B. Cooper
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I think a lot of people in town are familiar with the family. Notwithstanding his background, my point is that anyone in charge of money, especially public money (and the amounts that board is responsible for dispensing) should be more familiar with the organization he or she is appointed to run.
He should apologize and we all move on.
He should apologize and we all move on.
Campgottagopee
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Classic case of "nothing to see here"Art Lussi, an attorney, is the President (and one of the owners with his sister and brother) of the Crowne Plaza Lake Placid and the Lake Placid Vacation Corp. He has been President since 1991. The Crowne Plaza is right next door to the $19 million Olympic Conference Center. His father, Serge G. Lussi, and mother, Caroline Lussi, were the previous owners of the Crowne Plaza and the Lake Placid Vacation Corp. Serge G Lussi was a member of the ORDA Board starting in the 1980s thru 2014. Art Lussi has been on the ORDA Board since 2017.
Art Lussi is also Co-Owner of other holdings: Lake Placid Club Golf Courses and wedding venues, Lake Placid Marina and Boat Tours, and a partial interest in the Lake Placid Hampton Inn and Suites
There have been ethics questions raised over the years about the Lussi Family doing business with ORDA.
ORDA condo lease raises ethics questions
LAKE PLACID — A condominium the state Olympic Regional Development Authority has leased for years is owned by the family of a former ORDA board vice president, raising questions about a possible conflict of interest. Serge Lussi sat on ORDA’s board of directors since the 1980s, including some...
In the early 2000s, during an ORDA Board meeting, the final approval and installation of the Hudson Triple at Gore was being discussed. Serge Lussi suggested that Front Street developers (owners of the property next to the Ski Bowl) should be asked to contribute to the cost of the lift. The ORDA Board managed to hold up the lift for 1 month. He also stated he would love to have a lift right next to his property (Crown Plaza) and maybe ORDA should build a gondola from Lake Placid to the base of Whiteface - a distance of 9 miles. A few years later the ORDA Board approved the $19 million Olympic Conference Center right next to the Lussi Family owned Crowne Plaza Lake Placid.
Art Lussi grew up in Lake Placid and attended Northwood High School.
Is the red line here correct?
It’s from Frontstreet's link
Real Estate Development - FrontStreet Partners, LLC
FrontStreet has developed real estate worldwide. Key among its current projects is Ski Bowl Village, a ski-on/ski-off community at Gore Mountain in New York
frontstreetpartners.com
ORDA Ski Resort Portfolio and Hospitality Strategy - Real Estate Solutions Group
The Olympic Regional Development Authority (“ORDA”) was created by the State of New York to manage and operate the 1932 and 1980 Olympic facilities in Lake Placid, and is now responsible for operating the only three publicly-owned ski mountains in New York State: Gore Mountain Ski Center...
www.resgroup.net
"Based on the study’s recommendations, New York State announced additional funding for the ORDA Mountains to address their most critical capital investment needs. New York State is also exploring the potential for public-private partnerships to bring ski-in/ski-out lodging to the ski resorts."
Emphasis added.
Folks sure like alliteration.
Campgottagopee
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WhoaORDA Ski Resort Portfolio and Hospitality Strategy - Real Estate Solutions Group
The Olympic Regional Development Authority (“ORDA”) was created by the State of New York to manage and operate the 1932 and 1980 Olympic facilities in Lake Placid, and is now responsible for operating the only three publicly-owned ski mountains in New York State: Gore Mountain Ski Center...
"Based on the study’s recommendations, New York State announced additional funding for the ORDA Mountains to address their most critical capital investment needs. New York State is also exploring the potential for public-private partnerships to bring ski-in/ski-out lodging to the ski resorts."
Emphasis added.
Folks sure like alliteration.
Wonder what NYS paid for the expert outside analyses.
At least the resgroup is from Pennsylvania.
