| Why we support Belleayre Mountain Ski Center BUT not Belleayre Mega-Resort
Why Save the Mountain?
The Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park is a huge development proposed to be located on Belleayre Mountain at the intersection of Routes 28 and 49A in Highmount, NY, with buildings and roads continuing up the steep slopes to over 3000' in elevation. The location is within in the Catskill Park, in the NYC Watershed and borders constitutionally protected, forever wild forest preserve lands rich in wildlife, on the west side of the taxpayer owned, DEC managed Belleayre Ski Center.
The Belleayre Resort proposed by Crossroads Ventures, LLC with partners Dean Gitter, Emily Fisher and Ken Pasternak, now consists of two developments totaling 629 "units" of various sizes, an 18-hole golf course, driving range, clubhouse, two hotels, two spas -- one underground, five restaurants, ten retail stores, a conference center with a 12,000 sf footprint but unknown number of stories, parking, guest and service roads, gates, security guards, street lighting, service buildings and other structures not yet detailed. More details of the plan are below.
Many local residents, community and environmental groups are standing firm in their opposition to the scale of this project, its impact on the rural communities, picturesque hamlets and protected trout streams, and in particular to some of the buildings and roads built on very steep slopes and at elevations not usually allowed.
Please join our efforts to make this a good project, of sensible size, to enhance, not destroy the Catskill Park and the co-existing wildlife, towns and communities.
Read Why we support Belleayre Mountain Ski Center BUT not Belleayre Mega-Resort
Details of the Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park and the "Deal."
Get important documents such as the resort plan and the Agreement in Principle (AIP) as well as related articles and links in our Resources section.
On our Who to Contact pages we list newspapers to send your letters to, Elected Representatives contact list, Alliance Links and Who's Who in the Belleayre Resort Development push.
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