| The president of Winterpark Resort discussed | | | | wishful thinking. There are no plans for next phase |
| what Winter Park Resort is doing about tree | | | | of real estate construction. |
| mitigation. Very long discussion and intricate maps | | | | The Winter park ski train closed this past spring |
| to show how they have done mitigation on 400 | | | | when it was sold to a Canadian company. |
| acres with 1,000 to go but they admit all | | | | Winterpark is in talks with Iowa Pacific Railroads, |
| lodge-pole will be lost and the Resort slopes will | | | | Union Pacific and Amtrak to start up a new Ski |
| look very different in many areas over the next | | | | Train from Denver. It would have modern cars, |
| 5 years. You may see areas roped off to | | | | double the amount of capacity. It would leave |
| encourage growth of new trees/aspens. No | | | | somewhere else than Union Station since it is |
| replanting going on as lodge pole pine regenerates | | | | under construction for next 5 years. They will |
| and brings Aspen. | | | | know more in next 30 days. |
| Residential Real Estate had 30 units to sell in | | | | An up date to the ski train is Amtrack and Iowa |
| Founder's Pointe and Fraser Crossing, sold 14 out | | | | Pacific Railroad are now in court fighting about an |
| of the 15 first half offering and the next 15 will go | | | | agreement that they had with Iowa Pacific using |
| on the market in the Fall of this year. He gave | | | | Amtrack personnel to run Iowa Pacific trains. So |
| the same line that Intrawest gave in the email to | | | | the Ski Train is on hold for now until the next |
| all of us about the sales - that it will help the | | | | court date in January. |
| market in the long run to get these out of their | | | | Come see what all the buzz is about up in WP in |
| inventory. Personally, I wish they would just say | | | | the Colorado Rockies at the WP Village. |
| that their company needed cash, but that's | | | | |