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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 - 12:23 pm
A state judge has ordered the town of Shandaken to examine whether the most profitable part of the long-awaited Belleayre Resort, over 200 real estate “lodging units” that could be sold as condos or timeshares, are allowed under the town’s zoning laws. ... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 31, 2016 - 10:35 am
Above: Bartender James Reber makes a Moscow Mule with freshly-squeezed ginger at the Woodnotes Grille. Photo by Julia Reischel.
The Emerson Resort and Spa, once known as Catskill Corners, was built in 1996 in buildings that once housed a dairy farm along... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 - 3:20 pm
Above: A map of the Full Build-Out Alternative plan for the state-owned Belleayre Mountain Ski Area, from the SEQR Findings Statement for the Belleayre Mountain Ski Center Unit Management Plan.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 - 4:32 pm
Above: A model of one of the the planned hotels, viewed from above, of the proposed Belleayre Resort project. Photo by Julia Reischel.
The Catskill Heritage Alliance, a nonprofit group that has long opposed the construction of the 739-acre Belleayre... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 - 1:22 am
Above: An interactive timeline of 15 years of Belleayre Resort review.
The staff of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation say that they have thoroughly vetted the environmental impact of the proposed Belleayre Resort on a Catskills... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 16, 2013 - 4:43 pm
Above: A document showing a roughly 1,200-acre parcel acquired by the state in Big Indian, near the Belleayre Ski Center. Source: DEC website.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has announced that the agency has completed a proposal to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 12:08 pm
Above: More than 100 people pack the Discovery Lodge at the Belleayre Ski Center for an informational meeting about proposed upgrades to the ski center, held by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) on Wednesday, May 22. Photo by Lissa... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2013 - 2:58 pm
Above: Scale model of the planned hotel and lodge buildings at Highmount -- part of the proposed Belleayre Resort project -- from a supplemental draft environmental impact statement released Wednesday by the DEC.
The long-planned Belleayre Resort project... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 - 4:45 pm
Local developer Dean Gitter is selling his stake in Shandaken's Emerson Hotel to co-owner Emily Fisher.
In a press release issued Tuesday by the Emerson, Gitter said that the sale would allow him to focus on building the Belleayre Resort:
“Emily and I... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 10:39 am
"The Catskills: Always In Season."
Get ready to see it on bumper stickers, billboards, ad campaigns, and anything else a bunch of marketers can think of. That's the slogan that got Arkville's Jenn Nolan $1,500 from the Catskill Park Resource Foundation on... Read more