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From Page 1 riding, possibly hang gliding and “later on, swimming and tennis, but that has to come with the other 150 acres.”
If the developers make a commitment for the slide a year from now, the summer operation could open on Memorial Day in 1978 and the ski area could open in December of 1979. Moore said there was a possibility that the ski area could open by the winter of 1977.
“Now we get to the problem. That’s that 150 acres. We need to do something up there. We need money and we need people up there...It has the most beautiful view that I think you’ll ever find. There should be something up there.”
MOORE’S first idea was a motel. The tract is zoned commercial so there wouldn’t be a problem with a rezoning. He added that it would be to the company’s economic advantage in terms of ski area business, to have rental units there. The only problem with the motal plan was money.
Roads, sewage and water would cost “more money than we can swing,” said Moore. Besides, whoever operated the motel would have control over the swimming pool and tennis operation, control that the company wants to retain.
An alternative favored by Moore over the motel is apartment units that would be sold, but only as second homes. “I’ve heard you don’t want to increase school taxes,” he said, maintaining that second homes wouldn’t add any children to the school population.
To interest the other investors that the Rappahannock Ski Corporation would need as partners before reopening the ski area, “we need some rights to do something reasonable up there,” maintained Moore. He added that he couldn’t promise that the area would reopen if even if he got the alpine sled and the condominiums. Nor could he say definitely that the area would stayed closed if his ideas didn’t work out.
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