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<title>Green groups raise new challenge to Tupper Lake resort</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20459/20120911/green-groups-raise-new-challenge-to-tupper-lake-resort</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 11, 2012) State officials are rejecting a claim by two environmental groups that permits for the new resort in Tupper Lake are invalid because developers failed to meet a deadline for satisfying permit conditions.On Monday, Protect the Adirondacks and the Sierra Club issued a letter arguing that a six-month grace period had expired in July, requiring developers to begin the permitting process again.But in a statement, Adirondack Park Agency spokesman Keith McKeever said that the resort has a &quot;ten year tie period&quot; to complete requirements. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20459/20120911/green-groups-raise-new-challenge-to-tupper-lake-resort">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[State officials are rejecting a claim by two environmental groups that permits for the new resort in Tupper Lake are invalid because developers failed to meet a deadline for satisfying permit conditions.On Monday, Protect the Adirondacks and the Sierra Club issued a letter arguing that a six-month grace period had expired in July, requiring developers to begin the permitting process again.But in a statement, Adirondack Park Agency spokesman Keith McKeever said that the resort has a &quot;ten year tie period&quot; to complete requirements. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20459/20120911/green-groups-raise-new-challenge-to-tupper-lake-resort">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, environment, big tupper, resort, second home, adirondack club and resort,, [loc:44.2239488 -74.4640575], outdoor recreation, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Adirondack Club and Resort approved on 10-to-1 vote, despite last-minute soul-searching</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19162/20120120/adirondack-club-and-resort-approved-on-10-to-1-vote-despite-last-minute-soul-searching</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 20, 2012) UPDATE: The Adirondack Park Agency this morning approved a series of permits giving the green light to the massive resort planned for the area around the Big Tupper ski mountain in Tupper Lake.The 10-1 vote caps a turbulent and sometimes bitter seven-year debate over the project.  Brian Mann has been following this issue from the start and he joins me now.Brian Mann joined Martha Foley earlier this morning to talk about last minute deliberations. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19162/20120120/adirondack-club-and-resort-approved-on-10-to-1-vote-despite-last-minute-soul-searching">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[UPDATE: The Adirondack Park Agency this morning approved a series of permits giving the green light to the massive resort planned for the area around the Big Tupper ski mountain in Tupper Lake.The 10-1 vote caps a turbulent and sometimes bitter seven-year debate over the project.  Brian Mann has been following this issue from the start and he joins me now.Brian Mann joined Martha Foley earlier this morning to talk about last minute deliberations. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19162/20120120/adirondack-club-and-resort-approved-on-10-to-1-vote-despite-last-minute-soul-searching">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>05:17</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>economy, politics, environment, adirondacks, outdoor recreation, big tupper resort, adirondack club and resort, second home, tourism, [loc:44.2239488 -74.4640575], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Rainstorms trigger slide in Keene Valley, threatening homes</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17673/20110518/rainstorms-trigger-slide-in-keene-valley-threatening-homes</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (May 18, 2011) Weeks of relentless rain have destabilized a massive section of hillside in the Adrian&apos;s Acres neighborhood in Keene Valley, which sits on the slopes of Porter Mountain.Town and state officials say an area roughly a half-mile wide has begun to shift, slumping downward several inches each day.One vacation home has already been condemned, and one other house evacuated.  At least four more homes are threatened.Brian Mann was on Porter Mountain yesterday and has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17673/20110518/rainstorms-trigger-slide-in-keene-valley-threatening-homes">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Weeks of relentless rain have destabilized a massive section of hillside in the Adrian&apos;s Acres neighborhood in Keene Valley, which sits on the slopes of Porter Mountain.Town and state officials say an area roughly a half-mile wide has begun to shift, slumping downward several inches each day.One vacation home has already been condemned, and one other house evacuated.  At least four more homes are threatened.Brian Mann was on Porter Mountain yesterday and has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17673/20110518/rainstorms-trigger-slide-in-keene-valley-threatening-homes">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, adirondacks, emergency, weather, flood 2011, flood, flooding, porter mountain, second home, slide, keene valley, keene, [loc:44.1897716 -73.7859721], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Tupper Lake resort faces deep skepticism in business community</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17519/20110422/tupper-lake-resort-faces-deep-skepticism-in-business-community</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 22, 2011) For seven years, developer Michael Foxman has been promising to build a massive new resort in Tupper Lake, worth roughly $500 million. He’s hoping to win final approval for the project from the Adirondack Park Agency this fall.Many community leaders have embraced his vision as a way to revive a former logging and manufacturing town that lost seven percent of its population over the last decade.But an investigation by North Country Public Radio, in partnership with the Adirondack Explorer magazine, found that significant doubts remain about the economic viability of Foxman’s resort.Over a period of weeks and dozens of interviews, we found that important questions remain unanswered about how the resort will be financed and marketed.As Brian Mann reports, it’s unclear when the project’s elaborate infrastructure and amenities, including those at the Big Tupper ski area, will be built. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17519/20110422/tupper-lake-resort-faces-deep-skepticism-in-business-community">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For seven years, developer Michael Foxman has been promising to build a massive new resort in Tupper Lake, worth roughly $500 million. He’s hoping to win final approval for the project from the Adirondack Park Agency this fall.Many community leaders have embraced his vision as a way to revive a former logging and manufacturing town that lost seven percent of its population over the last decade.But an investigation by North Country Public Radio, in partnership with the Adirondack Explorer magazine, found that significant doubts remain about the economic viability of Foxman’s resort.Over a period of weeks and dozens of interviews, we found that important questions remain unanswered about how the resort will be financed and marketed.As Brian Mann reports, it’s unclear when the project’s elaborate infrastructure and amenities, including those at the Big Tupper ski area, will be built. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17519/20110422/tupper-lake-resort-faces-deep-skepticism-in-business-community">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>09:59</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, adirondacks, adirondack club and resort, acr, big tupper, foxman, tourism, economic development, housing, second home, [loc:44.2239488 -74.4640575], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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