{"id":4418,"date":"2011-06-29T07:56:05","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T11:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=4418"},"modified":"2011-06-29T07:56:05","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T11:56:05","slug":"is-orda-short-changing-north-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2011\/06\/29\/is-orda-short-changing-north-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Is ORDA short-changing North Creek?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning, Chris Morris reports on the fact that the Olympic Regional Development Authority<\/a> had a great year, with venues in Lake Placid, North Creek and Wilmington all attracting great audience over the winter.<\/p>\n

The number of skiers at Whiteface and Gore Mountains rose by a combined 17,000.<\/p>\n

But that very good news comes amid a fresh round of discussion and debate about ORDA’s role in helping to build the North Creek economy — all of which was kicked off by this passage in one of Jon Alexander’s stories in the Glens Falls Post Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some residents [of North Creek] have grown increasingly annoyed with Gore Mountain, which unlike Whiteface, its sister state-owned mountain near Lake Placid, is largely void of summer events.<\/p>\n

“Gore has a large tourist mecca just down the road in Lake George and they can’t lure people to ride the gondola?” said Dick Carlson, a Johnsburg resident and marketing manager at the Georgian Resort in Lake George. “Whenever they were open, they marketed on the cheap.”<\/p>\n

Whiteface is the site of mountain bike races, brewfests and concerts on an almost weekly basis throughout the summer.<\/p>\n

Even the gondolas won’t be running at Gore.<\/p>\n

Jon Lundin, a spokesman for the Olympic Regional Development Authority, which operates the two mountains, said previous summer events at Gore have lost money.<\/p>\n

“It basically comes down to the fact that Gore is not a summer destination like Whiteface is,” Lundin said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The conversation continued this week in an essay in the Adirondack Almanack by John Warren<\/a> titled “How Gore Mountain Abandoned North Creek.”<\/p>\n

Gore Mountain’s marketing slogan “More Gore” may be catchy, but it’s far from reality – local residents, local officials, and local media should start asking serious questions about why North Creek is getting less Gore, instead of more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There has been resentment and concern in North Creek about ORDA’s focus for years, with some local leaders concerned that the state organization’s center of gravity is too heavily focused in the Lake Placid region.<\/p>\n

In 2007, the ORDA board even briefly considered rerouting roughly $5.5 million<\/a> in state dollars earmarked for the Gore-Ski Bowl interconnect to other projects.\u00a0 That didn’t go over well.<\/p>\n

So what do you think?\u00a0 Now that the interconnect is up and running, is Gore getting a fair shake?\u00a0 Or is ORDA’s other mountain getting lost in the mix?\u00a0 And how would it change things if ORDA also begins managing the Belleayre Resort in the Catskills?<\/p>\n

As always, your comments welcome below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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