"Berkshire town takes a turn; Adams is trying to find a developer to build a lodge and conference center to help shift its fortunes" by Aubin Tyler, Globe Correspondent / June 9, 2010
ADAMS — This tiny town in the heart of the Berkshires is having a go at something others have tried and failed to do since the 1950s: build a resort at the base of Mount Greylock, the state’s highest peak and first wilderness park.
The resort would be in an area called Greylock Glen, a 1,063-acre swath of farmland, pasture, and burbling brooks at the base of the mountain’s eastern flank. It would include a conference center and lodge, 140-site campground, and revamped trail system in the first phase, and possibly later an environmental education and Nordic ski center, and an outdoor performance amphitheater.
Last month Massachusetts environmental regulators gave Adams permission to proceed, a key milestone for a project that has been repeatedly opposed by environmentalists who feared previous iterations would damage a magnificent natural area.
Now, all Adams needs is $44 million....
Taking away the tax subsidies to Hollywood should cover that.
Adams has begun to look for a developer to build the conference center, lodge, and campground.
With all the accompanying tax breaks, etc.
The developer would get the profits from the operations while Adams would net revenue from taxes levied on overnight stays....
Oh, this whole piece is nothing but an agenda-pushing Boston Globe business advertisement posing as a news story.
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Also see: Family closes florist shop after 101 years
Oh, I'm sorry, it was HEMLOCK I was thinking of; good thing I caught the florist before he went out of business.
Who needs an ugly flower shop anyway?
