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Kerzner, Paul From: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: NYTimes.com Article: A Catskills Resort Plan Draws Opposition
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Jim: here's the Txs article on the Catskill watershed development. pak
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A Catskills Resort Plan Draws Opposition
By ROBERT WORTH
HANDAKEN, N.Y. — There were snickers and snide comments five years ago when Dean L. Gitter built Catskill Corners, a gaudy gift-shop mall featuring the world's largest kaleidoscope and a silo painted with psychedelic designs. Even Mr. Gitter, an actor-turned-developer who wears a cowboy hat and ponytail, seemed happy to poke fun at his hucksterish image, promoting himself as "the P.T. Barnum of the Catskills."
But few people here, Mr. Gitter included, are laughing, about his latest proposal, for a $300 million resort atop a mountain in the heart of the Catskill Park.
It is the largest development ever proposed in the state park: a 500- acre complex with two 18-hole golf courses, two hotels, several lodges and hundreds of time-share residences. To slake its thirst, Mr. Gitter has bought the local water company. And in the process, he has split this normally peaceful town into two angry camps and drawn fire from environmental groups in Albany and even from New York City mayoral candidates.
To some, the resort is a godsend that could jump-start the depressed economy of this quiet hideaway in Ulster County, about 125 miles northwest of Manhattan. Others warn that it will mar the landscape and contaminate the nearby reservoirs that supply most of New York City's drinking water.
At the very least, the project is expected to pose the biggest test yet for the fragile agreement the city and state reached with 1
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