Your Side.
Well by yours, we mean ours I guess. Talking about Stateside. For the unwashed, we’re referring to the Stateside of our area—the local’s squat that has, for most of measured time, stayed unremarkably beautiful despite it’s obvious misgivings; the true warts-and-all character of Jay Peak most often aligned with things like drafty windows and lovingly, if lead painted, canary yellow picnic tables. Full of equal parts soul and squatters, Stateside will shortly be undergoing a redevelopment that we are asking all those, so inclined, to be a part of.
True to form, we are inviting a select few to be part of the learning experience. As we did prior to building Tram Haus, we are convening a small forum on January 9th to discuss all things Stateside. Our own Walter Elander will moderate, some of management will listen, and you get to talk.
And by you, we mean you-those who demonstrate the desire to inform your future. Our future.
Tell us, by posting here on the Blog, why you should be involved. Why you love Stateside. What needs to change. What should remain, if at all possible, untouched. We will pick 12 folks who will receive nothing more than the ability to crow about helping to redevelop the unredevelopable. We think there’s plenty to enjoy in that particular sense of crowing.
Winners need to be able to spend an entire day, here , on Monday January 9th. By all day we mean, roughly, 10-3. And by January 9th, we mean January 9th. We will listen. We will ask questions and it’s altogether likely we will feed you. If you need more than that for this time well spent, this may not be your cup. For those thrilled with the opportunity to be a part of it, thrill us with your thoughts on why you should be. A part of it that is.
While we will surely not be able to integrate everything you suggest and, in some cases, may ignore you altogether, some of it will definitely stick and that’s what makes all of this, everything about the experience here, great.
Post your thoughts here and we’ll let winners know immediately.
And Happy New Year.
Steve

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