Big Burke announcement

[thetrailboss]

The Hotel is owned by "Q Burke Mountain Resort Hotel and Conference Center, LP and the principal in Q Burke Mountain Resort and Hotel Conference Center LP is "Q Burke Mountain Resort GP Services, LLC". Burke 2000 LLC owns the land. There are a lot of different entities involved in Burke.

There sure are, but "QBurke Mountain Resort, LLC" is listed as the debtor here.

 

[River19]

FB group sure has taken off

 

[thetrailboss]

FB group sure has taken off

It sure has!

 

[halfpintvt]

Closed for the season.....?

 

[ChicoKat]

I checked out the new FB group and saw a mention about a rumor regarding the bike park. Anybody hear anything?

 

[thetrailboss]

Another LSC News Story: https://www.facebook.com/news7newslinc/videos/1117414048289479/

 

[thetrailboss]

FB group sure has taken off

Folks should check this out. In less than four days there are nearly 1,000 folks who have joined, shared concerns, memories, and Burke pics and nostalgia. Very cool. The organizer is going to draft a letter to send to the owners from the group.


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[deadheadskier]

A letter to Ary?

 

[thetrailboss]

Correction: 1,100.

And an "open letter" to Stenger, Ariel, editorial boards, legislators, etc.


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[deadheadskier]

Hope it helps! Going to take a lot to repair the damage

 

[thetrailboss]

Hope it helps! Going to take a lot to repair the damage

It sure is. It may not do anything, but honestly there has been more interest and posts on this one group site in four days than on Q's FB page for the entire season. Folks are passionate about the mountain.

 

[thetrailboss]

Over 1,300 now


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[thetrailboss]

1,800 and counting.....


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[from_the_NEK]

1,800 and counting.....


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My Facebook feed is now overrun with Friends of Burke posts.

 

[thetrailboss]

My Facebook feed is now overrun with Friends of Burke posts.

Honestly I love it. Folks are really proud of their mountain. The number of stories and cool photos is amazing!

 

[Edd]

Correction: 1,100.

And an "open letter" to Stenger, Ariel, editorial boards, legislators, etc.


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Can you link to the letter or post the text?

 

[thetrailboss]

Can you link to the letter or post the text?

I will when it is posted.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Incredible content being posted on the Friends of Burke Facebook page:

Christopher Lee:
So here is my views on the Burke Mountain issue. I am from South Carolina. I was born and raised there in a very small town, just barely larger than the Lyndonville/Burke community. As a person from a small town I understand how you guys feel about the management of Burke Mountain and how an outsider has destroyed it. The people in my hometown blocked Lowes and Home Depot form opening because they knew it would kill local privately owned businesses.My story begins back in 2012 when I was a police officer and witnessed several traumatic events in a very short time frame. I had known Ary from a previous deployment to Afghanistan. Ary brought me on to Burke Mountain in order to get away from the stuff I was dealing with and to reset my head. For that I am eternally grateful. The one thing I am more grateful for is how the people of Lyndonville and East Burke treated me. A compete outsider whom they did not know. Everywhere I went someone was always there with a smile and a conversation. This blew my mind because I had always though Northerners were arrogant and stuck up. But the people in the NEK were completely different and very enjoyable to be around. Every morning before work I would drive to the top of the mountain and look across the valley at Willoughby Gap. That was my peaceful place and it was how I was able to overcome my problems.
As for the management of Burke Mountain. I respect Ary for helping me out when I needed a break. But I completely disagree with how he is running the mountain. One thing that blows my mind with him is that he was an Officer in the Vermont National Guard. On our deployment together we had a lot of the same training on winning the hearts and minds of the Afghan people. I figured that training would translate over to the business side of him, but I was wrong. I only stayed in Vermont for one season and I moved on with my life and continued my education and career elsewhere. The practice of him alienating the local population has blown my mind. I have heard him express how he does not care. The fact that he has laid off long time employees because ehe cannot run a business and pay his bills says a lot to me about how he does not care about the community.

I am sad to see Burke Mountain decline to the point it has. I believe at this point the Mountain needs new management and owners. Even though I am an outsider and I live several states away, Burke Mountain and the NEK will always have a place in my heart. I stand behind the people in the Burke community and would love to see someone local invest in the mountain. I think winning the hearts and minds of the locals should be the first step of the mountain in the future.

 

[oldtimer]

That note from the ex-buddy speaks volumes. I suspect he will not be on Jr's christmas card list next year. well done by him-

 

[thetrailboss]

When I started reading that I was thinking, "oh boy. Here we go. He's going to say how Ary is great," and then it changed. Honest and frank. It also confirms my confusion too--someone with that level of training should be able to succeed and yet he can't.