A little patch of snow is still visible at Killington

A little patch of snow is still visible at Killington

It is definitely between seasons at Killington...but that does not mean it is quiet. Multiple events came together on Wednesday highlighting both the old and new Killington.

On a somber note, Wednesday was Jeff Hadley day at the Green Mountain National Golf Course. Club members, local residents, and guests all came together to raise money in Jeff's memory to support research into finding a cure for ALS. The weather did not cooperate, raining out the golf tournament. But Jeff's spirit still watches over Green Mountain National.

On the new side of the aisle, PUD wars returned. PUD of course for anyone fallowing development at Killington stands for Planned Unit Development. SP Land brought a permit request for a PUD to the Killington Town Planning Commission on Wednesday evening to construct a village at Killington. There are 28 different criteria to evaluate PUD requests. In addition, there was some controversy over what the Planning Commission was reviewing... Was it a Conceptual Master Plan or a Planned Unit Development. The hearing lasted for almost 3 hours before it was recessed. It will resume again in 2 weeks, after the Town Planner and a Land Use Consultant for SP Land have a chance to put there heads together on the project. Of course this is but a baby step along the way to actually beginning construction. There are quite literally hundreds of permit documents that will need to be filed before any construction would be approved. And that does not even begin to contemplate the Act 250 process that the project must go through with the State of Vermont.

But a baby step is still a step. And as they say... you need to learn how to walk before you can run.

Shoulder Update....by the time you probably read this, I will have undergone surgery to repair the rotator cuff on my left shoulder. While my arm will be immobilized for a while, and golf is out for the summer, I know things will work out. The medical care for these sort of things in Killington is world class. In the last couple of months, I have spoken with dozens of people who have had the same injury. They all say that the recovery period is no picnic...but the physical therapy people in the area really know their stuff.

Sometimes I have felt like a one armed paper hanger in the past. Running your own small business can be like that. Of course, this summer I really could be a one armed paper hanger. How is that for a paradox. So it goes....

Where ever you may be...keep it in the fairway... and don't forget your sun screen.