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    Feb 21, 2020 4 minutes

    Yet more possibilities for Adirondack Club and Resort

    Tracy Ormsbee’s editorial “A chance to rethink ACR” (January/February) touches upon exactly what needs to be done in regard to the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort project.

    The current plan is a very large vacation residence development that includes some very expensive homes. I know someone who has a vacation home in a development in the Adirondacks and out of several dozen homes, only a handful are occupied for the entire summer. Most people stay for one or two weeks and their house is empty the rest of the year. This

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