A Peek at the Peak

     Jay Peak is a widely expanding operation that is one of the fastest growing 4 season resorts in the country.  C.E.O. Bill Stenger works out business partnerships with United States Government  issued green cards and timeshares to locate international donors that support the areas explosive growth over the past few years and over the next few to come.  We got a chance to visit the mountain and take a look at exactly what kind of new exciting things they are getting and have already got.  We started off in the old Lodge, but it was obvious when we showed up that there was massive construction areas and it seemed like everything was moving at once.  I'm not very good with names, but we had a small lecture before adventuring the resort that nearly put me to sleep, but saved at the last minute we got our hardhats and i waddled out on my crutches to see what was going on.  We started by walking through the area's new hotel. it was massive but we finally found Jay Peaks new water park, which is extremely interesting.  there are not many ski resorts with water parks yet, so i think that it will be interesting to see how successful it works out.  and also the Ice Hockey rink was a new addition to Jay.  other than this they were constructing another new spa and bar area on the other side of the Main Lodge, they have just constructed a 19th hole Golf clubhouse and are in the process of adding 50 new condos to the mountain's outskirts. This massive expansion is impressive and is huge for the ski resort industry, but what might this mean for smaller nearby areas like Burke?