BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 14, 2022
While many Moosehead Lake region residents see a $113.5 million year-round ski resort as a significant boost for the local economy, some want a larger conversation about the project’s scale and preserving the area’s small-town charm. Neighbors’ concerns and questions around burdening small-town infrastructure and changing the character of the region underscore a long-running distrust of big development projects like Plum Creek, an even larger scale residential development proposed in 2005. But many people support the economic advantages of the proposed ski resort.