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March 15, 2007

Resorts in a flap over housing workers

  • Homeowners near resorts in Montana and Colorado are fighting efforts by resort owners to provide cheaper employee housing.
    • By SUSAN GALLAGHER
    Associated Press Writer

    BIG SKY, Mont. — The lavish ski resort that put Big Sky on the map features mansions for the rich and famous — but little room for the workers who run the chairlifts and clean the bathrooms.

    Billboards along the highway that passes the vast landscape north of Yellowstone National Park invite people to “own your dream.” Dreaming really big? Check out the 10-bedroom, $155 million house that developer Tim Blixseth wants to build at his ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club.


     
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