Read Full Article from the Aspen Times: by Jill Beathard
The Snowmass Club announced Thursday that it will soon submit plans for redevelopment of a portion of its 217-acre property to the town of Snowmass Village.
Representatives of the club — which comprises residences, a fitness center, tennis courts, two restaurants and an 18-hole golf course — declined to provide specifics of the plan, but a statement said the plans will include new residential and employee housing and donation of some land to the Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
“We’ve had discussions with Anderson Ranch and their need for expansion because of great things that are happening with their programming,” said Don Smith, Snowmass Club general manager, who added that the club has discussed plans with neighbors Snowmass Chapel and Snowmass-Wildcat Fire Protection District as well. “How can we all collectively work together? … That’s really how our discussions have been, and that’s what we’re working towards.”
The Snowmass Club was built by Aspen Skiing Co. more than 25 years ago. Toll Golf, a developer of golf communities, acquired the property from Skico in spring 2013 and spent half a million dollars renovating the clubhouse.
Donating land adjacent to the ranch means cutting into the golf course, so some holes will have to be realigned, Smith said. The course was redesigned in 2003 by golf architect Jim Engh.
For Anderson Ranch, the land would mean the arts center can remain on its unique Snowmass Village campus, where it has been for 49 years, while continuing to expand its reach. In the short term, Executive Director Nancy Wilhelms said the expansion would allow the center to add to its educational outreach and meet its current and future housing needs.
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