Exhibit Six: Plans to build VWC may get underway after wetlands exhange ~ Jason Blevins, 9/25/11

As the saga of Alberta Park enters a new phase I believe it's a good time to review some past articles written in Colorado newspapers regarding Mr. McCombs’ acquisition and development pipedream.
And one fresh article:
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"Long-contentious plans to build village near Wolf Creek Ski Area may get underway after wetlands exchange"
By Jason Blevins ~ The Denver Post, business ~ 09/25/2011

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"There's no doubt this stirs passions," said (Rio Grande Nat'l Forest District Ranger) Malecek, standing next to a remote pond that could be a centerpiece for a 1,711-unit to 1,980-unit village. "But I think it's nice to get out and have these kinds of discussions."
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"The proposed land exchange would deliver that access by swapping 204 acres of federal land for 178 acres of McCombs' land. The swap would give the federal government a swath of crucial wetlands and pull the village away from the ski area boundary and provide access to U.S. 160. The exchange is undergoing an environmental impact statement review by the Forest Service, which expects a draft of the statement early next year."
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"Clint Jones, the Texas real estate attorney and longtime Wolf Creek skier in charge of the village project, said the land exchange came after years of often fiery discussions with locals, environmentalists, federal officials and the ski-area owners, the Pitcher clan. Jones said the exchange mitigates "issues that were so very volatile" in previous proposals for development."

""We can still build a village on the land we own, but we think we can build a better village back here in the trees," said Jones, whose proposed land exchange moves development from a sweeping meadow — Alberta Park — into dense timber farther east of the Wolf Creek Ski Area."
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But modest plans quickly blossomed into a commercial-residential city with nearly 2,200 units and at least 160,000 square feet of commercial space, a high-density proposal that has long galvanized vehement opposition. . . "
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"The latest village proposal is a blending of previous plans. If the land swap is approved, McCombs is proposing about 1,700 units. If not, the number could climb closer to 2,000. The plan calls for phased construction, with development occurring only after strong demand for earlier units.

"Once this gets through approval, it could be much smaller," Jones said. "The market will determine if we go past the first phase.""
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by Jason Blevins

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