- Suncadia, Washington
Suncadia is a planned unincorporated community and resort in Kittitas County,
Washington , covering an area of 6,300-acres (25.5 km²). It is located approximately 80 miles (130 km) east of Seattle in the Cascade Mountains between Roslyn, Cle Elum, and theMountains to Sound Greenway section ofInterstate 90 .The resort is a joint undertaking between Jeld-Wen and managing partner
Lowe Enterprises . [http://petersoneconomics.com/recent/suncadia.html Suncadia Resort, Roslyn, Washington | Peterson Economics ] ] When completed, the $1 billion project will feature a mountain lodge with convention center facilities, village center with restaurants and shops, a mountain springs themed spa, a sports center with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, an outdoor venueamphitheater /lake with winterice skating , trails and recreational areas, 2,000 residential units, and threegolf course s. Two of the golf courses have been completed as of 2006.Over 500 single-family homesites were sold in 2004, generating more than $125 million in gross revenue.
The community's open space includes a 1200-acre corridor along the
Cle Elum River , which remains open to the public under a partnership (called the Suncadia Conservancy) that also includes Washington's Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Yakama Nation. [ [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/traveloutdoors/2002495125_nwwsuncadia15.html The Seattle Times: Travel Outdoors: New Suncadia resort rolls into Roslyn with luxury inn, golf course ] ] The interest's of local citizens in aspects of the development that included the corridor were represented by RIDGE, agrassroots group. [ [http://www.roslynridge.org/ RIDGE ] ]Suncadia, originally called "MountainStar," is being built on former forest lands purchased in 1996 [ [http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2003_3rd/Aug03_MorningStar.html MountainStar Resort, With Three Golf Courses, 150-room Lodge & Conference Center, Will Forever Change Two Rural Washington Communities / August 2003 ] ] from
Plum Creek Timber Company by Jeld-Wen's Trendwest Investments. [ [http://www.landgrant.org/mountainstar.htm Mountainstar Resort - Settlement Agreement ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.suncadia.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.roslynridge.org/roslyn_aeriel_view.html Aerial view] of Suncadia and Roslyn, from RIDGE's website
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