Suncadia
Suncadia is a planned city -scale unincorporated community and resort in Kittitas County in the State of Washington , which occupies an area of 25.5 square kilometers. It is 80 miles (130 km) east of Seattle on the Cascade Range between Roslyn , Cle Elum, and the Mountains to Sound Greenway section of Interstate 90 .
The resort is a joint venture between Jeld-Wen and Lowe Enterprises as the contractor. The one billion dollar project offers a four-star mountain hotel with conference rooms, a spa whose motto is “mountain springs”, a sports center with indoor and outdoor pools, and an open-air amphitheater / lake that is used for ice skating in winter , Hiking trails and recreation areas, 2,000 accommodations and three golf courses . There are restaurants and shops in a village center.
Over 500 single and family accommodations were sold in 2004, generating revenue of US $ 125 million.
The public space of the facility includes a 4.9 km² corridor along the Cle Elum River , which remains open to the public and is a joint project ( Suncadia Conservancy ) of the operator with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Yakama . A grassroots group called RIDGE is looking after the interests of the local residents in relation to the development of the project, including the corridor .
Suncadia, originally called "MountainStar", was built on former forest property in 1996 by the Plum Creek Timber Company through Jeld-Wen's Trendwest Investments .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Suncadia Resort, Roslyn, Washington | Peterson Economics
- ^ Pacific Northwest Dining . Suncadia.com. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ The Seattle Times: Travel Outdoors: New Suncadia resort rolls into Roslyn with luxury inn, golf course
- ↑ RIDGE website ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ MountainStar Resort, With Three Golf Courses, 150-room Lodge & Conference Center, Will Forever Change Two Rural Washington Communities / August 2003
- ↑ Mountainstar Resort - Settlement Agreement
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Aerial photo of Suncadia and Roslyn on the RIDGE website
Coordinates: 47 ° 13 ′ N , 121 ° 1 ′ W