Swain Ski Resort owner Philip Saunders announced today that the operation will close effective immediately. Assets will be liquidated in August unless a suitable buyer is found. In the announcement today, Saunders was quick to criticize the Town of Canaseraga and its voters, claiming that lack of local support was a large contributor to the companies failure.“I’m done screaming and done complaining. If we are going to get somebody else down here (to operate the resort) it is going to take a new level of cooperation between the town and the school district ... I’ve never been to a town with as many obstacles as there are to overcome than there are in this one,” said Saunders.
Saunders, a very successful businessman, noted that Swain has been operating as a "charity" for years, operating with as much as $600,000/yr in losses. What's really going to be missed is the near $1,000,000 in annual payroll that was paid to county residents, now out of work.
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