GM Corner Archive

To the Massanutten Community: Vacation rentals of private homes at Massanutten have been in existence – and, occasionally, controversial – for more than a decade. Some homeowners like the fact that their properties can produce income when they’re not using them; some neighbors aren’t pleased when short-term renters don’t behave in ways consistent with the […]Read More…

To the Massanutten Community: A few brief updates on things going on with the resort: 1) I’m pleased to report that the Meals Program will resume on November 10. We created this program early in the pandemic to assist area families in need. We put it on hiatus a few weeks back to evaluate its […]Read More…

To the Massanutten Community: Next week (9/15 – 16), MPOA and Massanutten Resort will engage in mediation. It’s our hope that this discussion, which will be overseen by a retired judge approved by both parties, will resolve differences between us, and move us toward a permanent resolution. To clear up any confusion, what will happen […]Read More…

To the Massanutten Community: We’ve mentioned numerous times – here on this page, and in correspondence with MPOA’s Board and legal counsel – that the Resort and Great Eastern are very much committed to paying our fair share of mutually beneficial services such as road maintenance. If you’ve not read Garrett Smith’s items on the […]Read More…

One of the issues we all face – homeowners and the Resort alike – are the high costs of potable water and wastewater treatment in our community. There were two significant developments on that front on Wednesday of last week. As you may know, MPSC is an independent, privately-held, for-profit company owned by Illinois-based Utilities, […]Read More…

To the Massanutten Community: This might come as a bit of a surprise to some, but this post is in praise of MPOA and all that it brings to the community. I write this because I know there’s been a degree of misunderstanding, leading to anger, regarding the MPOA Board’s decision to eliminate the Massanutten […]Read More…

Some Historical Context – Picking up on the topic of joint oversight outlined in an earlier post, I’m reminded of Boston in 1999. I had recently arrived after completing my teaching assignment with TFA, a national teacher corps. After two years in a Rio Grande Valley border town, I was ready for some big-city life. […]Read More…

To the Massanutten Community: I must admit that I was every bit as surprised by the MPOA Board vote to disband the Massanutten Police Department as many of you were. Great Eastern, by longstanding arrangement, has a “Developer’s Seat” on the MPOA Board. I currently occupy that seat, and treat that privilege with respect; there […]Read More…

Thanks to all who came out and visited the Resort since our re-opening recently. After much preparation, it was nice to begin the slow and gradual path to resuming resort operations. Our plan, outlined on our recovery page, appears to be going well. The staff training, with a combination of resort made videos, direct instruction, […]Read More…

To the members of the Massanutten Community: Thank you for the increased dialogue on our community email (community@massresort.com). We have received questions ranging from 911 address marker improvements on the Western Slope to ways we could support McGaheysville elementary. As we said at the outset of relaunching this webpage, we hope it can be used […]Read More…