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Mount Snow Prompts Vermont Towns to Thrive
A long feature on Mount Snow founder Walter Schoenknecht, his $10,000 start in 1954, and a 5,000 acre ski and year round resort fueling West Dover Dover Center East Dover. It covers rising land values, tax base growth, new inns and shops, roads upgrades, school enrollment shifts, and mixed local opinions on tourism's impact.
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Walter Schoenknecht
New Haven
Conn
Mount Snow
Vermont
Schoenknecht
Focal Inn
West Dover
Dover Center
East Dover
Dover
Wilmington
Staid
Stowe
Mt. Pisgah
Vermont National & Savings
Vermont Bank & Trust
John H. Hepburn
Vermont Naional
Samuel Hutchins
Bank & Trust
Hepburn
Hutchins
State Highway Department
Green Mountain National Forest
Haystack
National Forest
Pete Horton
Philip Haff
The
Dovers
Bratlieboro
Bennington
Jacksonville
Stowe and
Killington