Donner Truckee Tahoe
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Donner Truckee Tahoe
Homewood
Homewood Mountain ResortRedevelopment |
See The history before JMA purchase in 2006
and Early JMA plans 2006-2021
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Overview:
Homewood, which is one of the few ski resorts on private land in Tahoe
1,260 acres, 4 chair lifts, 1,600 ft vertical,
2005 HMR was loosing $500,000 - $1 Million per year and could not find a buyer.
Early 2006 the Forest Service agreed to buy Homewood and lease it back to them so they could continue operation.
Congresman Doolittle nixed the deal.
2006 The Homewood Ski Resort was purchased by Homewood Village Resorts, LLC (“HVR”), an affiliate of JMA Ventures (Art Chapman, president), in 2006. On September 13, 2006,
2011 Master Plan
Develop the area Consistent with the scale and character of Homewood.A 75 room hotel with 30 penthouse units on the top floor, 40 2 bedroom condo/hotel units.
Retail space at a base lodge.
Up to 99 residential condominiums will be spread throughout the south base area.
Replace the Maden chair with a Gondola.
2022 - They partnered with Discovery Land Company who also represents Montanas Yellowstone Club, a private golf-ski club in Montana.
In 2023 Zillow listed homes for sale at the Yellowscone Club fro $1.5 - 4.5 M.
According to The New York Times, David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs, is a controlling part-owner of Discovery.
The company has 19 properties in Hawaii, California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Texas, Tennessee, New York, and North Carolina in the U.S., Los Cabos in Mexico, Great Guana Cay in The Bahamas, Portugal, and Taymouth Castle in Scotland.
Latest:
The reversal was spurred primarily by resistance and pushback from local organizations and feedback from Placer County, said Ed Divita, a partner at Discovery Land Co., which is co-developing the resort with JMA Ventures.
They’re ready to install a high-speed gondola as soon as the permitting goes through. That should be followed by a base area expansion to add dining outlets, a space for events and farmers markets, and a winter ice skating rink, among other enhancements.
Homewood also announced that it would be reevaluating the architectural plans, forgoing modern designs for planned homes in favor of a more traditional style.
See:
Ceding to Public Pressure, Homewood to Remain Public | Moonshine Ink October, 2023
Tahoe residents stick it to the man, keep beloved ski resort public | SFGate Nov 2023
Skier visits at Homewood have been in decline for the past decade: down from 101,799 in 2012-13 to 64,169 in 2020-21, according to Chapman. Pass sales also dropped from 2,828 to 1,853 during that period.
They are considering a members only concept for access to the slopes.
They partnered with Discovery Land Company who also represents Montanas Yellowstone Club, a private golf-ski club, so there was speculation HMR would be built on that model.
Chapman rebuffs that comparison. He says Homewoods future may be more akin to Martis Camp, a gated housing community in Truckee with direct access to Northstar Mountain Resort via a single chairlift on the backside of Mount Pluto.
Construction on the first seven units at the North Base began in November 2022. The next phase will start in the spring or summer of 2023 on 32 townhomes. Once the North Base units are complete, construction will move to the South Base, where the majority of homes will be built.
JMA will spend $15 million to replace two lifts that are about 50 years old. The Madden Chair will be replaced with a gondola in 2023, and the Ellis Chair by a new high-speed detachable quad a few years later.
They also plan to build new hiking and mountain bike trails, opening up the area to public use in the summer for the first time. The development also includes a small grocery store that will be open to everyone.
The total development will take around 10 years.
Homewood Switches Gears, June 2022
Lot 3 Phase 1A was started in the Fall on 2022.
It includes 7 3 bedroom 3,000 - 3,600 square foot homes.
In a February 28th The Tahoe Basin Design Review Committee metting they rejected what they called the Phase 2 Lot 5 design, saying they were Modern Mountain architecture which did not conform to the the 2011 Homewood Mountain Resort (HMR) Master Plan which specified "Old Homewood" architecture.
2011 design
Art Chapman said that is the current standard because young people want more modern architecture with large window to bring the outdoors inside.
The committee said they liked their plan, but their job was to review it for conformity.
I attended the zoom committee meeting. During the meeting they mentioned a variety of other guidelines. revealing the complexity of design decisions.
1998 West Shore General Plan 2011 Hmr Master Plan 2011 Eir Environmental Impact Review Placer Co. Community Development Resource Agency (Cdra) Trpa Community Enhancement Plan 2017 Tahoe Basin Area Plan
Links:
EIS charts and other documents
See Homewood Plans to Become Semi-Private Ski Resort Due to Tahoe Traffic June 8, 2022
Were going to get out of that [day ticket] business. The day-skier model doesnt work for Homewood just like it isnt working for a lot of small ski areas across the country, and so weve had to come up with a new model to sustain Homewood. Art Chapman, President of JMA Ventures (Owner of Homewood Mountain Resort).