Article: Golf Course Backers Look to New Anchorage, Alaska, Mayor to Resolve Dispute.

By Paula Dobbyn, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 29--Plans to develop a golf course and an expanded ski area in Girdwood could move ahead more quickly as a result of Anchorage's recent mayoral election, promoters said Monday.

The 18-hole golf course, opposed by a slim majority of Girdwood residents according to the developer's survey, has been bogged down in litigation. But this month's election of Mark Begich as mayor could resolve the long-standing dispute if he offers to mediate, said Jim Barnett of Glacier Valley Development Corp. Barnett is an Anchorage attorney and former Assembly member who wants to ...

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