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Article: Developers, Tourism Officials Set High Hopes for Ritz-Carlton Lodge in Georgia.
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- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Article date:
- April 7, 2002
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Byline: Bill Osinski
Apr. 7--GREENSBORO, Ga.--The new luxury lodge could also be called the Hotel of High Hopes.
The developer of the $125 million Ritz-Carlton Lodge at Reynolds Plantation on Lake Oconee hopes to leave a legacy for his boyhood summer home.
The operators, the Atlanta-based Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., hope to create a singular new tourist destination resort.
Regional development and tourism officials hope the project will help transform the economy and image of one of Georgia's poorest areas.
But for many of the area residents coming to work here, the hope is for something even more basic: a new life.
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