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Article: Proposed Ski Resort in Hood River County, Ore., Stirs Up Controversy.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- January 27, 2003
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By Alex Pulaski, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 27--HOOD RIVER, Ore.--With timber all but dead and tree fruits waning, Hood River County officials are casting their eyes south to their inescapable neighbor, Mount Hood.
Whether Oregon's tallest peak can help rescue them from near double-digit unemployment -- and what residents would have to surrender in the process -- remains unclear. But a battle over tourism's place in the new Oregon economy, embodied in a potential golf and ski resort, is
about to be fought over the mountain's northern flank.
Last week, more than 200 people packed a meeting ...