[Waterbaby]

Originally Posted by Lakegeezer

The Lakes Region Concervation Trust recently sent out a letter which solicits funds to restore the Castle in the Clouds. They figure they need $5 million to restore the Castle, and want to celebrate its 100'th anniversary in style, in 2014. Their immediate need is $600,000.

Is the project worth it, or is the Castle just another blemish on the Ossipee mountains? More importantly, can we trust the trust? These are the folks who solicited money from local snowmobile clubs to buy the land, then closed all but the main trail through the property.

Thanks for that info, LG. I wonder why it would cost $5M to restore the Castle? What is in need of restoration, and what needs to be done to "restore it"? And how much of it would be open to the public, i.e. those who fund the $5M restoration? And how much are the proposed contractors overcharging on their estimates since this is a presumed icon of NH history (my own words/assumption)? I know these aren't questions you can answer, I'm just kind of thinking out loud here....... It just seems to me that since the LRCT took over it's money, money, money needed for this and that. Just like here in the town I live in, the Conservation Committee always has warrant articles on the ballot to raise money to preserve and maintain the land which we already spent on to purchase, and another article to purchase more land which we will have to spend more money on to preserve and maintain......