Cassie Abel reports for HudsonValley360.com that about 20 Round Top residents had questions about a proposed hotel, resort and spa at the former Blackhead Mountain Lodge on Crows Nest Road at a recent Town of Cairo Planning Board meeting. The Maassmann family closed and was sold the Blackhead Mountain Lodge and Country Club in April, 2023. Now Henry Courtemanche, of R House Hotel Group, and Donald Chick, of DC Hospitality, want renovate the tourist resort, with a spa, hotel, and restaurant. Round Top resident Jeanine Morick at the Jan. 4 planning board meeting was concerned about the forecast seven percent increase in traffic from the proposed resort. Morick said, “Not including weekends, there are about 50 cars that drive our road.... But with this proposed development, they’re talking about roughly 600 cars.” The proposal includes the construction of 87 new buildings, a lodge and wastewater treatment plant, and the site would include 288 parking spots, 90 individual lodging units, 26 keys for hotel guests rooms and the re-engineering of existing ponds into new waterways. Cairo Planning board Chair Joe Hasenkopf said, “It’s still early on in the process and a public hearing will happen.... I don’t want to comment on the process just yet because we have been going back and forth.” Read more about this story at HudsonValley360.com.