“I could just see somebody buying it and sticking 200 double-wides there or something, robbing Wells and Vermont of a beautiful spot,” he said. “Yeah, we’d probably pick up some tax revenue, but probably every house would come with two kids and a dog, so we’d be adding to the school.”

So Pruess went to the rest of his board and together they approached the Vermont Land Trust about preserving the 300-acre lakefront property. The partners have reached an agreement to buy the property for $850,000.

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