Re: [APML] US Amateur Observatory locations???

[astropix@att.net]

  Greetings fellow APMLers!This is my first 'official' 
post here,I suppose...been lurking for a bit...seems 
that every question I have gets ask and answered before 
I pose it.My questions and *many* others as well!        
While not in the Flagstaff area...in fact quite a ways 
from it...Jack Newton et. al. is opening another astro-
community in SE AZ...below is a forwarded post from a 
club website.I personally have family in this area and a 
retired mom who's thinking AZ...this is looking very 
attractive to me.There's a link to a website started for 
the location...might see some of you there someday!      
Best          :O)                                        
Geoff 
Powers                                                   
                                                         
Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 11:55 PM
Subject: Arizona Update


Dear Fellow Astronomers,

Great news! We have officially purchased property in the 
Chiricahua 
Mountains (Portal, Arizona) for what promises to be a 
world-class 
astronomical village. Engineering reports are very 
favorable for 
services, and we are very excited with the excellent 
results of our 
other site tests and the stunning dark skies!

A new website has been created to keep you apprised of 
our progress. 
The site is http://ArizonaSkyVillage.Com. Very soon, we 
will be 
posting a Village plan with properties, roadways, etc. 
identified on 
it. 

Our project manager, Eugene Turner, will be living on-
site within the 
next couple of weeks and will continue to be available 
by cell phone 
at (520) 237-2105. 

We look forward to seeing you in beautiful south-eastern 
Arizona!

Clear skies,
Jack & Alice Newton
Eugene Turner
> > Hello To All:
> >
> > I'm curious about Flagstaff, Arizona as a place to relocate to and build
> an
> > observatory. However, there seems to be very little obvious interest in
> > Flagstaff in the amateur astronomy community, why? There seem to be
> amateur
> > astronomy communities popping up in other places like Cloudcroft, New
> Mexico
> > and Ft. Davis, Texas and perhaps others, but Flagstaff is never mentioned.
> >
> > Any comments?
> >
> > Kent Kirkley
> 
> Asside from the mentioned seeing problems, Flagstaff is a ski resort area
> and likely to be expensive to live.
> 
> Robert Reeves                      reeves10@swbell.net
> 520 Rittiman Rd.                   www.robertreeves.com
> San Antonio, Texas 78209    210-828-9036
> USA                                     29.484  98.440  200 meters
> 
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