One of the CEP enrollees was the Boulder Bay project located in Crystal Bay, Nevada. The originally proposed project was massive with over 800,000 sq.ft. of buildout reaching heights of 85’. Where once there was a 110 room Biltmore Hotel, now over 350 units were proposed. Unbelievably, the project claimed it would reduce traffic. The relatively small Crystal Bay commercial area is surrounded by residential homes some of which were built in the beginning of the 1900’s. Additionally, the project included the taking of part of Wassou Rd. and all of Reservoir Rd., which are two main exits from the Crystal Bay neighborhood.

The Boulder Bay project was approved in 2012, but the maximum heights were reduced to 75’ and NTPA was central to preserving the third exit from the neighborhood…to be renamed Wellness Way.

Fast forward to 2018, the Boulder Bay project is in the process of building their first phase- 18 condos priced from $1.6m to over $2m on the site of a previous public park. The water quality improvements have been only partially completed and the balance of the site is still blighted with rusted equipment strewn about and dilapidated abandoned buildings.