Bodaway/Gap Chapter Wednesday passed by seven votes a resolution to withdraw up to 420 acres on the cliff above the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers, paving the way for a huge new resort with a tramway to the floor of the Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon Trust has accepted an invitation from the People of the Confluence, an organized group of local families and voters from the Bodaway/Gap Chapter, to join their campaign to oppose the proposed Escalade development at the confluence of the Little Colorado and Colorado rivers. The People of the Confluence are adamantly opposed to the development being pushed by Confluence Partners, LLC and have launched a campaign against the development because it is culturally insensitive to the traditional lifestyle led by many Navajo families, and will potentially harm sacred sites and prayer offering locations.
Navajo Nation Police closed down a special Bodaway/Gap Chapter meeting Wednesday afternoon after it degenerated into heated arguments between proponents and opponents of a proposed resort and tramway at the Confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers.
Members of Confluence Partners LLC – developers of the proposed Grand Canyon Escalade – met Thursday morning 09/06 with Navajo Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners to present the project and discuss possible funding from NHA for employee housing.
The Confluence Partners LLC have until Dec. 31, 2012 to shore up community support for the proposed gondola tram/luxury resort on the northeast rim of the Grand Canyon.