Undaunted by two Bodaway/Gap Chapter resolutions against their proposed development at the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers, Confluence Partners LLC last week unveiled a master plan for their proposed $120 million resort and tramway.
After three broken promises, and a lot of phone calls and e-mails from everyone, the administration of Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly finally released the memorandum of understanding between themselves and a Scottsdale-based development firm that proposes a major tourist resort near the Grand Canyon’s “east rim.”
A Scottsdale developer on Monday unveiled new proposed plans that include a restaurant and an amphitheater on the floor of the Grand Canyon, which tourists would access by riding a gondola tram down to the river.
A coalition of landholders and grazing permit owners on the western Navajo Nation are opposing an effort by the Navajo Nation to use a trio of individuals who gained favor with Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly to develop a tourism-based economy near the East Rim of the Grand Canyon.