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...unveiling, last December, of the Base Village restaurant and retail complex added an extra dimension to the popular Snowmass ski area near Aspen, Colo. The development now expands with the addition of the swish Viceroy Snowmass hotel...
...kids hitting the slopes, the resort is enviably positioned: Snowmass, Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk resorts can be accessed with one lift ticket. And after a day of carving the hillsides, skiers can head to the spa for such muscle-soothing remedies as Siberian fir body wraps and warm birch-oil massages...
Isaacson is the CEO of the Aspen Institute...
Private groups have been helping this process. In partnership with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Palestine Investment Fund, the Aspen Institute created the Middle East Investment Initiative, which uses loan guarantees to provide financing for medium-size Palestinian businesses. In two years it has facilitated 210 loans totaling $45 million, generating 3,514 new jobs. In addition, the group has created an affordable mortgage facility, which will help more than 10,000 families purchase homes. Aspen's U.S.-Palestinian Partnership is also helping create a venture-capital fund run by Israeli and Palestinian investors to finance technology start...
Elliot F. Gerson ’74 is American secretary of the Rhodes Trust and executive vice president of the Aspen Institute. A version of this article previously appeared in the Washington Post...