By Rosy Lawrence | January 5, 2023
It turns out that to build a resort on the land would have cost the family millions so they decided to sell the property back to the county for $20 million.
“What was stolen from the family was the property, but what the property represented was the ability to create and preserve and group and pass down generational wealth,” attorney George Fatheree, who represents the family, said.
“And by allowing the family now to have certainty in selling this property to the county, taking the proceeds of that sale, and investing it in their own futures — that’s restoring some of what the family lost,” Fatheree added. “I think we all need to respect the family’s decision to know what’s in its best interest.”
“At the end of the day, what the family was very focused on was certainty and being able to access the proceeds of the sale,” he continued.
