Praise for The Weekender Effect "What happens to paradise when you
carve it up into lots and sell it? Bob Sandford writes about it
with clarity and a deep love of the places he knows so well.
Sandford's story of one town's mutation from a quiet mountain haven
to an overcrowded, generic 'outpost of globalization' is essential
reading for those who care about community and our last few
glorious spaces. " --Thomas Wharton, author of "Icefields,"
"Salamander" and "The Logogryph" "Equal parts manifesto,
meditation, and love song to mountain communities everywhere, this
calmly passionate book belongs in every house, condo, tent and
backpack in the mountain West and on university courses on nature
writing, the environment, community, citizenship, sense of place,
human geography and many more. This is essential reading for anyone
who lives in, lusts after or loves the mountains. " --Pamela
Banting, President, Association for Literature, the Environment and
Culture in Canada As cities continue to grow at unprecedented
rates, more and more people are looking for peaceful, weekend
retreats in mountain or rural communities. More often than not,
these retreats are found in and around resorts or places of natural
beauty. As a result, what once were small towns are fast becoming
mini cities, complete with expensive housing, fast food, traffic
snarls and environmental damage, all with little or no thought for
the importance of local history, local people and local culture.
"The Weekender Effect" is a passionate plea for considered
development in these bedroom communities and for the necessary
preservation of local values, cultures and landscapes.
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