Man Who Bought Campus of Green Mountain College Wants to Give it Away for Free
“must be able to demonstrate sufficient resources to maintain the property”
The giveaway’s conditions are pretty awesome. Read below.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Owner Wants to Give Away Green Mountain Campus
The former Green Mountain College campus is hitting the market. The price tag? Free.
Owner Raj Bhakta—who bought the campus for $4.5 million in 2020 after the college closed in 2019—wants to give away the property in rural Vermont, Seven Days reported. Bhakta, a distiller and former contestant on The Apprentice, a reality show that starred Donald Trump, launched a website seeking proposals and is specifically looking to hand the campus over to someone with “a vision aligned with the revival of the United States and Western Civilization.”
Bhakta specified in a news release he wants it to go to a “Catholic mission-based organization.”
Interested parties must “recognize this must first begin with the spiritual revival of our Christian faith. It will be upon coherence with this mission that candidates will be judged,” according to the site. While Bhakta is not looking to sell the property, the website notes, “It will cost at least $1 million a year to operate the campus”; it encourages recipients to budget $1.5 million annually to “maintain existing infrastructure” and to “catch up on deferred maintenance.” Potential beneficiaries “must be able to demonstrate sufficient resources to maintain the property.”
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Can’t afford the property tax, eh?
Since it was a college, probably non-profit. Did the nomenclature change? Or was the NO part of the purchase deal?
“Catholic mission-based organizations” were eager participants in the flooding of our little corner of Western Civilization with thugs, saboteurs, and gimmigrants.
Think again, Raj.
Not a little prejudice, there, are we, Henry? What FACTS do you possess to substantiate your blather? Catholics weren’t even of much importance until the German/Irish immigrations, and, of course, when we acquired the Spanish holdings.
What FACTS do you possess to substantiate your blather?
Seek and ye shall find. DuckDuckGo:Catholic charities helping illegal immigrants.
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is a large and well-known cog in the machinery of bringing in illegal aliens and making them welcome.
Like many NGOs it’s a recipient of Federal dollars and actively helping the flood, pre-Trump. They have momentarily been throttled but they will be back.
Whatchu talking about, WIllis?
The Catholic POPULATION over HISTORY has nothing to do with anything I said.
“Charity organizations” operating TODAY and for the past 20+ years under the name of the Catholic Church have EVERYTHING to do with it.
Plus, you moron, you’re accusing someone who grew up Catholic and attended Catholic schooling all through high school of “prejudging Catholics.” Stick it where the sun don’t shine, wanker.
I commend the individual for attempting to give away the campus in my home state for a good cause but it should be noted that Catholic Charities and specifically the US Conference of Catholic Bishops received over $400 Million from Biden to traffic illegal aliens all over the US. I’m not sure restricting this to Catholics is a wise move, it should be opened to Christian faiths.
I absolutely agree !