Schwarz protects New Marlborough's Flying Cloud
Writing another chapter in what appears to be a decades-long love affair with the charming New Marlborough property known as Flying Cloud, owner David Schwarz protected approximately half of the property in December by donating a conservation restriction to the Resources Council.
The restriction prohibits all development on a 117-acre portion of the property. The protected land includes almost all of Flying Cloud's road frontage, a series of beaver ponds that drain into the Sandisfield State Forest, and several unusually well-built charcoal pits. The property abuts the state forest, and its protection will help preserve the unspoiled approach along the New Marlborough-South Sandisfield Road to York Lake, a popular recreation spot in the forest. Schwarz's daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Larry Burke, run an arts camp in the rambling buildings on the unrestricted portion of the property. According to Schwarz, whose enthusiasm for the property is infectious, Flying Cloud was named by a previous owner, a seafaring man who was reminded of his years in Pacific by the land's open spaces and big skies. Schwarz operated the property as an inn for a number of years before the Burkes started the arts camp.
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