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Margaritaville bringing a $1.3B village resort and Amtrak station to the Poconos

Keystone Gazette

Monroe County, PA, April 18, 2022

Tags: Jobs and the Economy , Local Issues

The mission will carry extra and better-paying jobs, whereas honoring the reminiscence of Pocono Manor and in giant measure rebuild it, Cartwright stated.

“Changes in Latitude” for Margaritaville Inns and Resorts will embrace bringing its first resort village to the Poconos by 2024 and a brand new Amtrak station, a $1.3 billion mission for the area.

The corporate, named for singer Jimmy Buffett’s hit music, introduced Monday that building is ready to begin subsequent 12 months in Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County, and be full by mid-2024.

The mission features a resort, an RV camp web site, “Tiny Homes” bungalows, townhomes and 1,000 “build-to-rent” cottages within the village. There’s additionally a plan for an Amtrak station on the location, and the builders have supplied to donate the land for the cease, officers stated.

“It is a big, big morning … it’s something that we’ve had in the works for quite some time,” Congressman Matt Cartwright stated at a information convention Monday for the mission. “Margaritaville and Jimmy Buffett — you will be able to come and enjoy a ‘Cheeseburger in Paradise’ here in the Poconos.”