Recently the annual notice for Carbon County's delinquent upset tax sale was printed in the Times News.

The list contains names and addresses of property owners who are in arrears of paying their real estate taxes.One of interest was in Summit Hill.Summit Mountain Resort Land Holding is in arrears in the amount of $7,127.40. The ad doesn't state how much property is encompassed but it does mention this is vacant land. That amount of taxes owed means it is a lot of land.This is interesting because 10 years ago, a group of developers was granted approval by a 4-3 vote to develop a large tract of land in the east end of Summit Hill. The developers told the council they wanted to build up to 400 cabins, condominiums and commercial buildings.To date, none of the cabins, condominiums or commercial buildings have been built.The developers said the project would provide up to $5.3 million in taxes to the Panther Valley School District, up to $310,000 to Carbon County and up to $459,000 a year to Summit Hill Borough.Instead, the taxesare delinquent.The proposal at the time created quite a controversy. A petition bearing 431 signatures was presented to the council in opposition.In favor - with 26 conditions - were then-council members Harry Miller, Michael Kokinda, John Shemansik and council President Joseph Weber. Opposed were council members Kevin Steber, Ken Boyd and John O'Gurek. Only Kokinda and O'Gurek are presently on the council.Larry Masi, of Dominion Development Group, Cape May, New Jersey, told the council most of the cabins would not be year-round homes.Masi said at the time the resort would include up to 400 cabins, 40 condominiums and a hotel, fitness center, a swimming pool for the residents and renters at the resort, and tennis courts.Summit Mountain Cabin Resort is an active corporation with headquarters at Flagstaff Mountain Resort, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.A similar firm, Summit Mountain Resort and Development, is also located at Flagstaff Mountain Resort.The company in 2011 proposed another project, this time in Jim Thorpe. It is a $10 million sky tram that would take riders nearly 900 feet from Flagstaff down to Susquehanna Street in Jim Thorpe and back again. A hotel and condominium project would be constructed as part of the project.As for the campground, a full decade has passed and not a single cabin has been built. The fact that taxes are delinquent is a sign that the project is dormant.Summit Hill residents were concerned at the time about traffic, the drain on its water supply, the impact on its school district and what such a project would do to the woodlands and hills surrounding the proposed campground if the development had occurred.Time will tell what the future holds for that site. It's doubtful there will be a campground, condominiums and a fancy hotel.