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Staff from the Inns of Aurora were the guests of April s Wednesday Morning Roundtable, where they reflected on the vision of the luxury resort, the imminent opening of its spa and more.
Laura Coburn, the Inns director of serenity, moderated the hour-long Zoom program and was joined by its chief operating officer, Sue Edinger, and its creative and marketing director, Alex Schloop.
Edinger began the program by reflecting on meeting Inns founder Pleasant Rowland in 2003. Looking to restore buildings in the historic village as a gift to her alma mater, Wells College, Rowland recruited Edinger from a career in hospitality in Washington. As she explained Wednesday, the American Girl entrepreneur wanted people to experience Aurora the way it was in the 1800s.
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Maggie has lived in her 19th century cottage for 43 years
But residents at Carr Lane claim that ever since the works started, vibrations have caused their houses to shift, leading walls to crack and even let in water in some circumstances.
Retired nursing officer Maggie Edmonston, 72, has lived at Carr Lane for 43 years and said she and her neighbours had never had any problems until Rowland began constructing the development.
She said: These houses have been here for years and were built for the cotton mill managers and their families. They have stood through two world wars and I have never had any problems in all the time I have lived here.