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The bizarreness of being rejected for a job by Vail Resorts

Last fall, I wrote a letter to Pique describing my experience applying for a job at Vail Resorts in Whistler during a housing crisis (“Letter: The bizarreness of applying with Vail Resorts in Whistler, Nov. 3, 2022).

More recently, I had the experience of applying for another job at that company. As before, I received a job offer from the applicant tracking system, but this time, instead of having to decline the offer because of a lack of housing, I received a message from the department in question saying that they weren’t going to hire me. Perhaps this is completely normal for this company, but it is very odd receiving a job offer from one part of a company and a rejection from another.

Chris Brossard // Whistler

Wanna mitigate Whistler’s housing crisis? Use the day lots for low-rise apartments

As a visitor to Whistler, having left just recently—I have been travelling to ski in Whistler for 22 years—and having read Pique both online and in paper regularly, I see the accursed accommodation problem is constant and always being discussed.

Whistler is one of those communities torn between its wish to remain clean, green, and special, while at the same time relying on us hordes of visitors for its economic existence. Low cost and staff housing is the constant theme and land use is always being contested. However, over the road from municipal hall are the day lots, the largest tract of open land in the village, fully utilized only on holidays and powder days.

The huge, flat carpark is an obvious choice to me to build multiple apartments on, while at the same time retaining the land area for its current use. I assume I am not the only observer of this obvious opportunity, but I have never heard it discussed. There is an ability to build low-rise apartments on top of the car park, or part of it, while retaining the ground floor for parking—no snow to clear either. Great. Just thinking while on the plane home to Oz again after another great month’s skiing.

Brian Beban // Australia

Would Garibaldi At Squamish help ‘Make Whistler Great Again?’

The best thing that could ever happen to Highway 99 and Whistler is opening Garibaldi At Squamish and Bridal Veil Mountain Resort in the Fraser Valley.

Getting these new resorts open will relieve all the pressure and Make Whistler Great Again.

Wes McIntyre // Vancouver n