IRONMAN Communities Task Force
About the IRONMAN Communities Task Force
The IRONMAN Communities Task Force has been formed to evaluate the economic and community impacts of the Lake Placid IRONMAN triathlon. The goal of this committee is to gather information through surveys, interviews, and data, to determine the impact of the IRONMAN Triathlon on our communities. Once due diligence has been completed, the task force will make recommendations on how best to proceed with IRONMAN in the future.
The timeline for the task force is targeted to be complete by the end of 2021.
Task force members
Members were selected based on recommendations by business owners, community members, and the involved municipalities, and on the members’ longstanding engagement in the IRONMAN discussions with ROOST.
- Greg Borzilleri, Ironman Lake Placid race director
- Cheri Cross, Jay resident
- Richard Cummings, North Elba Town Councilor
- Peter Holderied, Lake Placid Village Trustee
- Roy Holzer, Wilmington Town Supervisor
- David Lally, Wilmington representative
- Bryan Magnus, Lake Placid resident
- David Nye, Keene resident
- Michelle Preston, Wilmington resident and head of the Whiteface Visitors Bureau
- Charlie Terry, Wilmington resident
- Jay Ward, Jay resident
- Julie Woody, Keene resident
- Tara Wright, Lake Placid resident
- Sue Young, Jay resident
Meeting Notes:
- September 14, 2021
- October 5, 2021
- October 19, 2021
- November 2, 2021 (Q&A with IRONMAN Regional Director)
- November 30, 2021
- December 14, 2021
- January 4, 2022
- January 11, 2022
- July 29, 2022
- September 28, 2022
Press:
- IRONMAN Task Force Up and Running (LPN) 9.16.21
- Task Force Releases IRONMAN Survey (Press Release) 10.20.21
- Community Call on IRONMAN Survey Results (Notice) 11.23.21
- Survey: Most Support IRONMAN, Virtual Meeting Will Explain Results (LPN) 11.24.21
- IRONMAN Survey Results Show Support But Room For Improvement (Press Release) 12.1.21
- IRONMAN Task Force Drafts Recommendations (ADE) 12.16.21
- Task Force Recommends Return of Ironman in 2023 (ADE) 1.13.22
- IRONMAN Lake Placid implements Task Force recommendations (Press Release) 7.20.22
- IRONMAN Community Hotline (Press Info) 7.21.22
- IRONMAN contract approved through 2024 race (LPN) 7.28.22
- IRONMAN Task Force Evaluates 2022 Triathlon (ADE) 8.2.22