Meet the Team

Partner/CEO of Spillian: A Place to Revel

“As the owner of a fellow regenerative historic hospitality property, I am truly excited at the energy and possibility Kirkside is bringing to the area. Its greatest promise - its fluent flow, its confluence - of people, place, food, learning, and a growing economy.”

Founder and Executive Producer - Loving Live, LLC.

“I firmly believe The Inn at Kirkside is vital to the growth of Roxbury and the surrounding area. It is vital that we continue to build on our strengths and develop additional avenues for younger residents that provide fulfilling employment and training options to allow them to remain in the area, if they wish to.”

Past MARK Board President

“The Inn at Kirkside Project is a groundbreaking project for our community. I’m as honored as I am excited to serve on the Advisory Board, believing that this innovative undertaking requires the commitment of collective thinking, community support and fundraising, fundraising, and fundraising. It remains to be a fulfilling experience to work alongside Peg Ellsworth once again.”

Architect and Founding Partner, 7group, LLC

“So excited about the potential of the Inn at Kirkside’s role in honoring the community’s historical integrity, re-vitalizing local sourcing, and teaching responsible entrepreneurship… all while being a cool place to stay, eat remarkable food, and enjoy cocktails with friends.”

MARK Board Member

“The Inn at Kirkside is the kind of “big-vision” project that will support and grow our region’s agricultural and hospitality offerings in multiple ways, and I’m honored and challenged by the opportunity to be part of this story.”

PhD, CHE, Dean & Professor, School of Business & Hospitality Management, SUNY Delhi

“It's so exciting to be involved in such an innovative project like the Inn at Kirkside! We look forward to collaborating on making the space a hub for hospitality education, workforce development, and fun for visitors from near and far!”

Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs

“The Kirkside project stands as a unique community-based economic development collaboration that reclaims and restores local resources and builds on local capacities and engagement among a broad cross-section of individuals and institutions.”

Special Project Manager, MARK Project, Inn at Kirkside Project

“This project is meaningful, exciting, and ambitious. I am optimistic through valuable partnerships and plenty of hard work, we can get this done.”

Co-Owner, Beaverdam Builders; Former Kirkside of Roxbury Board of Directors

“I am eager to work on this project that will restore Kirkside to the warm welcoming environment that Helen Gould Shepard envisioned when it was built. A place for delicious food, great company, and robust conversation.”

Town Historian

“As a former board of director for “Kirkside of Roxbury”, and having my mother reside there back in 2008, I have been very involved with the building and have a deep connection to Kirkside. I’m glad to see that something is being done with the building and thrilled to be part of the process. It’s History in the making!”

SUNY Plattsburgh (retired)

“I see this project as preserving not only the Kirkside building, but also as a revisioning of the very meaning of “preservation” – not simply turning something into a museum but keeping it as a vital part of the social and economic life of Roxbury.”

Television News Producer (retired)

“Whenever I see a photo of Main Street Roxbury from a hundred or so years ago, I'm re-energized to get behind this project.”

Associate Broker, Coldwell Banker Timberland Properties

“One of the best projects I have ever encountered. Kirkside has my whole-hearted support.”

Attorney At Law, Perlman and Perlman

“I am thoroughly excited by the potential of the Inn at Kirkside project. It has the potential to be transformative, not only for the western Catskills area, but for the entire New York State Southern Tier… I am honored to be a part of this truly innovative effort.”

“A project so creative, so doable and so new that it would be a centerpiece and destination point for the region. It would be delinquent to not try to make it happen.”

“Kirkside is the most exciting and potentially transformative project I have worked on.”

The Inn at Kirkside Project is exciting and refreshing. It supports economic recovery, rediscovery of a community rich in history and sustainability for future generations. As a direct descendant of the More family I have a heartfelt connection to the building and its preservation. I am more than honored to be a part of this journey.

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