04/30/2025
George Williams College has sold. The battle that surrounded this sale to a wonderful buyer whom I was proud to represent, was about battle to avoid the future in favor of keeping it “the way it was”. I never felt the need to keep George Williams College “the way it was” because it’s already not what it was. It was a basic YMCA camp. Then it became something else. Then, something else. Then, you guessed it: something else. The newest something else promises to benefit not just the select few who paid to attend college there, but everyone in the community, both full time and vacation home residents, and the municipality who had the foresight and resolve to welcome this change. Right now, that benefit doesn’t look so obvious to those who were staunchly opposed to the vision of an upscale, low density country inn, and I can respect their position. But for me, I couldn’t be more excited about what’s coming next to this iconic property on the North Shore of Fontana Bay. Just as I was honored to represent the University of Chicago and their Yerkes holdings, I feel uniquely privileged to have represented the world class buyer of the magnificent grounds we know as George Williams College.
Above, the vision for what’s coming next, as shown at the Williams Bay village board meeting in March.
