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people N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 5 2 7 DaviDDonohueinsetaveryyaleKamila 10Intriguing Most These Mainers dared to be different. 1Les Otten Dreamweaver Bethel W e know him as the Man From Sunday River. How about The Man Who Saved Fenway Park. This year Les Otten is also The Dreamer Who Is Quintupling the Balsams to Become an International Destination on the Order of Banff. We reached Otten at his home in Bethel by telephone IntervIew by ColIn w. Sargent The Balsams is etched into memory as a Shangri- La run by Steve Barba. Youve dared to think bigger about this wilderness resort to put it on the map as a huge attraction. The scale is astonishing. Can you tell us about your original vision and how it was essential to dream differently than others might The opportunity was once-in-a-lifetime. Weve had the chance to envision a year- round destination resort from scratch with no limitations on how you could imagine the project. We rethought everything real- estate ownership skiing yoga fat-tire bik- ing water sports how it all comes togeth- er. Our model is more like a college campus than an Olympic Village and it goes like