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WE ARE LAKE PLACID podcast: Jim Leahy, USA Luge

USA Luge CEO Jim Leahy sits at his makeshift desk Tuesday, March 26. Staffers are temporarily moving to the Mirror Lake beach house until improvements to the building are completed in the fall. (News photo — Andy Flynn)

LAKE PLACID – Almost three years after New York state promised to give USA Luge $5 million to help build a new start ramp in this town, construction began in April.

That means vacating the luge team’s headquarters on Church Street and moving temporarily to the Mirror Lake beach house on Parkside Drive until the project is done in early November.

In late March, just before the move, Editor Andy Flynn sat down with USA Luge CEO Jim Leahy to talk about the project and why it’s a game-changer for the U.S. luge team.

Listen to a portion of this interview on the “We are Lake Placid” podcast from the Lake Placid News by visiting iTunes at “https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-lake-placid/id1388667446?mt=2″>itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-lake-placid/id1388667446?mt=2.

Also listen on Soundcloud at soundcloud.com/user-340941505 and Stitcher at www.stitcher.com/podcast/lake-placid-news/we-are-lake-placid.

A U-Haul moving van is parked outside the USA Luge headquarters on Church Street, Lake Placid, Tuesday, March 26. Staffers are moving their offices to the Mirror Lake beach house from April to November while upgrades to their building are completed. Improvements will include a new state-of-the-art start ramp for athlete training. (News photo — Andy Flynn)

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