I looked into it.
apparently zoning laws in the area prohibit a hedonistic sort of thing. i can do residences or a wilderness spa/retreat. wildlife conservation wont work too well either because theres not much to conserve and the land has been so developed (aka razed) keeping the place from dilapidating into a mudpit (especially lower left) will take alot of money and labor. residences and retreats wont work too well either because that would involve a hefty investment into new development for something which is questionably profitable and very financially risky: theres not much of a market for those sorts of retreats in north georgia. it's georgia, not new york or california. most atlantans live in the suburbs anyway and have no desire for a retreat more than once in a very blue moon. the retreats that do exist now are struggling to stay afloat - especially in this economy.
what i will probably do is work with the bank and bucci and buy some equity in the school, be a board member or something, and keep the school running but with MY RULES. i'm unsure of the current business structure at HLA so i dont know how it's going to work out but my guys are on top of it right now. a suggestion that was thrown out is to 'be the bank' in this situation: buy the school and lease it back to bucci under certain conditions. those conditions would be: no strip searches, everyone goes on all breaks, optional summer, end parent manipulation, full disclosure of school-going-ons, full cooperation with authorities when incidents occur, unlimited unsupervised access to phones 24/7 to call anyone parents (not counselors) approve, expansion of the arts and music programs, the end of forced PT and labor, regular access to internet and email, the end of counselor review of parent-student communications, and end the focus on AA and total abstinence and begin to emphasize harm reduction (learning responsible vs. irresponsible use of drugs/alchohol instead of saying "do it and you will be deadinsaneorinjail". End the ban on relationships (ban on sex can stand, for obvious reasons - its georgia). In essence, HLA must end their attempts at suppressing negative personality traits in their students, and instead focus on turning those negatives into either neutrals or positives.