While your memories of visiting Alpine Resort remain, one of its longest-standing structures may not for much longer.

Earlier this week, the Village of Egg Harbor’s Zoning Board of Appeals voted in favor of granting owner Matt Sagorac the certificate of appropriateness needed to demolish the Alpine Lodge. The topic has been a heated one at village meetings for the last several months as Sagorac plans out the future of the waterfront property he purchased last year. The vote comes just over a month later than initially planned, following the denial of the demolition permit application by the village’s Architectural Review and Historic Preservation Board in June. Sagorac had initially applied to demolish the 1920s-era building back in March. The Egg Harbor Fire Department declared the building unsafe for occupancy at the beginning of the summer. Still, it allowed a portion of it to reopen for restaurant operations after addressing some of the concerns. Those opposed to the building’s demolition argue that the Alpine Lodge offered some local historic significance, going so far as to bring in Architectural historian Traci Schnell to evaluate the property.

Whatever the future has in store for the Alpine Lodge and the resort’s waterfront, you have at least one more year to enjoy it. According to a post on the Alpine Resort’s Facebook page, its lease has been extended one more year, and they are accepting reservations for events in 2026.