20 years ago May 11, 2006 Vail Resorts secured a key 5.13-acre parcel at the base of Vail Mountain through a complex land exchange, allowing the company to move forward with its planned “Front Door” redevelopment, the Vail Daily reported. In return, the agreement transferred significant acreage into public ownership, including the 500-acre Vassar Meadows wetlands along East Brush Creek and additional land in the Game Creek drainage. The multi-ye…