INNKEEPERS

Tara Cort and Adam Greene

Tara grew up down county in Germantown, NY and went on to lead the team at

nearby Hotel Tivoli in Tivoli, NY for 8 years. She worked closely with

artist/owners Helen and Brice Marden, to ensure that art, style and hospitality

were always seamlessly connected. Tara’s tenure was highlighted by earning a

Conde Nast Gold List “Best Hotels in the World” Award in 2021.

Adam, has spent a lifetime dedicated to Food & Beverage and Boutique

Hospitality operations, having owned three Michelin Recommended

restaurants in New York City. He was also part of the opening teams for the

flagship Standard Hotel in LA as well as Boman’s in Sweden. Personal highlights include earning a James Beard nomination for Hospitality in 2021.

After running historic Inns together in Detroit and Vermont for LifeHouse Hotels, Tara and Adam decided to settle into their home just down the road from The Inn at Silver Maple Farm. In their spare time, they enjoy outdoor adventures, reading, fine arts and travel. They are happy to be your local guides as they are well-acquainted with the local dining scene and the many sites and activities that the Hudson Valley and Berkshires have to offer. Ask them anything- they like the same things you do!

They are looking forward to hosting you soon.

OWNERS

Travis, Azie, and their sons (Hunter + Kingston) discovered Silver Maple Farm in 2019 and knew it had potential to be restored as a {verdigreen} branded boutique hotel. In 2021 after meeting with Sean and Chloe and deeming them a perfect fit for the inn, they closed on the farmhouse.

Travis is an experienced hotelier with over 20 years in the hotel and leisure industry. He most recently spent five years at Highgate Hotels. As a result of his success in executing a turnaround effort for over 1,000 New York City rooms owned by DiamondRock Hospitality, he received the 2017 Leadership Award from the publicly traded lodging REIT.

Prior to Highgate Hotels, Travis was a Managing Director at Centerboard Group, where he co-founded Roughneck Lodging, a temporary workforce lodging company for oil & gas, mining, power and infrastructure projects.

Before joining Centerboard, his career experience included roles such as the VP of Special Asset Management at TriMont Real Estate Advisors, Vice President in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Bank of America, and Director at CNL Hotels & Resorts. He is known for his love of basketball, his personal take on street style, and his proficiency in creating complex Excel spreadsheet models that dazzle board members.

Azie Shelhorse is an accomplished interior designer + artist with experience in both hotel and residential spaces. She collaborated on projects with Marriott, Highgate Hotels, Aparium Hotel Group and DiamondRock Hospitality, prior to launching her own boutique hotel collection with Travis in 2019.

Azie has a creative arts background and her design work has been featured in a number of publications, including Elle Decor, Lodging Magazine, Hotel News Now, InspireDesign, Travel & Leisure, Forbes Magazine, Architectural Digest, Montclair Magazine, and Domino Magazine. She been one of the 70 New York City area designers featured in Housing Works’ Design on a Dime benefit for several years, and has a strong social media following. She is best known for her authentic original interiors, her compassion for the community, and her casual zodiac references to explain everything that happens in her life.

More important than his extensive hospitality and finance background or her interior design accolades, on Travis' first date with Azie in January 2006, he told her he was going to have his own hotel one day. They were in their late 20s, eating at an Italian restaurant overlooking Lake Fairy in Longwood, Florida. Once he got her attention, he also asked if she would ever consider moving to New York. She promptly canceled her newly minted cabaret contract which would have taken her to Tokyo and far away from him. Six months later, they packed up their lives into a UHaul and drove up the East Coast together to take a chance on love.

They opened their storefront {verdigreen}, a design-focused indie home furnishings shop and painting studio, in 2010. They had two showroom locations in Montclair and the East Village, NYC, before retiring from retail in 2020 to focus on their growing boutique lodging brand, {verdigreen} hotels.

Silver Maple Farm is such a great addition to their collection of small experiential properties and they would love to hear about your stay!

Visit their other {verdigreen} hotel properties: Twin Gables, and Hotel Mountain Brook, in upstate New York. Or for a change of scenery, check out Marrero's Guest Mansion in Key West.