A new resort hotel that opened this past weekend on Lookout Mountain is being touted as “one of the largest private investments in the history of Walker County”, that according to the Walker County Government.  The new 245-room Cloudland at McLemore Resort hotel is part of the Hilton Hotel Curio Collection.  The resort employs just over 200 people and during peak-season, the number of employees is expected to top out at over 300.  Walker County says that the hotel and resort, located off Highway 157 about eighteen miles north of Chattooga County, is expected to bring in nearly $3 million in sales tax revenue for Walker County.