The Sutter Creek Planning Commission and the public received a closer look at the proposed details for the 954 acre Gold Rush Ranch and Gold Resort at a meeting held June 26. This project plans to bring over 1,300 homes, 300 time share units, a 60 unit hotel and an 18 hole golf course to Sutter Creek. The purpose of the meeting was to review and comment on “Community Design Standards” and proposed zoning changes for this massive development. Representatives of the project presented numerous details on many of these design standards that they claimed would guide this project, focusing primarily on architecture.
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The Amador Observer
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This article has been reprinted from the June 16, 2006 issue of the Sacramento Business Journal.
Mike McCarthy, writer.
Developers are reportedly looking at buying all or part of the 23,000-acre Howard Ranch in Amador County, about 20 miles east of fast-growing Elk Grove and one of the largest undeveloped parcels in the region.
Western Amador County, with its gently rolling hills, is attracting developers looking for the next frontier in the increasingly built-out Sacramento area, industry leaders say.
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It was a first for many and like old times for others, as a diverse group of local residents marched with signs and props from one end of town to the other to let it be clearly known that Home Depot is not welcome in Jackson.
Starting at 9:00 am on Saturday June 17, well over one hundred people assembled at Jackson’s Detert Park and walked along Highway 49 to the steps of downtown’s National Hotel in a parade of people not usually seen in these parts. Carrying signs, placards and some dressed as “big orange boxes” the many slogans all told a clear message: Home Depot go away.
“The energy, the excitement and the turnout were just fantastic!” said Kathryn Devlin, one of the marchers. “At one point my estimate had the crowd closer to 250 people”. Devlin also praised Dennis Price for his efforts in organizing the successful march.
(KCRA News Coverage link now available. Please read through to the end of the story.)
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So here’s the plan folks, per Home Depot’s book:
Take 58 acres in this beautiful, scenic, historical valley that virtually defines Amador County and turn it into a "retail big box power center". There could be up to 4 or more big box stores,comprised of almost 400,000 square feet of retail space … or whatever else they try to do here. The public doesn’t need to know what the ‘master plan’ is, by the way.