You've probably noticed the large, bald place above Idaho Maryland Road that's visible from the freeway and hospital. It belongs to Margie and Tim who hope to build their new RV sales lot on it. Yesterday Tim invited family, planners, complainers, neighboring businesses and friends on a hay-ride to tour the site.
I took this picture of the old access bridge to the site (off Idaho Maryland Road) during April 2004. It was replaced this year.
During the tour, the complainer mentioned that too much roof would be visible. One of the officials advised him that the area was zoned commercial. An email was circulated by the opposition trying to stir up controversy against the improvements it called...."a large eyesore...building and parking lot, for the purpose of selling gas guzzling monster RVs to rich people from out of the area." These people know (from earlier meetings) that DeMartini's sales bring in much sales tax revenue per month to the State, and the city of Grass Valley. Not only that, Tim employs many people. It's interesting that he bought the property, and built the store in Indiana after he acquired this local property. The expensive delays have been due to business unfriendly, (envious?) people who talk about local infrastructure needs, but think money grows on trees rather than coming from risk-taking, enterprising, hard working people.
View from site towards the freeway, hospital........and Weavers new facility under construction. If all goes well, they'll have more room and their employees a better, less crowded place to work. By-the-way....the hay ride was a fun way to take care of business. However, it's now November 2006 and now some official feels that the new bridge is too narrow (even though it was approved before).
Epilogue
( February 4, 2007)
New view of the bald hill. The DeMartini site on the left is just beginning construction of the new building cement slab. To the right is the new Hills Flat Lumber building nearing completion. Weaver's new completed auto sales is in the foreground by the freeway. Construction on it began a couple of years ago.
