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[RC] Horse friendly land owner needs support - Lari SheaWillard Jackson owns 1650 acres of mountainous redwood forests
and open cattle grazing pastures overlooking the Pacific ocean just north
of Fort Bragg, California. Will has always been generous to the
extreme in allowing Endurance Races, the Ride & Tie Championship
Race, and organized trailrides to ride through his spectacular
property. He even hires crews to keep the trails open and safe to
ride.
In the quarter century Will has owned this land, our good neighbor
has actively protected those 1650 hundred beautiful acres from
development, logging, and subdivision. He now wants to build
a small B&B, which he's calling The Inn at Newport Ranch. His
purpose and goal in building a small Inn on 3 of his acres is to create
just enough income to pay the taxes and upkeep for the entire acreage, so
that his heirs will not feel pressured to log the redwood forests or sell
off the lands to developers. He wants to preserve this land as a
whole for the future.
The Inn will offer 5 - 7 rental units open to the public and for
wedding events. Some units will have 2 bedrooms, suitable for
families, with a total of 9 bedrooms in the rental pool. Structures
will be designed to be subordinate to the natural environment, using
earth tone colors that blend with the surroundings, and landscaped to
screen the proposed structures to the maximum extent possible to protect
and preserve public views. In the past, the town of Newport housed
over a thousand residents... all the buildings except one home burned
more than 50 years ago. That one home was used as a B&B for a
dozen years in the mid-80's to the mid-90's.
Will needs letters of support for his project to be sent to:
Robert Merrill, District Manager
California Coastal Commission
710 E Street, Suite 200
Eureka, CA 95501
Copies of the letter should be sent to:
1880 Century Park east, Suite 415
Los Angeles, CA 90067-1604
E-mail: alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Fax #: (310) 552-1850
Thoughts you might include in your letter: That the Inn will
provide a unique lodging opportunity for visitors; the project
provides one of only a few such lodging opportunities in this area;
and/or that the Inn resurrects an earlier, visitor-serving use while
maintaining the cattle ranch operation and character.
Thanks for your support!
Lari
"What unites us all is a love of the out-of-doors, a spirit of adventure, and a passion for horses!" Lari Shea Ricochet Ridge Ranch 24201 North Highway One Fort Bragg, CA 95437 Riding Vacations on the Mendocino Coast with lodging at unique B&B Inns International Riding Vacations
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