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Town and Country Village gets the go-ahead Jo Carrerow Village Life correspondent
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Town and and Country Village includes two, 150-room hotels and an event center/museum on one part of the site plus residential cottages on a second part of the property.
The El Dorado County Planning Commission paved the way for development of Town and Country Village, El Dorado, a resort which proposes two hotels, an event center, a museum and 112 residential cottages off U.S. Highway 50 on Bass Lake Road between El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park. The $210 million development could potentially generate $2.6 million in annual tax revenue for the county. During a six-hour special meeting on Sept. 10, commissioners were asked by applicant Mohanna Development Co. to approve a full set of entitlements to push the project forward.
Despite Chair Bob William’s request to “sleep on it” and return the next day, the commission voted yes on all four actions recommended by county staff. “I’ve been looking at this project for many years, seen a number of changes,” Williams said. “I’m really confused and concerned that there are areas where we still have blanks after so many years.” The 57-acre project has been six years in the making. The cottages include 56 for extended stay lodging and 56 for staff, and are an average of 560 square feet. “Because of their size they will most likely be half the average rent,” developer Nikky Mohanna said. A planned development permit would ■ See TOWN AND COUNTRY, page A5
EDHCSD board BRING ON THE BREWS names interim general manager News release The El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors has voted to appoint Stephanie McGann Jantzen as interim general manager. Jantzen, who served as assistant general manager since 2024, will guide the organization through this transitional period STEPHANIE MCGANN with a focus on strengthening commuJANTZEN nity trust, enhancing transparency in government and building organizational resilience. “I am honored by the board’s confidence in me to lead the CSD during this challenging and important time,” said Jantzen. “My priorities are clear: create stability for the organization, rebuild trust with our community and open new channels for public input and engagement.” Board members Noelle Mattock and Michael Martinelli, along with board President Stephen Ferry, ■ See GENERAL MANAGER, page A2
Lawsuit threat prompts an EDHCSD bank swap Noel Stack Editor The El Dorado Hills Community Services will take its business to River City Back for financing of up to $5,300,000 for the purchase of the second half of the Old Executive Golf Course. Umpqua Bank rescinded its terms after a former El Dorado Hills resident wrote a letter to the EDCHSD threatening litigation regarding the lease financing transaction. “As part of (Umpqua’s) requirements for the 2025 On Sept. 11, El Dorado lease financing, the ... bank required Hills Community an opinion of legal Services District counsel regarding litigation. Due to the staff announced the threat of litigation purchase of the second … (Umpqua) was unable to move forportion of the Old ward as the purchaser … due to the inabilExecutive Golf Course ity of legal counsel to had closed, officially deliver a clean litigation opinion (e.g., making the entire that there is no pendarea public property. ing threat of litigation),” notes a letter sent to the EDHCSD Board of Directors from Jennifer Bradlee, BBK special counsel, who assisted the district with the purchase. “To be clear, the failure to deliver a litigation opinion should not be construed as a failure to deliver an opinion that the litigation has no merit, but merely ■ See THREAT, page A4
Village Life photos by Shelly Thorene
The El Dorado Hills Brewfest celebrated the vibrant spirit of the region and brought together brewers and winemakers from across Northern California, plus food trucks, business booths and live music, at El Dorado Hills Town Center on Saturday, Sept. 6. Hosted by the El Dorado Hills Chamber of Commerce, the event brewed an unforgettable celebration. Above, volunteer Ron Perez of Cameron Park, center, serves a beer to Shawn Healer of El Dorado Hills. Perez and fellow volunteer Rick Harse of Rescue, rear, together kept pace with eager beverage tasters wanting to try Boring Rose Brewing Co. samples. At right, beer wasn’t the only beverage on the brewfest menu. Josy Moyer pours a sample of wine from Golden Leaves Vineyard and Winery located in Somerset for Ken Mahar of El Dorado Hills.
Sam and Mike Casey of El Dorado Hills, left, enjoy sampling kombucha as Michelle Grubbs, owner of Sacramento-based KC Kombucha, right looks on.
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