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State Awards SAVE CLOVER VALLEY coalition of citizens
Citizens prevail; are rewarded
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FROM SACRAMENTO BEE - - SATURDAY, OCT. 11
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Groups behind Rocklin valley fight, Woodland guide saluted
By M.S. Enkoji - menkoji@sacbee.com
Published 12:00 am PDT Saturday, October 11, 2008
Story appeared in OUR REGION section, Page B2
A 10-year citizens' fight to stave off development in Rocklin's Clover Valley and an in-depth guide to 400 vintage structures in Woodland were honored Friday with a state preservation awards.
California State Parks' Office of Historic Preservation gave its Governor's Historic Preservation Awards to 11 groups statewide. The annual awards, given since 1986, recognize community involvement and a wide scope of efforts, including building rehabilitation and archaeology.
Woodland city employees drew on historical resources to compile the "Explore Historic Woodland Guidebook," which includes details about families who once resided in the town's old homes. The book is a companion piece to the annual "Stroll through History," where visitors take a historic walking tour of historic neighborhoods.
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In Rocklin, volunteers with the Save Clover Valley Organization made a 45-minute documentary film and created a Web site in an effort to defeat a plan to build 558 homes in the 622- acre valley.
The plan threatened wildlife and Indian historical sites and would exacerbate traffic and air pollution, opponents had argued. An Indian tribe stepped in to purchase and preserve some of the property in August, increasing open space to 406 acres from 366.
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It's nice to get a Governor's Award for the efforts of the Save Clover Valley group, including Clover Valley Foundation and the Clover Valley Coalition. The Bee's story is a little inaccurate and does not cover the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and Rocklin citizens to get to the point that the Valley floor, with its numerous Native American historic sites, may be preserved.
If the first plan proposed had gone through, there would have been about 70 acres of open space and potentially up to 900 homes in the Valley. Thanks to the discovery of extent the historic and archeological sites by founders of the Save Clover Valley group, the City and developer were forced to redo the Environmental Impact Report several times and complete a new Cultural Study which the CA Office of Historic Preservation stiil says is inadequate. Its nice to see that a small group of dedicated citizens CAN make a difference, even with City Hall and a mega-millionaire developer fighting you tooth and nail.