Our Annual Opportunity for a Better Oakmont

By Steve Edwards | January 8, 2019 |

Thank you, Yvonne Frauenfelder, for your excellent, well-focused article regarding the precarious state of our situation (Oakmont – Transition 2019).  The comments made by Rick Feibusch to your article bring even more clarity to where we are and the plight we face. Over the past 3 to 5 years, we witnessed the arrival of younger, …

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Oakmont – Transition 2019

By Yvonne Frauenfelder | January 2, 2019 |

More than half a century ago, H.N. “Nor” Berger, a developer from Sacramento, built 600 houses and an 18 hole golf course along Highway 12 – in a former hop yard. He fulfilled his dream to create a retirement village that followed a new trend sweeping the nation. The entrepreneur built out his Shangri-La with…

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Is Oakmont a Golf Course Community?

By Bruce Bon | July 31, 2018 |

Berger’s undeniable intent was to create a golf course community. He had the golf course (now the west course) designed first, and then the housing layout around it. But is Oakmont now a golf course community? The answer to this question is a simple and emphatic NO. There is a community of golfers within Oakmont,…

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