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Builders,
Still in the fight for life
agencies work on housing
Country Media commissioned a seasoned jour- Here are renderings showing two elevations of a single-family model house plan under development at Pacifica at Rogue Reef in Gold Beach. The houses nalist to spend the last three weeks researching will be designed by Sant Pacific through Studio 8 architects in Ogden, Utah. local efforts to create additional housing in the region stretching from Gold Beach south through Del Norte County. This is Part I of that two-part series, focusing first on Curry County. Kathleen Stinson Special to The Triplicate
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Cancer survivors — still in the fight — and their supporters took a victory lap this past weekend at the 2019 “Relay for Life� at Del Norte High School in Crescent City. Sunny Valero
developers who construct workforce housing, she said.
urry County officials Local Developers are drafting an emerMeantime, a single-famgency declaration to send to ily housing subdivision is Oregon Gov. Kate Brown planned for unincorporated as one of several efforts to Curry County within the provide more housing for Gold Beach Urban Growth local residents. “We’re in a state of emer- Boundary, said Joshua Stout, one of the project’s gency and we need housdevelopers. ing,� said Julie Schmelzer, Pacifica at Rogue Reef Curry County’s director of is approved for up to 33 operations. single-family homes, Stout The declaration “would Stout. from Gold Beach,� said ested in building workforce said. let developers and the “It took a lot of time and Stout. “The community is at housing,� Crook said. “In He and Joshua Richards, state know we are in crisis patience and market studies, the forefront of our minds,� fact, it was that need that both Gold Beach residents, mode and need assistance,� (together with) the resumes prompting the decision to kicked-off our present deare with the development Schmelzer said. of the principals of the build there. velopment. group Sant Pacific, headThe county also is company and the company’s He said work is underway “Unfortunately, the quartered locally. In addition considering rezoning some proven track record,� to get on the group’s project and building costs of our present to Oregon, the group has properties to expand its the banks to loan money for that “vertical� construction building have priced us into developments underway in urban-growth boundary to the project. is expected to begin in a higher price point for our Utah. “increase the availability In 2008, the property early fall. “We are finalizing apartments than we anticiStout said he knows of land� on which to build now under development had details and engineering for pated. of only two residential accessory dwelling units planning approval for 52 athome plans.� “However, we are developments presently (ADUs). tached units. But that project Another, separate group working our way into much ADUs are smaller homes that can be built at a more affordable price. They’re seen by many as one way to deal with the region’s housing crisis. To date, the Oregon Legislature has restricted ADUs to the urban-growth boundary, said Megan Chuinard, spokeswoman for the Association of Oregon Counties (AOC). “In the 2019 (legislative) session, AOC advocated for SB 88, which would have allowed counties to authorize construction of ADUs on lands zoned for rural residential use,� Chuinard said. “This bill did not pass, but AOC will continue to work to pass legislation allowing ADUs to be permitted in rural residential areas.� City of Brookings Public Works and Herbert W. Crook, Jr. and his wife, Pamela, co-own Curry Properties, Inc. They are involved in developDevelopmental Services ing The Springs at Deerhaven, 94353 Leith Rd. in Gold Beach. The building, which they said is about 90 Director Tony Baron said percent completed, will house vacation and long-term leased units. Courtesy photo in an email last week that the city had issued only one permit for an ADU in “was halted in 2008 due to of developers is Curry Prop- lower-priced units to help under construction in Curry the past year. the recession,� he said. Stout erties, Inc., whose co-ownprovide staff-housing relief County. And, Baron said, he does and his group purchased the ers are Herbert W. Crook, Jr. for those looking for a great, He said getting banks not know of any workforce property in early 2019. and his wife, Pamela. affordable place to live. to invest in a local housing housing construction curHe said the houses’ prices Herbert Crook said in “Price will dictate size, development was difficult rently underway in Brookwill range from $280,000 to a recent email that, “The but not quality,� said Crook. because the area sports no ings. $440,000, depending on the development started as an “These will be very affordSchmelzer said that when recent proven track record. size of the structure and lot. answer to the housing crisis able, attractive and amazing the county has the necessary It’s been about 20 years Stout said he had read a in central Curry County. homes to live in, perhaps as since anyone built a subdiviavailable land, it plans to report that put the median “Our desire was to devel- small as 600 square feet or sion in this area. notify developers and “say price for a single-family op a mixed-use area that was even smaller.� “It took some convincing we’re open for business.� home in Curry County at custom homes, apartments (the banks), because these The county also is $409,000. and vacation homes. areas along the coast are considering a tax credit for “My wife’s family are And, “We are very inter- More Developers on Page A3 not a proven market,� said
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Sunny Valero was one of them. She’s lived in the community for nearly 20 years and works as the human resources administrator for the City of Crescent City. Valero was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma when she was 18 years old, before she moved here. The cancer came out of nowhere to disrupt her life. Symptoms of itching and mysterious pain were initially thought to be walking pneumonia. Further investigation led to a biopsy that revealed she had a large tumor. A grapefruit-sized tumor had developed in her chest and was compressing her lung, making it difficult to breathe. With no choice but to put her life on hold, Valero’s battle against cancer began with eight months of extensive chemotherapy, and daily radiation treatments for six to eight weeks. The treatments brought down the tumor, but Valero lost her hair and had to remain isolated to reduce the risk to her immune system compromised by the chemoMore Relay on Page A3
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motorcyclist and passenger died after they were hit by a towed utility trailer while stopped on a highway shoulder, according to authorities. California Highway Patrol (CHP) out of Crescent City was dispatched at about 1:20 p.m. July 19 to a crash on Highway 199 north of Little Jones Creek Road. The crash involved a 2002 Honda motorcycle and a 2010 Ford F-150 that was towing a utility trailer. Both vehicles were reportedly traveling southbound on the highway and approaching Little Jones Creek Road, with More Crash on Page A3
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