tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21927882.post-1146525586700359452006-05-01T16:12:00.000-07:002006-08-30T17:41:01.503-07:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >The Future of Byron Hot Springs:</span></span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >From what I have found so far it seems that the future is not bright. Right now its a cow pasture, there are hundreds of cows where people used to be. </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Golf Course and Resort Plan</span>?</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">One group has plans to make the place into a resort again with an 18-hole championship golf course, golf club, spa, convention facility, retail, bungalow style hotel facility, residential homes and even light industry. They even bought the domain name, (www.byronhotsprings.com). The idea seems to be at a stand still. I cant find any information about the project in the news or other searches. The website has not been updated since 2004 and hard to find(I found it by typing byronhotsprings all at once in the search engine). The website is loaded with detailed information on the history of the hotsprings. Someone put some money into the research and design of this website. Was this idea shot down? Did the investors pull out or dose the property just have bad luck for everyone who owns it? If anyone has any info on this that they could send me I would appreciate I did email the General Manager/PGA Project Coordinator and have not gotten a response.</span> </span></span><br /></span><br /><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >Are there government grants where you can get money to start a restoration project like this?</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A few Ideas to throw around. What do you think? </span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span></strong></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Idea 1# </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Public Park:</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A historical preserve.</span>Turn this place into a public park and bring back the springs. Make a public golf course maybe. Put in a park for camping. Restore the hotel back to period and rent it out for weddings and business meetings. This would be an idea for the government? Maybe a private group could do this with a public grant. I don't know much on the subject.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><div align="left"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Idea 2#<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A New Home Development similar to mountain House:</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Home subdivisions <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">centralized around a nice sized public park and community center. Which would consist of a few indoor and outdoor swimming pools. The hotel would be turned into a public historical preserve which all would be funded by developers in exchange for building rights. Any developers want to play?</span></span></span> </div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Idea 3# </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A corporate headquarters: </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">The hotel rooms are a little small by today's hotel standards but they are the perfect size for small private offices. There is a grand lobby, a kitchen plenty of storage space and a airport next door. It would be perfect for corporate retreats if you opened up the pools and there is plenty of space to put more offices. Close to dublin and private.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Idea 4#</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Northern California renaissance faire location</strong>: <span style="font-size:85%;">The renaissance faire has been looking for a location for years since they left Blackpoint, this would be a perfect place with a very nice setting.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Idea 5#</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Indian Casino with historic theme</strong>: <span style="font-size:85%;">That will get the people out there plus keep the dollars flowing. This kind of development should warrent hugh improvements and at the minimum restoring the hotel, plus the hot springs are next to the Byron airport..<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>What are your Ideas?</strong></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="technoratitag" style="font-size:78%;">Technorati Tags:<br /><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/future" target="_blank" rel="tag" title="Link to Technorati Tag category for future">future</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/development+ideas" target="_blank" rel="tag" title="Link to Technorati Tag category for development ideas">development ideas</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/golf+course" target="_blank" rel="tag" title="Link to Technorati Tag category for golf course">golf course</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Casino" target="_blank" rel="tag" title="Link to Technorati Tag category for Casino">Casino</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/renaissance+faire" target="_blank" rel="tag" title="Link to Technorati Tag category for renaissance faire">renaissance faire</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/historical+preserve" target="_blank" rel="tag" title="Link to Technorati Tag category for historical preserve">historical preserve</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Byron+hot+springs" target="_blank" rel="tag" title="Link to Technorati Tag category for Byron hot springs">Byron hot springs</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/byron+hotel" target="_blank" rel="tag" title="Link to Technorati Tag category for byron hotel">byron hotel</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/pictures" target="_blank" rel="tag" title="Link to Technorati Tag category for pictures">pictures</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Brian+Barringer" target="_blank" rel="tag" title="Link to Technorati Tag category for Brian Barringer">Brian Barringer</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Byron" target="_blank" rel="tag" title="Link to Technorati Tag category for Byron">Byron</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/Ca" target="_blank" rel="tag" title="Link to Technorati Tag category for Ca">Ca</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/photos" target="_blank" rel="tag" title="Link to Technorati Tag category for photos">photos</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/links" target="_blank" rel="tag" title="Link to Technorati Tag category for links">links</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">By Brian Barringer</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brian@tracyhomes.com</span></span><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong></strong> </span></span></div></span></span>Brian W. 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