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FOCUS ON FUTURE
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2560 MABRY DR.,
SACRAMENTO
City with railroad
roots sets sights on
continuing growth
By Tinka Davi
he quality of life, good
educational system,
proximity to “everything”
and proactive, businessfriendly climate make Roseville a
great place to live, said Wendy
Gerig, CEO of the Roseville Chamber of Commerce.
Safety also is high on her list of
likes, as are the amenities in the
community, including its library
and arts and theater offerings.
“We’ve seen some dramatic
changes that make life better in
Roseville,” she said.
Roseville also is looking to the
future and expanding in the areas
of business, housing and education. The latter includes talk about
a university complex, said Brian
Jacobson, public information
officer for the city of Roseville.
A university task force is taking on
a long-term project, with schools
sharing space on one campus.
“Businesses come here looking
for a more educated work force,”
Jacobson said. “Roseville is investigating a university center where a
half-dozen universities would
come in and share space.”
The concept would allow a student to do undergraduate work in
one school, then go across the street
to get an upper degree, he said.
“It will take Roseville to the next
level in education,” he said. “It’s a
quicker way and more cost-effective for the student and the school
to share space.”
“The concept the city is trying to
facilitate is a novel approach,”
Roseville Mayor Susan Rohan said.
“I’ve seen one in Denver where
there were three universities that
functioned out of one facility.
Sierra College would be partnering
with other universities. A student
would do two years at Sierra and
then move into an upper-level
school. It’s multiple universities
operating out of one campus.
“The university is not tied to a
particular site,” Rohan said. “The
concept is what is being developed.
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Dave Henry
Kaiser Permanente sponsors the
popular children’s PlaySpace inside
Westfield Galleria at Roseville.
Artwork by Katy Drury Anderson at the Blue Line Gallery in Roseville captures
the attention of, from left, Sharon Galligan, Susan Scott, Valerie Bonkowski
and Lynn Slade of Amador County.
accommodate 1,000 people, and
the center would attract larger
groups of people.”
Sutter Medical Center will open
FAST FACTS
an administrative center on the
Where: 16 miles north of Sacraformer Hewlett Packard Roseville
mento
campus, bringing 1,000 jobs. Also
Size: 36 square miles
is moving there is Cokeva, a firm
Population: 122,060
that provides technical repair
Government: charter city, councilservices.
manager
Fed Ex is considering a new
Incorporated: April 10, 1909
200,000-square-foot distribution
County: Placer
center in the Roseville Corporate
Center on Foothill Boulevard.
The Federal Bureau of InvestigaWhen the concept is flushed out,
tion
is looking to build a regional
the site will be addressed.”
center in Roseville, and Life Time
Business activity in Roseville
Fitness will open a 120,000-squareincludes plans to build a hotel and foot complex near East Roseville
conference center on vacant cityand Secret Ravine parkways.
owned property adjacent to the
Adventist Health will build
Westfield Galleria Mall.
another office near its headquar“There’s a lot of momentum for
ters on Douglas Boulevard. Teleit,” Jacobson said. “The council
funken will expand its manufacturbacks it, and the chamber of coming capacity at its Roseville facility.
merce backs it. It’s something
Sammy’s Rockin’ Island Bar and
identified as needed not only for
Grill is doing well, drawing attenRoseville but also for the region.”
tion to downtown Roseville, JacobIt’s still in the negotiation phase, son said. Owner Steve Pease licensed the name from rock star
but initial plans call for a
Sammy Hagar.
250-room, full-service hotel of
“It’s a nice destination point for
approximately 30,000 square feet
downtown,” Jacobson said.
of space that would include meetGerig said Roseville also is
ing rooms, boardrooms and a
ballroom that would accommodate attracting small businesses.
The Black Bear Diner, for exama 1,000-seat banquet.
“This city has been challenged by ple, opened in the vacated Applenot having enough space for meet- bee’s Restaurant site on Stanford
Ranch Road.
ings,” Rohan said. “There was a
Rohan said the city has created
groundswell to have a place to
the Roseville Community Development Corporation, a private, nonprofit group that provides physical,
economic and educational tools to
attract businesses to the area
under a program called Advantage
Roseville.
“We have 21 private parties
contributing,” she said. “The intention is to raise $300,000 over three
years, and the purpose is to attract
and recruit new businesses from
the Bay area and other parts of the
state to relocate or expand their
operations within the city. It’s a
very targeted effort.”
The city of Roseville issued 644
residential home-building permits
in 2012.
Builders offer a variety of home
Dave Henry
styles and amenities.
Taylor Morrison Homes will
Sammy’s Rockin’ Island Bar and Grill is a hot spot in Roseville for live music
every Friday and Saturday night. The bar-restaurant, named for rock star
build 206 attached and detached
Sammy Hagar, is part of the momentum to revitalize downtown Roseville.
residential units within the Stone
Point Master Plan, a gated community with a park. JMC Homes offers
the Estates at Morgan Creek, a
golf-course community with sites
averaging 1/2 acre and prices from
the mid-$600,000s. JMC also has
the Woods at Fiddyment Farm,
with prices starting at $480,000.
Other communities from JMC
Homes are the Village at Crocker
Ranch, with home prices in the
high-$200,000s; Mira Bella at
Crocker Ranch, with prices from
the low $300,000s; and Casa Bella
at Crocker Ranch, with prices in
the mid-$400,000s
K. Hovnanian Homes features
homes at Settler’s Ridge in the
Fiddyment Farm master plan.
Prices start at $320,000. KB Homes
has Valley Meadows at Fiddyment
Farm, with homes priced from the
mid-$300,000s.
Meritage Homes has Sonata at
Fiddyment Farms, where homes
are priced from $339,950. Signature Properties has Pleasant Oak,
with prices in the $200,000s.
Tim Lewis Communities offers
Villemont homes, priced from
$252,990.
Prices of resale homes range
from $119,900 to $1,075,000,
according to Metro List Services for
Roseville.
Rohan said she enjoys the
Roseville lifestyle.
“I chose to live in Roseville,” she
said. “You don’t just pick a house,
but you also get great neighborhood schools and sports activities,
a library, biking and hiking. You’re
instantly plugged into the
churches, schools, sports activities
because everything is here.”
Roseville history is tied to the
Gold Rush, when miners came
seeking gold. Some gave it up for
ranching, settling in the area in the
1850s. In 1864, the railroad came
east from Sacramento. The spot
where it crossed a rail line linking
Lincoln and Folsom became known
as Junction. Over the next 40 years,
the community developed into
Roseville.
In 1906, the Southern Pacific
Railroad moved its roundhouse
from Rocklin to Roseville, where it
remains today.
Roseville growth has continued,
with new businesses and residents.
ᔡ Tinka Davi is a freelance
writer and editor based in Folsom.
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