This week’s Adobe Press published an article on George and Nancy Newman’s Nipomo Town Square project. The Newmans are long time Nipomo residents, who currently run The Water Gardens
here in Nipomo. I previously posted on this project in May of this year here. That was before I had an opportunity to sit down with George and hear more about his project, which I’ll post more about in a bit. George was kind enough to provide me with some additional information and some projected time tables he anticipates for The Town Square’s Construction.

The Adobe article describes Nipomo Town Square as a 20 acre, 300,000 square foot project, which just received an intent to serve letter. The problem is that fees have skyrocketed so much that this, and many commericial projects in Nipomo are in jeopardy. As George Newman explained to the Adobe Press, if fees continue to rise, projects like this will not make any economic sense: Continue reading →