Grand said the reopening of the main resort has always been contingent on the bigger development plans, which some residents of the area say was never fully explained. They promised to reopen it two years ago and then again last year.”
People would love to use the hot springs pools again. “People would have never supported them had they known,” Fletcher said about the new owners. Some folks have moved away and the local K-12 school, which once educated more nearly 270 kids, is down to an enrollment of just 140. Meanwhile, the Warner Springs community has struggled since the resort closed.
“We need the golf, we need the horseback riding, we need the economic engine of the housing to enable us to really do something world class up here,” Grand said. He said the key to the property’s future is the new housing that will help drive the renovations. At the time Pacific Hospitality said it hoped to have the resort renovated and reopened within two years.įred Grand, the company’s president, said that was the original plan but there have been unexpected delays - mostly involving water that feeds the property.
