A recent visit to the County Clerk & Recorders office revealed some interesting recent transactions. The first was the sale of the Gunsmoke property in Johnson Village. This property is the site where Nestle plans to build its loading station to truck water to Denver. Purchase price was 1.125 MILLION dollars. The second transaction of interest was the Ruby Mountain Springs (location of the former hatchery) property where Nestle plans to pump 65 million gallons of water per year. Purchase price for this property was 2.85 MILLION dollars. In 2007 it is recorded that Nestle purchased the Big Horn Springs site for .86 MILLION dollars. A little math shows that these 3 properties resulted in nearly $5 MILLION for the owners of these properties. I think I now understand a little better why a small but influential group of people were pushing so hard for approval of the Nestle project.
John Graham
Salida
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John, could you list all the recipients, players, and connections, and send it all here and to the mail? I’m sure the public would like to know exactly how this went down. Also any connections to the Cattlemen’s Assoc. and former commissioners.
Thanks