Grizzly Flats
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Oct 9, 2026
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Board President Lori Anzini recalled his humor, including a note with two pennies taped to it, offering his two cents.
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Two Grizzly Flat families get homes.
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The Mountain Democrat reports that two Grizzly Flat families received keys to new homes at an October second ribbon cutting under the Title twenty-five program, another milestone in Caldor Fire rebuilding.
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Homemade Sacramento teamed up with USA Properties, Elliott Homes, and Next Crafted, and crews finished both houses in just three months, with fourteen subcontractors all saying yes.
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The county's planning and building director, Karen Garner, was praised for speeding up the Olsen family's permit, which let Mont Olsen, a terminally ill Air Force veteran, spend his remaining days in a home.
Robb TuckerGUEST
However, because of all the bureaucracy and the delays, there was a, in the Eldorado National Forest, it didn't extend there, that authority, and the fire reignited in a place that they'd been trying for years to get cleared.
Robb TuckerGUEST
Uh, ended up, um, uh, getting out of control and completely destroying the town of Grizzly Flat.
John McGinnessHOST
Yeah.
Robb TuckerGUEST
So that's an example where these policies that have been ongoing for decades have just been catastrophic t- uh, to the communities.
Scott LarsonHOST
On August 14th, 2021, the Caldor fire ignited in El Dorado County, California.
Scott LarsonHOST
Within days, it swept through the small mountain community of Grizzly Flats.
Scott LarsonHOST
Homes were destroyed, families were displaced, and a community was changed forever.
Scott LarsonHOST
But today's story isn't actually about the fire.
Scott LarsonHOST
Eldorado County found a creative pathway to making rebuilding more attainable, and Homemade Sacramento brought together the expertise and generosity of the building industry.
Scott LarsonHOST
Builders, trades, suppliers, nonprofits, government leaders, and residents began working together.
Scott LarsonHOST
And on August 17th of this year, five years to the day after the fire swept through Grizzly Flats, the first two families received the keys to their new homes.
Scott LarsonHOST
And today we're going to talk about how that happened.