By Cathy Locke - clocke@sacbee.com Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, July 24, 2008 Story appeared in El DORADO FOLSOM RANCHO CORDO section, Page G6 Prospects appear to have brightened for a project that could launch Rancho Cordova's long-sought transformation of properties along Folsom Boulevard. The City Council, in its role as the Community Redevelopment Agency board, agreed July 7 to enter into exclusive negotiations with Urban Housing Communities LLC, an affordable-housing developer interested a project that would incorporate the former Stagger Inn property. "This is a touchstone in Rancho Cordova," Councilman David Sander said of the parcel on the north side of Folsom Boulevard, near Mills Park Drive, that for many years was home to a problem-plagued tavern. Constituents, he said, constantly ask council members why they...
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