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New Ruralism on the banks of the Yuba River

On the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, where the Yuba River flows out of the foothills and towards the Sacramento Valley, there is a very special place. A place which holds:

  • Over 900 habitat-rich acres of blue oak woodland, wetlands, and great, groundwater-fed ponds.
  • Over two miles along the banks and watersheds of the Yuba River and Deer Creek, at the epicenter of the Chinook salmon restoration effort.
  • Breathtaking views past the Sutter Buttes and the Central Valley to the west, and across the Sierra to the east.
  • Historic features such as gold-rush era townsites, great hardrock tunnels and towering hydraulicked bluffs which yielded a fortune in gold and still hold much, much more.
  • Direct access to both Grass Valley and Marysville on Highway 20.

A very special place, deserving a very special vision. And that vision we call: “Excelsior.”

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