GULSTAN: A SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN GRONGWI RAPIDLY OVER THE PAST DECADE. AND AS ANDREA FLORES TELL US, MOUNTAIN HOUSE IS CELEBRATING THEIR FIRST RETAIL CENTER IN YES.AR >> IT’S VERY EXCITING. THE ERHADN’T BEEN ANY TYPE OF RETAIL BUILT SINCE BEFORE THE 2008-10 RECESSION. IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR TH.IS REPORTER: SEVERAL NEW BUSINESSES MOVED INTO A RETAIL CENTER THAT JUST OPENED UP IN MOUNTAIN HOUSE. >> PIZZA PLACE, SANDWICH SP,HO DENTAL OFFICE, HOMEWORK CLUB, AND A JIU-JITSU STUDIO. ETH TYPES OF THINGS THAT A GROWING COMMUNITY LIKE MOUNTAIN HOUSE, THE FAMILIES WON’T HAVE TO GOO T TRACY ANYMORE TO GET THESE SERVIC.ES REPORTER: STEVEN PINKERTON SAYS MOUNTAIN HOUSE HAS GROWN RAPIDLY IN THE PAST DEDECA. >> WE HAVE BEEN PRIMARILY A FAMILY COMMUNITY FOR OUR FIR ST FROM ABOUT 9,000 PEOPLE IN 2010. AND NOW WE HAVE OVER 25,000, PROBABLY 26,000 RESIDENTS. LOTS OF CHANGES IN MOUNTNAI HOUSE AFTER MANY YEARS OF NOTHING CHANGING ON ETH COMMERCIAL FRONT WHILE HOUSES WERE GETTING BUILT CONSTANYTL FOR THE LAST DECADE. REPORTER: BUT THIS RETAIL CENTER OPENS AMID A LOT OF CHALLENGES. FUELED BY COVID. >> WHEN THE PANDEMIC STARTED, WE WERE VERY CONCERNED. THEY WERE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THEIR PROCESS PANDEMIC OR NO PANDEMIC, SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM, THESE ARE SERVICES THAT WE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AND MORE SERVICES ARE ON THE WAY. REPORT:ER WITH THE COMMUNITY’S FIRST GROCERY STORE SLATED TO OPEN LATER THIS YEAR. >> THE GROCERY STORE WILL ANCHOR OUR TOWN CENTER AREA THAT’S GOING TO BE IN THE CENTER OF THE COMMUNITY. A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN MOUNTAIN HOUSE. REPORTER: ANDREA FLORES KCRA 3 NEWS GU
‘Lots of things happening’: San Joaquin County community opens large retail center
Updated: 7:22 PM PST Jan 12, 2022
Mountain House, a San Joaquin County community that has been growing rapidly over the past decade, is celebrating its first retail center in years.Several new businesses have moved into the retail center, including a pizza place, sandwich shop, dental office, and jiu-jitsu studio. Steven Pinkerton, general manager for the Mountain House Community Services District, said the community has made notable strides in growing, its population increasing from 9,000 people in 2010 to 26,000 residents as of the latest count.”We have been primarily a family community for our first 18 years,” Pinkerton said. “There will be lots of changes in Mountain House after many years of nothing changing on the commercial front, while houses were getting built constantly for the last decade.”The new retail center opens amid a lot of challenges fueled by COVID-19. But Pinkerton said the opening is happening at the right time, noting that there hasn’t been any type of retail built since the start of the 2008 recession.”When the pandemic started, we were very concerned. They were about halfway through their process,” Pinkerton said. “Pandemic or no pandemic, short term and long term, these are services that we need in the community.”Pinkerton said more services are on the way for this thriving community, including its first grocery store slated to open later this year. The grocery store is highly anticipated, Pinkerton saying that it will serve as an anchor for the town center area.”There are a lot of things happening in Mountain House,” Pinkerton said.
Mountain House, a San Joaquin County community that has been growing rapidly over the past decade, is celebrating its first retail center in years.
Several new businesses have moved into the retail center, including a pizza place, sandwich shop, dental office, and jiu-jitsu studio. Steven Pinkerton, general manager for the Mountain House Community Services District, said the community has made notable strides in growing, its population increasing from 9,000 people in 2010 to 26,000 residents as of the latest count.
“We have been primarily a family community for our first 18 years,” Pinkerton said. “There will be lots of changes in Mountain House after many years of nothing changing on the commercial front, while houses were getting built constantly for the last decade.”
The new retail center opens amid a lot of challenges fueled by COVID-19. But Pinkerton said the opening is happening at the right time, noting that there hasn’t been any type of retail built since the start of the 2008 recession.
“When the pandemic started, we were very concerned. They were about halfway through their process,” Pinkerton said. “Pandemic or no pandemic, short term and long term, these are services that we need in the community.”
Pinkerton said more services are on the way for this thriving community, including its first grocery store slated to open later this year.
The grocery store is highly anticipated, Pinkerton saying that it will serve as an anchor for the town center area.
“There are a lot of things happening in Mountain House,” Pinkerton said.
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