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FAIRMONT â The Claudio Corporation is renovating two buildings in downtown Fairmont that have been vacant for several years.
Tim Liebrecht, the companyâs chief operations officer and executive director of Main Street Fairmont, said it is the goal of both organizations to promote the growth of the Fairmont area, and renovating defunct buildings is one way of breathing new life into the city.
âWeâre taking buildings that are basically blight; buildings that have no visible value, no visible beauty, and turning them into functional spaces,â Liebrecht said. âThat produces income, that produces jobs, that salvages our history and makes that history usable and accessible for future generations.â
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SW Marion growth: More Fore Ranch homes on the horizon
Long before the construction of Interstate 75 bisected Marion County about five decades ago, Circle Fore Ranch along State Road 200 was a working cattle ranch on 500 acres.
The land, located just west of I-75, continued as a working ranch until the early 2000s, when plans were unveiled by the Fore family to replace cattle with homes – lots of them.
That’s how the Fore Ranch community began nearly two decades ago. Today, there are hundreds of single-family homes, townhomes and condominiums on about 350 to 400 acres. And the development is poised to grow even more in the near future.
Steele
FAIRMONT â The coronavirus pandemic closed down Lion in the Sun from mid-March to mid-May, which is normally the tanning salonâs busiest season.
Amber Steele, manager of Lion in the Sun, said the business was eventually able to reopen because the staff was able to implement safety measures, but it lost a large portion of its revenue during the shutdown.
âThe time we were closed was the busiest time of the year so we lost our busiest season,â Steele said. âWe had to get local delegates involved to help get us reopened because we were lumped in with other businesses that werenât really like us.â