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Filbert co-op residents Lanny and Debra Martin and granddaughter Ruby Nye, 11, of Thurston, celebrate becoming a “resident-owned park” this past Saturday.
SPRINGFIELD – Sayonara, Patrician Park; welcome to Filbert Grove Cooperative, a 55-plus manufactured home park, now a “resident-owned community.”
After two years of dreading an eventual mass eviction, residents, policymakers, community leaders and advocates celebrated success on July 17, after residents purchased the land on July 15.
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