Mark Wisterman's Paradise & Lake Oroville Real Estate Blog

Take advantage of this weekend’s awesome weather in the Lake Oroville real estate market and come on out to Oroville’s 16th Annual Salmon Festival, being held today and all day tomorrow.

The celebration kicks off with Salmon and Tri-tip BBQ at the Feather River Nature Center at 6:00pm tonight and continues tomorrow from 10am-4pm with tours of the Feather River Fish Hatchery, the Downtown Oroville Street Fair, and the 10K Salmon run.

Every September for the past 16 years, the streets of Oroville between Historic Downtown and the Feather River Fish Hatchery burst with fish-flavored activities during the Annual Salmon Festival, a day of fun, food, music and information.

On this special day Oroville celebrates the thousands of spawning salmon that annually make their way from the ocean back up the Feather River.  Environmental education, music, salmon tasting, tours of the hatchery, and fun for kids and adults highlight this free event.

The Historical Downtown Oroville comes alive with a pancake breakfast, certified farmer’s market, live music, craft fair, and Family Fun Day

At the Feather River Nature Center, guests can experience the Maidu Salmon Ceremony with live dancing by local Native Americans.

This year you can nosh at the Salmon Court where recipes featuring salmon will be featured, take a spin in a kayak on the beautiful Feather River or join the fun at the Family Circus near the Municipal Auditorium.

A free shuttle to transport people between events is available.

Click here or on the picture to see the entire flyer.

It looks like Sonic Drive-In has ironed out any issues they were having with their attempted development of one of their restaurants here in the Lake Oroville real estate market.

After being delayed for nearly a year, it appears that the company is nearing the ground breaking for its newest Northern California unit. In driving to work this morning at 7:15 I noticed the “Coming Soon” sign on the vacant lot next to our new Holiday Inn Express. This will be another nice addition to Oroville Dam Blvd in an area that has laid vacant for a number of years.

I know what you are going to say, “Just what we need, another burger joint.” While it is true that there is no shortage of fast food places in town ( including the Burger King I used to own and operate), it is a positive thing for the Oroville market, as it will provide more entry level jobs, and probably 2 or 3 managerial positions. Yes, we do need more than just entry level jobs here, but it certainly better than no jobs at all. If the Feather River Recreation and Parks District can spend $4.5 million to keep 16 people employed, then it makes perfect sense for Sonic to invest somewhere in the neighborhood of $1.5 million to create 30-40 jobs.

I think is is also a recognition by a major company that this town is economically viable enough to invest in. To be honest, I am a bit surprised that we didn’t take a back seat to Chico on this one. Apparently the company execs felt Oroville was the best for them to be at this time, than the Chico market. I am sure, though that it won’t be long before Chico has its own.

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