As GRF leaders weigh options to replace the current crammed Mutual Operations Department structure, one thing seems apparent – a doover on the current site atop Rockview Drive is likely off the table. That was the upshot from Thursday’s discussion among Planning Committee members of the three options presented to the committee. While no votes were ...

To properly ma rke t Rossmoor, GRF leaders will have to figure out exactly what they want it to be, and then decide whom they want to sell it to. At the second meeting of the GRF Marketing Task Force on Oct. 8, the group set about those jobs, forming two “working groups” of three people each – the “mission/vision/ values” group to discuss what Ross...

The Rossmoor Shopping Center, which hosts the Safeway, CVS, John Muir Health and other businesses just outside Rossmoor, is up for sale. The center is listed with the global commercial real estate and investment management company Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. (JLL). There is no asking price listed beyond “best offer.” In 2012, current owner Rossmoor Ret...

Gateway Solar Project Limited parking spots require residents to be creative, flexible With the subtraction by half of available parking spaces at Gateway Complex as the solar canopy installation project starts, residents are quickly recognizing that overcoming this inconvenience is going to require some creativity and/or change of routine on their...

GRF adapts to changing landscape for ‘micro transit’ When GRF sought proposals for a Short Range Transit Plan for Bus Transportation earlier this year, only one firm showed interest in being part of it. But that lack of response provided the chance for a sort of “do-over” on what to study about Rossmoor’s future bus service. The whole landscape for...

Former resident was one of the founders of Stanford Club, Ashmolean Singers Gordon Addison loved choral music, and he loved sports, especially the teams from his beloved alma mater, Stanford University. He pursued both of those paths with gusto while living in Rossmoor, helping found both the Ashmolean Singers chorale group and the Stanford Club of...

‘Voices’ to get celebrity reading What began as five soldout performances by resident actors at Hillside in February 2023 has grown into an award-winning documentary and now is set to land in the Big Apple with a reading by a group of celebrity actors later this month. “ Voices f rom the Silenced: Pre-Roe Stories from Rossmoor” was created and dire...

Residents learn tools for preventing potential falls It wasn’t really applause, per se, but on Sept. 19, the Fireside Room echoed with the sounds of hands clapping … on bare feet. It was the sound of perhaps 100 people heeding fitness trainer and human movement specialist Ernie Adams’ call to “warm up” their feet. It sounded like muffled applause. ...

Residents will pay $354.52 monthly for GRF services/amenities next year The GRF Board on Thursday approved a 2025 operating budget of $28,401,490, and with it a monthly GRF coupon amount of $354.52, about 5.9% over the 2024 coupon amount. That $354.52 includes $59.45 for Comcast cable TV and internet service, a 3.84% increase over 2024. Thursday’s ...

Lynn Carruthers has dedicated much of the past two years to the cause of pedestrian safety in Rossmoor. Following a series of tragic accidents, including one that took the life of a resident, Carruthers’ group, Neighbors for Safer Streets, has pounded the pavement of Rossmoor’s roadways to educate pedestrians and drivers alike on the dos and don’ts...