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Oral history interview with Petaluma's Skip Sommer. Skip Sommer is best known in Petaluma as the historic preservationist who turned the run-down G.P. McNear feed mill into a vibrant downtown destination of shops and restaurants called the Great Petaluma Mill, who saved the demolition-destined Brainerd Jones-designed Burns-Farrell house, relocating it to the Turning Basin and converting it into a restaurant; and who transplanted the historic Pometta house, also slated for razing, to the west side of the Turning Basin. Sommer is also a member of Heritage Homes of Petaluma, a former board member of the Petaluma Historical Library and Museum, a history columnist for the Argus-Courier and a Good Egg. He has pursued a number of vocations and passions throughout his long life, including acting, modeling, sailboat racing, real estate, and writer. He was honored as a "Good Egg" in 1985, and Mayor Teresa Barrett proclaimed November 2, 2021 as Skip Sommer Day. (Adapted from Harlan Osborn's article, "<a href="https://www.petaluma360.com/article/entertainment/meet-the-adventurer-who-breathed-life-back-into-downtown-petaluma/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Meet the adventurer who breathed life back into downtown Petaluma</a>," in the October 28, 2021 Argus-Courier.
Moving Image Streaming video Interviews Prominent Sonoma County Residents Sommer, Skip, 1931- Businesspeople Historians Historic preservation United States California Sonoma Petaluma
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