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When Richard Miles moved to Jackson in 2019, the serial
entrepreneur with Bay Area roots was travel-weary and looking to
be part of a community.
“The foothills are a damned attractive destination,” Miles says.
“You can swap an overpriced house in Palo Alto and buy a much
better spot with a much better view. You don’t worry about
parking, you don’t worry about traffic. There was a huge
earthquake in employment (during) the pandemic. People realized,
‘I don’t want to do that anymore. I don’t want to sit in my car
for 20 hours a week to have a 50-hour-a-week job where I’m not
appreciated enough. I’m a much better mom or dad — why do I have
to go back?’”
Happily settled in Amador County, Miles first tried buying a
local business but had no luck, and he ultimately pursued a
“nagging idea” that would become…
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