More Than Three Minute Podcast: The Zoo and other things in Elk Grove Part III - Lots of Dreams But Mostly Schemes

Elk Grove is about to spend $300 million on a new zoo. What other projects has Elk Grove considered in the past?

D.A. Gougherty

18 May 2024

Part III

In Part III of Lynn Wheat's More Than Three Minutes Podcast: The Zoo and other Things in Elk Grove, listeners will hear forgotten history of some of the unfulfilled dreams of earlier Elk Grove mayor's and city councils. Will the zoo be different?

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