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CHUCK LEMENAGER: RENAISSANCE MAN
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by SanaTerpak
WRITTEN BY ANGELA MCLAUGHLIN PHOTOS COURTESY OF JACK LEMENAGER
“His (Watt’s) familiarity and friendship with my father led to the hire of my father to lead the project,” says Jack LeMenager, saying his father was in charge from “soup to nuts.”
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His understanding of state and county laws regarding zoning and his reputation as a land use expert were attractions for the partnership. Watt’s and LeMenager’s visions joined to create the environmentally sensitive community that today is San Diego Country Estates.
“A very large percentage of the property, more than was required under the law, is open space and undeveloped,” his son says. “That’s the way they wanted to do it.”
But LeMenager did not just help build the residential community, he lived in it, too — for nearly 40 years. During that time, he served as president and board member of the San Diego Country Estates Association HOA, as well as director of the Ramona Municipal Water District and was instrumental in the construction of Lake Ramona.
