About Jan Skrentny
Jan moved to Crestline with his artist wife Jessica from their
beach home in Los Angeles. Jan, a native of Wisconsin, was
looking for a Southern California setting that offered four
seasons and a more unhurried and bucolic environment. Having
traveled the world while working for the National Geographic
and the Smithsonian, and having lived besides Los Angeles,
in New York, Washington, D.C., Rome and London, Jan finds
the San Bernardino Mountains a real jewel of a location: Removed
from the bad yet near enough to the good.
Jan's father was a fabulous gardener back in his hometown
of Milwaukee and Jan tries to emulate and improve on the gardening
wisdom his father instilled in him. He's slowly converting
his piece of the mountain with terraced gardens, waterfalls
and lots of free-standing Irish rock walls. Besides being
on the steering committee of Mountain Beautiful and the board
of directors of CCDA, Jan has served on the board of directors
of Lake Arrowhead Country Club for eight years. Jan is a writer
for the motion picture industry, a five time Emmy award winning
Producer and also does real estate transactions for Prime
Properties in Lake Arrowhead.
About Richard Krumwiede
Richard Krumwiede is a professional Landscape Architect and
owner of Architerra
Design Group in Rancho Cucamonga. He started the firm
from his home in Crestline in 1991 and has grown the firm
into one of the largest Landscape Architectural Practices
in the San Bernardino and Riverside County areas. He's always
had an interest in improving Crestline's appearance and in
1994 prepared a Downtown redevelopment concept for Mountain
Promotion's use in raising funds for streetscape improvements.
The color rendering was used at Mountain Market night events
help generate interest in the proposed improvements and continues
to be used by the Chamber of Commerce. Other local projects
include Lake Gregory Elementary School, a streetscape master
plan for Big Bear Boulevard and Design of "The Club" a luxury
condomium project in the City of Big Bear Lake. Most recently
he was awarded an Honor Award by the American Society of Landscape
Architecture for outstanding achievement in Landscape Architectural
Design for "Sycamore Ranch", his home in Dart Canyon. The
home has also featured on the first "Treasures in the Trees"
home tour, and the first Crestline Garden tour.
About Roxanna Nisson
Roxanna has over 30 years experience working in the Horticulture
businesses, ranging from wholesale growing, retail sales,
design, landscaping, writing and consulting. Roxanna's twin
passions are for gardening and being involved in the Community;
she relocated from Newport Beach three years ago to manage
a local nursery in Crestline. Roxanna is known for her innovative
thinking. She and steering committee member John Stillion
conceived of Mountain Beautiful in November of last year;
Roxanna was also responsible for the first Crestline Garden
Tour in 2004.
Roxanna is the owner of her own garden boutique, "Roxanna's
Garden" adjacent to the historic book store on Lake Drive
in downtown Crestline. The business features native and low
water plants, hard-to-find annuals and perennials and a delightful
assortment of art and seasonal gifts.
Roxanna serves on the Board of the Crestline Communities
Development Alliance (CCDA), is on the Steering Committee
of Mountain Beautiful and is a member of the Rim of the World
Historical Society. She has also served on the Board of the
Crestline Chamber of Commerce and been involved with the Crestline
Business Council. Roxanna sees Crestline as the Laguna of
the mountains, an eclectic community embracing the beauty
of nature, of gardens and of the arts.
About Lee Reeder
Crestline resident Lee Reeder is the director of Inland
Empire Waterkeeper, which is dedicated to protecting and
preserving the watersheds of the Inland Empire through advocacy,
education, restoration and enforcement.
Lee was one of the
founding board members of the Emergency Medical Services Branch
of the National Rural Health Association (1989), helped develop
the National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue, and is
now helping to create a comprehensive organizational plan
for the Society of International Health Leaders (SOIHL), which
will be focused on improving healthcare access for people
around the world. He has served on the board of the Western
Publications Association—the second-largest magazine
publishing association in the nation—and has done volunteer
work for Mountain Arts Network, Crestline Business Council,
Children's Forest and the San Gorgonio Wilderness Association.
He is the 2007 president of the Crestline Communities Development
Alliance.
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