Local Legacy vs. Big Business in Quarry Quarrel | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties

Local Legacy vs. Big Business in Quarry Quarrel | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties

Pointing at the houses dotted around an aerial photograph of his property, Jonathan Trappe, a Forestville quarry owner and operator, indicated how close his family’s homes are to the asphalt plant he hopes to build on the quarry site. “My father lives there, my brother lives there, I live here and our kids swim in that pond,” he said. All are within about a half square mile. He was speaking in reference to the community pushback the plan had eli…