Before Riverside County formed the Sky Valley Community Council in 1992, Sky Valley Homeowners Association and the Sky Valley Chamber were the only guardians of our rural lifestyle. Here are some of the things that these two organizations, sometimes with other assistance, accomplished before1993:

• We effectively resisted the proposed 298-acre Naum-Healy development, which included 1200 homes, accommodations for mobile homes, a Club House, and commercial ventures.

• We successfully opposed the 40-acre Morrison RV Park.

• We opposed the Riverside County Transportation Department Maintenance Yard planned for Terry and Dillon. It was placed more remotely, on Bennett Road.

• We were successful in opposing the Potter Development project, which planned to build 46 houses on 32 acres across Ford Avenue from the Sky Valley boundary. In 2009 this property was added to the Sky Valley Community Council sphere of influence.

• We, with many other concerned citizens, opposed the 258-foot KPSI tower proposed for our skyline. Instead, KPSI built a 50 foot tower that was within the then applicable zoning regulations.

• We encouraged the County Board of Supervisors to reconsider the automatic grant of such projects as the KPSI tower and pushed successfully for passage of an interim zoning measure to protect our area until the main zoning ordinance was changed.

• We helped convince the BLM and Southern California Sunbelt Developers not to place wind turbines on the Sky Valley side of the Edom Hill/Bennett Road area.

• We published six editions of a Community Phone Book, the last in February 2005.