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The day before Thanksgiving, residents of the Gird Valley gave thanks to Jade Work, the man who saved the area from feared development.

Work, along with his wife, Julie, completed the purchase of struggling Fallbrook Golf Club and its 116 acres of Gird Valley real estate Nov. 15. The process of buying the property took months as the Works and golf club owner Jack Lamberson dealt in court with Ronald Richards of D-Day Capital LLC, which owned the notes on the property.

Richards and associates have purchased stressed golf courses throughout California with plans to develop the properties, a...