Orange County Register

Larry and Jacqui Tarpley

Stadium Printing owners Larry and Jacqui Tarpley were forced to pack up their business four years ago because a downtown-like development was supposed to go on the land.

But the project, Lennar’s A-Town, is on hold. And the 10-employee business is having a tough time in the new Orange location. The Tarpleys think the move was pointless.

They had to take on a big expense to move.

The whole thing is just another example of consequences of overly optimistic real estate development just ahead of the economic slowdown, now recession.

Read more about the business here.

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