Bowker Biography:
Don McCormack

Don McCormack. Former newspaper reporter and editor. Founded McCormack's Guides in 1984. Publishes 11 relocation-newcomer guides to metropolitan counties of California. Newspaper background: cops, courts, planning, schools, politics. Graduate of UC Berkeley. ³In my newspaper days, I ran into many people who wanted useful information about where to live; hence the guides. Our first 12,000 guides were purchased by Pacific Bell and Chervon, which were relocating thousands of employees.

Our guides do not preach; they do not say one town is better than another town. Rather, we present pertinent information ‹ school scores, crime stats, community profiles, home prices, weather and commuting, and more ‹ and let the reader decide. Every spring and summer, I hop in my car and drive Northern and Southern California to get a feel for what is happening in the towns: what the housing looks like, whether the potholes have been filled or the median strips planted and pruned. Often you can gauge the energy of a city by how well it does the little things. We pass this information on to our readers, the great majority of whom are actively shopping for a home, apartment or business location ‹ big decision. For a while, my favorite place was a small neighborhood on the Petaluma River in Northern California. The homes were built over the water; you could fish off your porch. Alas, the development was poorly planned. Silt filled the lagoon. The fish swam off; the lawyers swam in. The moral: do your research. It will often save you a lot of grief.²

 

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P.O. Box 190
Martinez, CA 94553 USA
Phone: (800) 222-3602 ext. 106
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