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Former motel owners tell council they were blocked from restoring River Valley Inn before city receivership

Needles City Council · April 25, 2023
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Summary

A family that said it previously owned and rehabilitated the River Valley Inn told the council they were denied the chance to restore the property before the city placed it into receivership; they threatened possible litigation if the city does not stop receivership.

At the public-comment portion of the April 25 meeting, Sangeeta Champaneri and her husband, Pramod Champion, said they previously owned and invested in the River Valley Inn at 1707 Needles Highway and that a later buyer let the property fall into disrepair. Champaneri said the city closed the motel in April 2022 and placed a court-appointed receiver in charge; she said the…

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