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Manteca Waterslides didn’t slip slide away; they’re back with a vengeance
PERSPECTIVE
wolf groundbreaking
Jeff Brown — the son of the late Budge Brown of Manteca Waterslides fame — poses with Wiley the Wolf and former Manteca Mayor Steve DeBrum at Great Wolf’s November 2018 ground breaking. Virtually all of the groundwork to get the project to groundbreaking was done on DeBrum’s eight-year watch as mayor.
If it wasn’t for an innovative farmer, four movers and shakers, and a political leadership not only willing to play the long game but keep their eye on the proverbial ball 30 acres west of Costco that was attached to the municipal wastewater treatment plant would be nothing more than a weed-infested wildfire hazard as Manteca eases deeper into summer.