VISITATION WILL BE HELD TOMORROW EVENING, FOR A WELL-KNOWN (AND WELL-LIKED) MONTEREY PENINSULA BUSINESS LEADER. 76 YEAR-OLD NICK LOMBARDO DIED YESTERDAY, AFTER SUFFERING A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK. LOMBARDO, OWNED THE 36-HOLE RANCHO CA?ADA GOLF COURSE. HE WAS ALSO THE MAIN STOCKHOLDER IN THE LAGUNA SECA GOLF COURSE IN MONTEREY. OVER THE YEARS, LOMBARDO BUILT AND SOLD 2 MOTELS IN MONTEREY. HE TRIED TO DEVELOP A RESORT HOTEL AT RANCHO CA?ADA, AND FLOATED PLANS FOR A MAJOR HOTEL NEAR THE MONTEREY PENINSULA AIRPORT, BUT NEITHER PROJECT PANNED OUT.

MOST RECENTLY, LOMBARDO WAS WORKING ON A PLAN TO BUILD A 50-PERCENT AFFORDABLE, 280-HOME PROJECT CALLED RANCHO CA?ADA VILLAGE IN CARMEL VALLEY. LOMBARDO BELIEVED THE PROJECT WOULD HELP EASE THE SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR AVERAGE WORKERS ON THE PENINSULA. HIS PARTNERS IN THAT EFFORT SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE WITH THOSE PLANS.


A FUNERAL MASS FOR HIM WILL BE HELD AT 11 A.M. SATURDAY AT THE CARMEL MISSION.