Efrain Prieto, the Rosewood development representative, updated us on the project which will include a luxurious 63-room boutique hotel, a 20,000 square feet spa and a planned 135 individual two-five bedroom homes. There will be only one entrance on Calle Nueva with underground streets and parking that leave street level access for pedestrians only and preserve the beauty of the 14 acre project. The developers employ an impressive array of international talent and have hired 900 additional workers in order to meet the projected December 2010 completion date . Their architect is from Mexico City, the designers are from Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, and the textiles expert is from London. The project has managed to save some existing trees on the site by designing around them while those which were not old and/or diseased were relocated to a park in SMA. We were pleasantly surprised to find out from Efrain, who is himself a dedicated artist since childhood (he studied in Florence and had his first public art exhibition at age 7!), that the area at the corner of Ancha San Antonio and Cardo will be dedicated to the arts. Efrain´s personal wish is to see an art district here in town such as the one on Canyon Road in Santa Fe, NM and he hopes to see art and language classes given at the hotel once it is completed. The members and guests were then invited to tour this lovely home located at Recreo 51 which is the current headquarters of the project and includes a scale model of the layout. The original July program included a tour of the actual site but with heavy cranes operating it was decided to postpone the visit to a later date.