Complex sentence: Developer and two-time Santa Rosa city councilman Hugh Codding purchased a pair of orchards south of Montgomery Drive and created Montgomery Village Development Co. He began construction on the shopping center in 1949; it opened the following year, featuring about a dozen businesses.
Split into simpler sentences: Developer and two-time Santa Rosa city councilman Hugh Codding purchased a pair of orchards south of Montgomery Drive and created Montgomery Village Development Co. He began construction on the shopping center in 1949. It opened the following year, featuring about a dozen businesses.