Where are they now: small town girl grows up to be chamber CEO

Lila MacDonald

Special to the Village News

I have always loved this town. I have been discovering its gifts since I was a child. My younger brother and I used to walk into town to get penny candy at the Westerner and chocolate malted crunch ice cream at Thrifty’s. My favorite treat was a pineapple sundae and the fried burritos at Richardson’s (now Pedro’s Tacos). We hung out at the Boys and Girls club in the summers and loved to explore all around Fallbrook!

My mom opened a shop on Main Street (Avenue now) and I would go there after school and help out. By the time I was 16, I was bookkeeping,...