Here are a few of the articles that have been written about Jack Barker and Gemstone Fields:

6/18/2006 - Alma Morning Sun - "Gratiot has building boom" - Planned since 1999, the Gemstone housing development is expected to begin construction of the infrastructure south of the Alma Fairgrounds later this month. Phase I of the subdivision — the first housing development built in decades in Alma — might total about $8 million when completed.