County planning director claims massive sprawl development is not sprawl
What do you call 30,000 homes being developed outside a city boundary on farmland?
This is what Norm Allinder, Madera County planning director thinks, according to a new article from the Fresno Bee:
“This doesn’t perpetuate the legacy
of sprawl,” he said. “Gunner Ranch is contiguous; it’s a logical
expansion for urban development.”
The yellow star is the area he is talking about, in relation to the clearly identifiable City of Fresno.
And this is what they’re planning there:
Principal owner Tim Jones’ vision for his nearly 6,600-home
development a few miles north of Woodward Park is a subdivision with six
separate themed districts. Riverstone will compete for home buyers with
southeast Fresno, northwest Fresno, southeast Clovis and a new
community planned south and east of Clovis North High School.