Project Objectives

Traffic

• Reduce traffic generation by reducing intensity of land uses
• Reduce commercial component
• Regional commercial center not a good neighbor for downtown
• Rough & Ready Highway not a primary access road
• Reduce business park
• Too much traffic generation
• Not a needed land use

Housing

• Supply a wide range of housing types
• Truly affordable owner-occupied ‘work-force’ housing
• Assisted living for low-income seniors
• Affordable apartments above retail
• Live-work lofts in business park areas
• Owner-occupied townhomes for starter housing and ‘empty-nesters’
• Larger lots for conventional housing
• Emphasis on energy-efficient technology and design
• Create a mixed-use community
• Variety of housing and supporting land uses in a single community
• Neighborhood commercial to supply everyday goods and services
• Reduce trips through town
Provide a focal point for community
• Recreational amenities, common areas, plazas, parks and open space
• Accessible to all residents and neighbors
• A pedestrian, biking and GEM-friendly environment
• With variety of interior circulation
Easy access to mass transit
• Minimize impact on local roads


Open Space

• Preserve generous open spaces in perpetuity
• Especially prime wildflower areas
• 30% slopes
• Intermittent and perennial drainages
• Riparian vegetation
• Existing NID canals
• With trails open to public
• Protect area at intersection of Ridge Road and Rough and Ready Highway from development
• The western gateway into Grass Valley
• An important entry statement for our project and the community
• A prime opportunity for neighborhood park, commons and landscaped open space