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Greenbelt Alliance In the News
April 3, 2005 Residents learn about urban plans Subheading By Tom Hall/Staff WriterPromoting development within the central Vacaville area is the best way to avoid urban sprawl, Greenbelt Alliance officials told a small group of concerned residents Saturday morning. Greenbelt, a Bay Area organization whose mission is to protect open space and promote livable communities, sponsored a joint effort with the Solano Orderly Growth Committee to educate residents about a future urban planning limit in Vacaville. The presentation, held at Vacaville Public Library-Town Square, included a stroll of downtown, where participants were treated to an early peek inside the new Vasquez Deli on East Main Street. Bob Johnson, a Greenbelt board member, said the best ways to de-emphasize sprawl in Vacaville are to encourage infill projects, mixed-use buildings, reuse of historic buildings and cleanup of abandoned industrial and retail sites, as well as developing urban design standards. "It's encouraging to see a focus on revitalizating the downtown here," Johnson said. Brent Schoradt, Greenbelt's Solano-Napa field representative, said that right now, Pleasants Valley, Vaca Valley and Upper Lagoon Valley are exposed to development threats. A planned growth initiative, which was one of the major tenets of a settlement agreement reached after Greenbelt sued developer Triad Communities over development in Lower Lagoon Valley late last year, would draw a circle around Vacaville proper and ban development outside that area for 20 years. Schoradt said the initiative is on hold due to other legal challenges to Triad's planned 1,000-home development in Lagoon Valley. Tom Hall can be reached at vacaville@thereporter.com. ### |
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