Picture it: A gaggle of kids running from yard to yard, playing tag and running through sprinklers in the middle of summer. No phones or Nintendo Switches in sight. A family having a lakeside picnic at a table piled high with thick sub sandwiches and slices of homemade pie. A teenager walking her energetic pup, …
Chico Residents: What kind of lifestyle do you want to live? Read More »
Affordable housing is a hot topic right now in Northern California. Most people agree there needs to be more of it, stat. But what defines “affordable”? It means different things to different people, like a young couple trying to buy their first starter home with room for plants on the front porch. An excited family …
Valley’s Edge offers Chico housing choice and affordability. Read More »
In everyday speech, it’s common to refer to Special Planning Areas such as Valley’s Edge as “developments” or “housing developments.” However, these terms are not correct. Valley’s Edge is what is referred to as a “land use plan” because it sets the design and maps the layout for future construction of buildings and housing on …
A Q&A: Is Valley’s Edge a housing development or a land use plan? Read More »
Chico is going to grow, but the community has a chance to choose how. What is growth? Growth is an expansion of an area, and it usually occurs in one of several ways – with infill, lot-by-lot building, sprawl, master planning, etc. Let’s start with infill. It’s when undeveloped land within an existing neighborhood is …
Towers or trees? Chico is going to grow, it’s true. Fortunately, the community has a chance to choose how. Currently, the biggest area of estimated growth in Chico is with the youngest generation. The city has a high number of school-aged children who, if they wanted to live in Chico in 10-20 years as young adults, …
Creating space for everyone In Chico, housing options are limited. Providing a broad range of housing can provide solutions we don’t have today that are needed to keep those who grew up here, to stay here. The need for housing spans generations College students and young families struggle to find housing that suits their needs …
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Choice is a beautiful thing, especially when it comes to housing. Options allow you to create the life you want for yourself and your family, rather than being stuck with whatever is available. You can make decisions about your rent, mortgage, housing size, and more, all of which affect your quality of life. Valley’s Edge …
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