In the late 1980s, environmentalists and activists were moved by a Diamond Ventures proposal of the Rocking K Ranch to fight a development proposal that would have brought more than 20,000 homes on 6,300 acres, with four golf courses and four resorts in the Rincon Valley. Thanks to those who opposed the development, the plan is now at 3,223 homes on 2,047 acres with work scheduled to begin in 2008 or 2009. While this development remains questionable, considering no one knows how much water the development will take, there is a new proposal making its way through the Pima County Planning and Zoning Commission that has red flags of its own with shades of those early Rocking K Ranch days.
On Oct. 31, 9 a.m., the commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed Mission Peak development. If you remember the early Rocking K Ranch development of the late ’80s, then go to this planning commission meeting. American Nevada, a Nevada-based development company, wants to build a 15,000-home subdivision near Sahuarita. Can you imagine the roof-tops in this subdivision? Can you imagine where a water source is for this subdivision? Neither can the developer, although they told county officials they are not interested in CAP, even though the proposed pipeline supported by Green Valley folks is going through the Mission Peak area and could easily provide a hook-up.
The planning commission meets in the Basement Meeting Room C of the County-City Public Works Building, 201 N. Stone Ave. Want more info, call the planning dept. at 740-6800.
This article appears in Oct 11-17, 2007.
Red Star just hopes dem slickies up American Nevada got all their Green Valleys mixed up in their minds: “Pre-leasing and Construction Underway for New Class-A 134,400 Square Foot Office Building in Green Valley Corporate Center” over at:
http://www.americannevada.com/latestNews.html#Corp6
(water availability and cost is starting to seep into Green Valley AZ minds when it comes to their current and projected property values…what to do…gotta be giving them the headache)
mari,
great choice to ping us readers on!
how does the weekly plan on following this up?
is it just a blog entry/notice rewrite or will this be a full blown story?
are you going to the meetings?
interviewing residents?
have you seen the developers plans?
have you spoken with hydrologists?
what are the long term impacts?
any photos of the land?
graphics of the proposed plans?
i love the fact that i can read this notice here.
but now what can the weekly inform me about that is unique and new?
will you give us something more than a notice rewrite?
and if so when?
perhaps jimmy will wite an editorial as well?
i look forward to reading more.
feed me some information.
i’m hungry for your indepth analysis about an enviro story like this that no other pub in town will provide.
“Thanks to those who opposed the development, the plan is now at 3,223 homes on 2,047 acres with work scheduled to begin in 2008 or 2009.”
Maybe I misread you, but it is folly to suggest that those who opposed it are responsible for fewer houses. The fact is that the home market is stunted massively right now. They would have built fewer houses anyway because they just can’t sell them. No offense to environmentalists who fight the good fight, but “its the economy stupid.”
I think the original lowering of the number of homes was a while ago and had noting to do with the current troubles facing the rapid-growth housing industry. Although they may build fewer houses now due to the current economic situation, “it’s not always the economy stupid.”
— I think the original lowering of the number of homes was a while ago and had noting to do with the current troubles facing the rapid-growth housing industry. Although they may build fewer houses now due to the current economic situation, “it’s not always the economy stupid.”
i look forward to reading more about this in the next edition of the weekly and finding out what the real deal is!
hey what happened to this story?
the blog made it seem like this was hugely important and yet i could’nt find a mention.
but maybe i’m missing something.
if it did run on what page?
i appreciate media telling me there is a story that i should be aware of but if media could also give me details on said story it’d sure help.
isn’t that the point of news?
again i might be confused.
shed a light.
perhaps next issue?