In a historic referendum effort, the residents of Chico signed petitions rejecting the Valley's Edge specific plan. With the successful petition campaign, the plan went back to City Council, which opted to put the issue to a vote. Please vote NO on Valley's Edge in the March 2024 election.
Smart Growth Advocates is a community-based group in Chico, California allied with Save Our Hometown, opposing urban sprawl and promoting the principles of smart growth as exemplified by the New Urban Planning and Strong Towns movements. (See our web page on Smart Growth.)
Smart Growth Advocates is a community-based group in Chico, California allied with Save Our Hometown, opposing urban sprawl and promoting the principles of smart growth as exemplified by the New Urban Planning and Strong Towns movements. (See our web page on Smart Growth.)
Our current major effort is in opposing a project called “Valley’s Edge,” which would destroy 1400 acres outside the city footprint (in fact, outside city limits) to build 2,777 houses in an exclusive neighborhood.
The project would destroy oak savannah, fragile landscape, wetlands, open lands, vernal pools, and habitat for endangered species.
(Go to the Valley’s Edge page for more information.)
The project would destroy oak savannah, fragile landscape, wetlands, open lands, vernal pools, and habitat for endangered species.
(Go to the Valley’s Edge page for more information.)
