What is Smart Growth and the Commercial Corridor Plan?
Smart Growth means planning out an area’s foreseeable growth with the most efficient use of land and resources. Smart Growth helps prevent sprawl and pollution. It promotes a sense of community in new and expanding areas, and it also promotes and protects economic vitality throughout the region. Sacramento County has been revising their General Plan to incorporate Smart Growth strategies, including building on existing assets and transportation routes and encouraging pedestrian-friendly communities. The County has created a Commercial Corridor Plan outlining 14 areas along transit and commercial corridors for rezoning and development, including Greenback Lane. By focusing development within the Commercial Corridor, mass transit becomes more accessible, walking more likely, the community more involved, and the local economy stronger. Our lot at Illinois Avenue and Greenback Lane is included in the Greenback Commercial Corridor. Sycamore Village fits with these strategies and offers the
