A More Sustainable Vision
for Village Farms
The kind of housing that Davis needs can be described like this:
It is affordable for students and local workforce, of whom 23,000 are commuting into town every day
Teachers | Students | University Staff | Young Families with kids
Local service sector workers | Young Tech WorkersIt is connected to where these people work via a robust public transit system
AKA we stop planning for carsIt has mixed use-zoning
Local shops and services within walking distance for the local neighborhoodThe housing is energy efficient
Multifamily homes consume half the energy and half the water of single family homesThe housing is net positive financially for the city.
Single family homes lose money for the city in the long term
There is only one concept yet proposed that ticks all these boxes,
yet it isn’t being considered in the EIR.
We are asking the planning commission to evaluate a development concept like this:

