'New Urbanism' in Casa Grande

'New Urbanism' proposed as change for long delayed northside development, from the Casa Grande Dispatch, reports that the developers for the largest master-planned community in Casa Grande's history, Copper Mountain Ranch, presented their development plan to the Casa Grande P&Z Commission. The 8,504-acre community is being planned as a "New Urbanism" type of development, where housing is clustered around individual shopping areas, with apartments and condos above many of the stores. The development will contain single-family housing, resort areas, golf courses, a business park and a major commercial area that could handle a big box store such as Home Depot. The developer, Vangaurd, says that it could take up to 30 years for Copper Mountain to build out.
'New Urbanism' proposed as change for long-delayed northside development

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