Sutter Pointe, California is a proposed planned community

Planned community

A planned community, or planned city, is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are less frequent in planned communities since...

 in Sutter County

Sutter County, California

Sutter County is a county located along the Sacramento River in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of state capital Sacramento. Sutter County is part of the Greater Sacramento CSA....

, located approximately 4 miles north of the City of Sacramento

Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...

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Sutter Pointe plan

Sutter Pointe is Sutter County's largest development and would accommodate 47,000 to 49,000 people over a 20 to 30-year build-out. The plan calls for 17,500 homes, 20,000 jobs, 3600 acres (1,456.9 ha) of employment designated uses, and 1000 acres (404.7 ha) of community service uses, which includes parks, schools, open space and other community facilities.

Sutter Pointe project status

Sutter Pointe is being planned by several prominent land owners, which include Lennar Communities Inc, LNR Property Corp, Winn Communities and AKT Development. Sutter Pointe was approved by Sutter County Board of Supervisors on June 30, 2009. Construction on the community is not planned to start until 2014 due to a poor economy, flood concerns and levee work.

External links

• http://www.sutterpointe.com/
• http://www.co.sutter.ca.us/doc/government/depts/cs/ps/cs_sutterpointe
• http://www.cityofsacramento.org/planning/projects/natomas-joint-vision/documents/Sutter_Pointe_NOP_03-29-2007.pdf
• http://co.sutter.ca.us/pdf/cs/ps/measurem/sutter%20pointe%20land%20use%20map.pdf