The Loma Rica Gazette

Loma Rica Ranch at the Start of Great Local Traditions!

The Loma Rica Gazette Newsletter Issue Thirteen Winter 2007

On Saturday, October 13th Loma Rica Ranch presented its Harvest Festival and Pumpkin Patch. If you were able to make it that day, we hope you had a fun time touring the Farm and eating some great organic food. We couldn't be happier with the results. Only our 3rd year, the event attracted over 3500 people! The Organic Farm is beginning in earnest its integration into Grass Valley as a true community-wide asset. In addition to everyone having a great time, the Festival earned over $4000.00 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada County.  Read More >>

Visit the Organic Farm for the 3rd Annual Harvest Festival & Pumpkin Patch!

The Loma Rica Gazette Newsletter Issue Twelve Fall 2007

On Saturday, October 13th from 11am-6pm,we will be hosting our biggest open house event of the year, the Loma Rica Ranch Organic Farm Harvest Festival and Pumpkin Patch! We have been planning for months and it will be the perfect way to celebrate the end of our first year as a CCOF Certified Organic Farm!  Read More >>

The Loma Rica Village: The Creek and Farm Neighborhoods

The Loma Rica Gazette Newsletter Issue Eleven Summer 2007

The core of the Loma Rica Ranch development has been finalized. The Village is at its heart and is composed of the newly named Creek and Farm Neighborhoods. Bringing these Neighborhoods together in joined identity, rather than keeping them as entirely separate entities, strengthens Loma Rica Ranch's walkability and community access concept.  Read More >>

Loma Rica Grows as a Community Member

The Loma Rica Gazette Newsletter Issue Ten Spring 2007

Over the course of the last few years, Loma Rica Ranch has taken great pride in its increasing role in the Grass valley community.  This role has been very natural and is one of the tenets of the Loma Rica Ranch Specific Plan and underpinning beliefs of Carville Sierra, the project's developer.  This relationship has evolved in a variety of different ways, but always with a great deal of excitement for more things to come.  Read More >>

Completing the Circle: Why Sustainability will Preserve Grass Valley

The Loma Rica Gazette Newsletter Issue Nine Winter 2007

The maintenance of Grass Valley's heritage and the sustainability of its future growth is at a critical moment.  Yet there is much we can do if we understand the problems and potential solutions.  Building smarter does not mean everyone lives on top of each other.  There are many creative ways to build to give people the homes they want and still enjoy many benefits of efficiency, privacy, aesthetics and improved health. Read More >>

Traditional Neighborhood Design Drastically Reduces Automobile Dependence, Improves Health

The Loma Rica Gazette Newsletter Issue Seven Late Summer 2006

Grass Valley was designed before cars were our primary source of transportation, so it makes sense that walking throughout downtown is simple, convenient, interesting and efficient both in space and utility.  Functioning without an automobile is generally more enjoyable, but also beneficial for both personal health and the health of the environment.  When polled, 55% of Americans would like to walk more instead of driving and 52% would like to bike more. Read More>>

The Role of Mixed-Use and Dense Design in Grass Valley

The Loma Rica Gazette Newsletter Issue Six Summer 2006

Low-density development trends have led to the sprawling growth that increases traffic and our dependence on automobiles, consumes farmland, is costlier to taxpayers, takes resources away from established communities, and inflates the housing market as we become less and less efficient with space.  These are the negative driving forces behind a new, "smart", more sustainable trend in growth: compact, efficient, superiorly designed, mixed-use and walkable neighborhoods with day-to-day amenities within close distances. Read More >>

Loma Rica Is An Essential Community Resource

The Loma Rica Gazette Newsletter Issue Five Spring 2006

Ever wonder what is behind the gates at Loma Rica Ranch?  On the 450 acres that make up the property, we have planted over 500 fruit trees and vines and constructed a new greenhouse.  There is a beautiful lake, historic barns, free-range sheep and chickens, historic Native American sites, three creeks and many acres of woodlands.  As the Loma Rica Ranch development takes shape, and after over 70 years as private property, all these amenities will come to be open-access community resources.  Read More >>

Loma Rica's relation to the community and the Organic Farm's role

The Loma Rica Gazette Newsletter Issue Four Winter 2005

Loma Rica will have over 300 acres of Public Open Space designed so everyone can interface with the property at their own will, no gates, no separation. The hope is that Grass Valley and the surrounding communities will be able to find more reasons to buy and recreate locally, freeing them from hours spent in the car and away from their families. Read More >>