Op-ed | Village Farms…Is It the Right Time?
Village Farms is a good project that is ideal for development and will help address the need for housing in Davis, while also mitigating the environmental issues on the site.
Village Farms is a good project that is ideal for development and will help address the need for housing in Davis, while also mitigating the environmental issues on the site.
Davis voters must decide whether to approve the Village Farms Davis development, which would add 1,800 housing units to the city, in order to address the city’s housing shortage and affordability crisis, while balancing environmental and infrastructure concerns.
The Village Farms Davis project provides family housing for modest income buyers and meets the 3 criteria of location, features, and developers, making it a project worthy of support.
The political fight over Measure V and the proposed Village Farms project has been marked by dueling polls, with both sides refusing to release the full survey questions, leading to accusations of bias and dishonesty from opponents.
A survey released by the Village Farms project team found that 61% of likely Davis voters would vote “Yes” on Measure V, which will appear on the June 2 ballot, after hearing detailed information about the project.
Measure V, a proposed development of the Village Farms project, has been placed on the ballot by the Davis City Council and is now in the public phase, setting the stage for a consequential land-use vote in Davis.