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After 15 years, Riverside County delivers final denial to Paradise Valley, a proposed new 'town' near Joshua Tree
-Melissa Daniels, Palm Springs Desert Sun
A last-ditch effort to resuscitate plans to build a new city on the southern side of Joshua Tree National Park failed at the Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, marking a win for conservationists and eastern Coachella Valley residents who voiced concerns about damaging sprawl.
Riverside County planners to supervisors: Deny Paradise Valley, a proposed 'new town' near Joshua Tree
Riverside County Planning Commissioners voted 4-1 on Wednesday to recommend that the board of supervisors deny plans for Paradise Valley, a proposed 8,400-home development east of Coachella…
Viewpoint: Paradise Valley project will hurt, not help the eastern Coachella Valley
-Gail Wadsworth and Megan Beaman Jacinto, Special to The Desert Sun
A development called Paradise Valley may be built in this remote area just east of the Coachella Valley on both sides of Interstate 10, March 19, 2018. (Photo: Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun)
Planning agencies in Riverside County have exhibited a pattern of choices that has not benefited residents currently living in the eastern Coachella Valley and instead perpetuate a social and physical divide between the “haves” and the “have-nots.” Approval of development choices, such as the Paradise Valley proposal, focus on the upscale and can result in gentrification in rural regions like the Coachella Valley…
Handling of Paradise Valley project must not undermine the hard-won multi-species plan
-The Desert Sun Editorial Board
The proposed site for Paradise Valley, a development project on I-10 east of Coachella. (Photo: Environmental Assessment for the Paradise Valley project)
Riverside County officials considering a developer’s proposal for a new “city” along Interstate 10 east of the Coachella Valley must insist on taking the time to thoroughly vet the plan…