2024-05-09T21:53:35-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150414037/details-emerge-for-billionaire-backed-startup-community-plan-northeast-of-san-francisco Josh Niland 2024-01-24T19:14:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a0/a078aeae7a0efe0d6bb4e77992306c6e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The once-secretive plan for a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150364612/anti-democratic-vistas-plans-for-a-new-city-in-northern-californian-farmlands-draw-ire-from-concerned-officials" target="_blank">startup new community in Solano County</a>, Northern California, is beginning to materialize as the company known as California Forever has begun publicizing details for their proposed development ahead of a potential November vote to determine its future.&nbsp;</p> <p>Details&nbsp;<a href="https://californiaforever.com/news/the-urbanist-case-for-a-new-community-in-solano-county/" target="_blank">made public</a>&nbsp;with the start of a requisite petition drive showed a preliminary map, renderings, and area plan for the project, which would notably be the first large-scale demonstration of the "walkable city" concept designed entirely from scratch in&nbsp;North America.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f179f25d81905d76998a8d795b02081d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f179f25d81905d76998a8d795b02081d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy California Forever</figcaption></figure><p>Billed as a future "amazing success story" by the company&rsquo;s founder Jan Sramek, the development intends to construct some 20,000 new affordable residences plus a solar farm and network of public parks before 2040. The plan reportedly allows for further growth to support a population of up to 400,000. As the announcement post notes, much of the preliminary proposal is focused on creating <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1389397/missing-middle" target="_blank">missing middle</a> ho...</p>