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http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/5032 By Don Juan Ortega, on November 10th, 2014 On Friday we mentioned that development was progressing on the first phase of Planning Area 2, east of Antonio Parkway in Rancho Mission Viejo. Today, we have some preliminary tract maps showing the street patterns and names for Planning Area 2.1 and giving us a more detailed glimpse into the layout of the new community. [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/5029 By Don Juan Ortega, on November 7th, 2014 Those interested in following the progress at Rancho Mission Viejo’s Planning Area 2 have to do so from afar. From what we understand, here is the current status of development in Planning Area 2, dubbed the Village of Esencia. Underway now is phase 2.1 of Planning Area 2, covering 464 acres. This phase will eventually [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4827 By Don Juan Ortega, on September 12th, 2014 One of the interesting things about writing this blog is that most of our communication with readers occurs through the back channel. We have also found that our audience includes many of the people involved with the issues about which we write, and that is gratifying because it means we are providing useful information. We [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4817 By Don Juan Ortega, on September 11th, 2014 The Capistrano Dispatch is reporting that Capistrano Unified School District has selected a name for the K-8 school being built in Rancho Mission Viejo’s Planning Area 2:
Capistrano Unified school board selects name for its next K-8 campus in Rancho Mission Viejo: Escencia School.
We’re still confused by the proper spelling of Esencia/Escencia. We’ve usually [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4704 By Don Juan Ortega, on August 4th, 2014 It looks as though Orange County and Rancho Mission Viejo are ready to move forward with the alternative road plan, and appear to be concluding that the Tesoro Extension of the 241 will not be built. Back in April, we wrote in this article about how the 241 to the 5 connector was likely dead, [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4622 By Don Juan Ortega, on July 15th, 2014 The LA Times has published an interesting article about Rancho Mission Viejo’s community of Sendero. The article is here, and it focuses on Sendero as an example of an emerging trend in residential development described by the Times as “a trend by land developers nationally to design communities that center around sustainable farms rather than [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4591 By Don Juan Ortega, on July 8th, 2014 We’ve been told that the Cow Camp Road bridge that will connect Antonio Parkway to Planning Area 2 (and beyond) is a long bridge — it’s length being necessary to preserve the environmentally sensitive habitat in the watershed below it. The photo below illustrates just how expansive the Cow Camp Road bridge will be when [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4526 By Don Juan Ortega, on June 20th, 2014 We’ve been talking more about Planning Area 2 of the Ranch Plan lately, and judging by the search results, more of you are looking for information about PA2 as well. We introduced you to Planning Area 2 here, and updated you (and revealed its name, Esencia) here. Below is a map of the full Planning [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4478 By Don Juan Ortega, on May 28th, 2014 Google Maps has a cool new feature where you can tilt the map and get a topographical view of an area. We decided to have some fun and lay the boundaries for Planning Area 2 over a topographical map of the region. Below is the result — note the boundaries aren’t perfect. We were just [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4471 By Don Juan Ortega, on May 21st, 2014 Chatter about Planning Area 2 is beginning to pick up and we are hearing additional details about development plans there. We previously introduced you to Planning Area 2 here, and more recently updated you on PA2 here. Below is a further status update on Planning Area 2:
Planning Are 2 will be known as the [...]
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