Here's a Chance to Preserve Our Agricultural Heritage

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Over the last year, the Facts has kept in our vision the individuals, groups, and organizations dedicated to preserving various aspects of the city's cultural, architectural, educational, and natural history. Because of their efforts, Redlands is making a name for itself as a history and preservation conscious community. But there is something missing the philosophy of preservation as it applies to another and most dominant aspect of Redlands' history that Redlands was and still retains a rich and agricultural history.

Without each citrus grower, rancher, and farmer that made Redlands home, would Redlands be the kind of city it is today? In the words of the General Plan, Section 4.96, we learn that the Resource Preservation designation, which includes all of Live Oak Canyon, "limits uses in areas which possess a unique character and fragile ecology which are prime resources for water conservation, wildlife preservation, open space recreation and agriculture" and that "residential uses are permitted but density shall be limed to that allowed by Section 4.42m to protect the character and ecology of such lands." Does the preservation of the history of Redlands end with everything on the downtown side of Sunset Drive? Does it mean that once we leave Ford Street and Redlands Boulevard that nothing else matters?

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Here's a Chance to Preserve Our Agricultural Heritage

Why have the newest homeowners in Live Oak Canyon spent millions of dollars on custom-built homes that are architecturally designed to harmon...

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