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Who Can Afford to Live in a “Sustainable” Development?

Simmons Buntin | Tue, Dec 11th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: environment, simmons buntin, economics, tuscon, loreto bay, affordable sustainability, sustainable living | 1

A few weeks back I traveled to Loreto, Baja California Sur, the quaint home of Baja’s first mission. There I visited the Villages of Loreto Bay, eleven miles south of the town. Loreto Bay is a mixed-use, new urbanist development that, at buildout, will house some 6,000 homes, plus commercial areas, a golf course, community gathering areas, and more. So far, about 400 homes are complete, and Peter Clark, the development’s technical director of sustainability, speaks highly of the…
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