“Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you got
‘Til it’s gone
They paved paradise
and put up a parking lot
Ohoo, bop bop bop"
Big Yellow Taxi
Joni Mitchell, 1970
[track 10 from the Ladies of the
Canyon Album]
Every time developers come before the town council and ask for a zoning change or an amendment to the General Plan they trot out the golden promise of a commercial renaissance in Oro Valley. The rooftop theory, beloved by certain members of past town administrations, falsely claims that just one more subdivision will produce a cornucopia of non-chain store shopping, exciting restaurants, and a Scottsdale like paradise of entertainment and recreation.
The sad fact is that over the years none of these promises have come to pass. The only thing over development has brought us is an over abundance of mattress outlets and a few fast food shops.
Now, the usual suspects are back with a plan to add 215 Tiny homes to the intersection of Tangerine and Rancho Vistoso Blvd.
Every time developers come before the town council and ask for a zoning change or an amendment to the General Plan they trot out the golden promise of a commercial renaissance in Oro Valley. The rooftop theory, beloved by certain members of past town administrations, falsely claims that just one more subdivision will produce a cornucopia of non-chain store shopping, exciting restaurants, and a Scottsdale like paradise of entertainment and recreation.
The sad fact is that over the years none of these promises have come to pass. The only thing over development has brought us is an over abundance of mattress outlets and a few fast food shops.
Now, the usual suspects are back with a plan to add 215 Tiny homes to the intersection of Tangerine and Rancho Vistoso Blvd.
The only changes this plan will bring to Oro Valley are horrific traffic jams, epic lines at Safeway and more water sucking development. Sorry Joni, not even a “Swinging Hot Spot”.
"Ohoo bop bop."
"Ohoo bop bop."
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