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Planning director outlines development pipeline; council prioritizes missing-middle housing and school-district partnership

2487511 · February 26, 2025
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Planning Director Greg Desmond presented a list of active and anticipated projects across Calistoga and the council directed staff to explore missing-middle housing regulations and a potential partnership with the school district for larger mixed-use housing opportunities.

Calistoga — In a wide-ranging planning update Feb. 25, Planning and Building Director Greg Desmond reviewed current development projects and potential sites across Calistoga, and council members focused discussion on the need for "missing-middle" ownership opportunities rather than exclusively high-end single-family homes.

Desmond outlined active and proposed projects the planning department is processing: Calistoga Hills (an 88-acre resort with roughly 110 units and 20 residential units, construction underway with a possible opening at the end of 2027), a resilience microgrid/resiliency center on Washington (a community-scale microgrid nearing final completion), Silverrod Terrace (multifamily with 20% regulated affordable units), Lincoln Avenue Apartments (2.9 acres, 78 units, reported as 100% affordable),…

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