Rio Linda Resident (Davis: houses, military, manufacturing)

[Viewer]

Amazing ! ...and unnerving. I wonder how the folks close by felt about it, (proper permits or not), and how the children at the elementary school dealt with the roar (maybe better than the adults). The owner must have been a colorful fellow, ...and where did he get his lion, and, as you wondered, where is he now.

[Tashagang]

The best things about Rio Linda are affordability and accessibility. I've lived here quite a while and my neighbors are all very nice. My house was built in 1939 and has never flooded. It has the original hardwood floors that weren't warped when we re-did them.

There's a lot of vandalism and property crime, hence all of the chain link fences in front yards. No worse than much of Sacramento though. Violent crime isn't bad at all. There's some pretty annoying homeless alcohol/drug types but the worst they do is raid trash for cans and leave the rest of the trash strewn on the streets. There's also a few too many loose dogs. If you plan to walk a dog on the bike trail, I'd advise carrying a walking stick and/or pepper spray.

Gibson Park in nearby Elverta is very nice and the bike trail is very nice. Dining is very limited as is grocery shopping etc., but you are only about five miles from the Natomas area for most shopping and fifteen from Roseville for major shopping.

[Viewer]

Affordabilityand accessibility are important location characteristics. It's reassuring that your 1939 home has never flooded. That's great! I've seen Gibson Park on the map, but have not seen it in actuality. Now, I'm going to look for it. I do like to walk and was wondering about the safety of doing that.

[Shope]

I would suggest you buy a small home in Rio Linda, also be sure to get an 88' IROC Camaro and also get about 20 cars that don't run and park them all along your house. Then get a couple of pitbulls and a new Colt Python .357 to protect it all, you'll fit right into Rio Linda with this setup.

PS Might want to grow a mullet as well.

[d_deathrage]

Its too bad that Rio Linda doesn't get much love.

As the crow flies, Rio Linda isn't that far from the rest of the Sacramento region, but its cut off by the former McClellan AFB. So it seems much more rural than it probably should be. Because the noise from the AFB it never really went became a place for the gentleman farmers to raise horses the way Wilton is right now or the way Elk Grove was 30 years ago.

I do wonder as development proceeded down the highway 65 corridor and as Natomas and the southern part of Sutter County continue to develop in that area, if the area won't see a bit of a rival. The lots are big. They could be turned into either huge mansions or more likely huge multifamily developments.

Historically areas in the path of development tend to get more valuable. I don't know that will ocurr in Rio Linda. But for the sake of the residents I hope that happens.

[wburg]

In some ways, I hope it doesn't...Rio Linda has its problems but in some ways it's still a neat, funky little semi-rural community despite its proximity to the city. It is one of a dying breed. Sacramento used to have a lot of little communities like that: Brighton, Perkins, Franklin, the Pocket, the little city of North Sacramento, and more. Nowadays the old Japanese farming community of Florin, fiercely independent little Freeport, and Rio Linda/Elverta are about the only ones left.

[Shope]

Originally Posted by d_deathrage

Its too bad that Rio Linda doesn't get much love.

As the crow flies, Rio Linda isn't that far from the rest of the Sacramento region, but its cut off by the former McClellan AFB. So it seems much more rural than it probably should be. Because the noise from the AFB it never really went became a place for the gentleman farmers to raise horses the way Wilton is right now or the way Elk Grove was 30 years ago.

I do wonder as development proceeded down the highway 65 corridor and as Natomas and the southern part of Sutter County continue to develop in that area, if the area won't see a bit of a rival. The lots are big. They could be turned into either huge mansions or more likely huge multifamily developments.

Historically areas in the path of development tend to get more valuable. I don't know that will ocurr in Rio Linda. But for the sake of the residents I hope that happens.

Nobody would ever build a mansion in Rio Linda, lol. I know what you are saying as Rio Linda is in the path of development, but I think it is just too risky of an investement for most developers. I can think of many other places that will get developed before Rio Linda. Here is a good Rio Linda joke:

"Did you hear about the tornado in Rio Linda?"

"No, what happened"

"The tornado did about 2 million dollars worth of improvements"

[mattinsac]

I suspect the prostitution on Watt Avenue is the big driver of this redevelopment plan, but the county is has big plans for redeveloping North Watt Avenue between 80 and Antelope Road. They point out all of the empty stores near the old AFB and how a lot of that retail space is empty or badly underutilized (having its properties originally zoned for retail functioning as government service centers or storefront churches).

There solution is to add a lot more people to the area with a lot of high density residential. The hope is that the additional people will help create demand for the empty retail.

You can read the proposed plan here (but the file is huge and will take a while to load - my browser called it 348 pgs)

http://www.planning.saccounty.net/pd...aft-102108.pdf

My hunch is that the developments following this plan, plus the developments in Placer County are going to put pressure on Rio Linda. The plan forecasts continued employment growth at the McClellan Business Park. Between the new housing and the employment growth at McClellan. I think that could change the economic pressures for growth in Rio Linda.

The current Rio Linda plan anticipates a fair amount of multi-unit development in Rio Linda. Up until now the economics of the area previously hasn't justified the conversion of these properties into higher density uses. But if you are getting growth along N. Watt Avenue and out in Placer, that might change.

(this is a smaller file only about 33 pgs)

http://www.planning.saccounty.net/pd...-Plan-1998.pdf

[Shope]

Well, McClellan Air Force Base is reinventing itself as a business park now. The construction company I work for is doing a project out there right now. I could see McClellan becoming a decent business center which would attract more retail and this could positivley impact Rio Linda...maybe. It would be a long ways out if it did happen. Rio Linda just is what it is in my opinion. Redevlopments are a tough and risky proposition.

[Viewer]

So, McClellan Air Force Base, is no longer an Air Force Base ?