C O R R A L D E T I E R R A | Corral de Tierra, California | Community along Highway 68, Monterey County

The Toro Community

There are 13,500 people living in residential enclaves along Highway 68 between Salinas and Monterey. John Steinbeck described this area in The Pastures of Heaven.

For more than 40 years, county land use plans have envisioned a commercial center at the corner of Highway 68 and Corral de Tierra Road. On July 12, 2011, after hearing from hundreds of local neighbors about how their quality of life could get even better if the Corral shopping village were approved, the supervisors voted “YES” on the Phelps’ family’s final site plan.

The Corral Village

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There are two ways to describe the Corral village. We can talk about the village using numbers.

10 low-rise buildings
99,970 gross square feet
23.3% FAR (floor area ratio)
Over 100 feet of setbacks from 68 and Corral de Tierra
Parking spaces reduced to 406 within 12 landscaped parking zones
30-32 foot wide planted berms along 68
20-28 foot wide planted berms along Corral de Tierra
$32 million injected into the immediate local economy through construction jobs
Over 250 permanent jobs, including jobs for local youth
$500,000 per year in local tax revenues
A daily reduction of nearly 3,500 VMT (vehicle miles traveled) on 68

There is another way to describe the Corral Village in terms of the community.

A community gathering spot
A new town center and attractive community entrance
Local shopping saves long drives on 68
County’s 1^st new construction, LEED commercial project
Rainwater harvesting and recharge system provides net positive water balance
Preservation of heritage oaks

Creating Community

For the local Phelps Family, it’s always been about the community. With county support, we can at long last move forward together in building a community hub that offers places to gather, a community identity and high quality, neighborhood shops and services that allow neighbors to get off of Highway 68.

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