A lot of thought has gone into the Phelps Family proposal…and a lot of community input. In community surveys, neighbors expressed a desire for an upscale, specialty grocery store, nice restaurants and resident-serving retail. Working with the architects of Hart/Howerton, the project design breaks apart buildings and employs materials and architecture to create a rural shopping village similar to The Barnyard and Crossroads in Carmel, California. This is not a strip mall. Far from it. It is a neighborhood-serving, rural-style village.

The 11-acre site lies on the northeast corner of the three-legged intersection of SR 68 and Corral de Tierra Road.

The disturbed grassland would be replaced with 10 retail buildings and a high-end, gourmet grocery store. Most of the existing oak trees will remain just where they are. A new lush landscaping plan helps meld the new buildings into the existing rural landscape. Separate buildings will be linked with pedestrian pathways and landscaped outdoor plazas.