Quay Valley, California
Quay Valley is a proposed 150,000-resident solar power city in Kings County, California developed by Kings County Ventures LLC, halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco.[1] In 2008, the developers of Quay Valley Ranch put the project on hold pending signs of an economic recovery. Planned as the largest new town in California, as of April 2010, the Quay Valley project was tied up in litigation over water rights and it is unknown if the project will move forward.[2]
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[edit] Master plan
Quay Valley would use clean and renewable energy generated from an on-site 600-megawatt power plant. The city would consist of about 50,000 units on 12,000 acres built over 25 years, housing approximately 150,000 residents. An entertainment destination district, a medical center, theme parks and an international motor speedway complex are all proposed.[3]
[edit] Project status
The planned community was initially organized by over 250 Planning Team Members by Kings County Ventures LLC. [1] In July 2007, the Quay Valley planning team established a 50 acre on site Research Ranch to test numerous new methods and systems which will help determine what may work best for the build out of Quay Valley.[4]
As of April 2010, Kings County Ventures, LLC, the original project proponent, had been disbanded. Quay Hays' latest organization, GROW Land and Water LLC, filed a lawsuit in December 2009 in connection with the sale of land by McCarthy Family Farms to another party that included the attached water rights. Quay Valley proponents had planned to use that water for the proposed new city. California law requires that new cities demonstrate that they have sufficient water supplies to survive a five-year drought. Greg Gatzka, Director of the Kings County Community Development Agency, was quoted in an April 2010 news story as saying that the application before his agency to build the project had been inactive for approximately a year and a half. Gaztka added that the project has yet to meet several key requirements in addition to the water issue, including a financial feasibility study and a detailed infrastructure plan. The scarcity of venture capital financing has been cited as another obstacle. Nonetheless, Quay Hays was quoted in a newspaper interview as saying that he remains interested in seeing the project happen.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ name="Quay Valley facts">"Quay Valley website - Facts". http://www.quayvalley.com/facts.html. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
- ^ Nidever, Seth (April 12, 2010). "Proposed city still a paper dream". http://www.hanfordsentinel.com/news/local/article_1690712a-4650-11df-9835-001cc4c002e0.html. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ^ Karlin, Beth (Mar 1, 2007). "Green Growth". reatil traffic=. http://retailtrafficmag.com/mag/retail_green_growth/. Retrieved Mar 1, 2007.
- ^ "Green Growth". press release. July 31, 2008. http://illinois-press-release.com/51/Quay%20Valley%20on%20Track%20to%20Become%20First%20Green%20City%20in%20United%20States.php. Retrieved July 31, 2008.
- ^ Hanford Sentinel, April 12, 2010
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