Filmore, California

anticipates that number rising to 23,000 once it’s completed some of its current ongoing projects. “Right now, we have five or six developments underway,” says David Rowlands, City Manager. “We have a traditional single-family housing development with more than 300 units being built. We also have KB Home development, which has just begun construction.” “The KB Home condominium project has a total of 104 units, seven of which are affordable housing units that is under construction,” says Kevin McSweeney, Community Development Director. “We have 76 units of single-family detached homes, called Iron Horse Rollover I and East Bridge consisting of 133 detached condominiums under construction. There are another 90 units in Iron Horse Rollover II and 160 units in the Groves being proposed that is not yet approved. And, within the last 2 years, 166 units and a new park have been completed. All of this represents the new neighborhood called the Bridges. There is a new application for 135 single-family detached units in another location of the City from a developer called Williams Homes. Sonic Drive-In submitted for plan-check and we’re converting an old vacated packing plant into a multi-use crafts and hobbies building.” “One of our more exciting projects is a church conversion into 26 apartment units, complete with an art studio space and potential zoning for restaurants,” shares Rowlands. “We just approved another affordable housing project of more than 75 units in the past three months, and an additional 65 units of affordable housing in our AT A GLANCE FILLMORE, CALIFORNIA WHAT: A city of 15,600 WHERE: Ventura County, California, in the Santa Clara River Valley WEBSITE: www.fillmoreca.com