A neighborhood you can call home
The Bickford Ranch project is a highly controversial, large-scale, mixed-use planned development located on nearly 2,000 acres of oak woodlands and pasture land between the communities of Lincoln and Penryn in Placer County. Project developers spent years planning the project (which will include approximately 1,900 homes, a private golf course, a commercial center, and a school) and will set aside approximately one-third of the property in a permanent conservation easement to be managed by the Wildlife Heritage Foundation. . Bickford Ranch will offers something for everyone including a selection of inviting neighborhoods featuring a variety of home plans from quality builders. It is also close to the state capitol with Sacramento less than 45 minutes away. The Sierras with fine skiing,camping and other outdoor activity in your backyard. The Placer County Board of Supervisors approved the project first in 2001, and again in 2004 following an unfavorable court ruling on technicalities of the administrative record. The project was delayed again by lawsuits over impacts to oak trees, which was finally settled in late 2005, when the applicant agreed to pay more than $6 million to preserve local oak woodlands. Construction of the project is currently stalled because the partnership that backed the project is tied up in Bankruptcy court.