Community Benefits

Vintage Oaks on the Town Green will provide numerous benefits to the Windsor community. These benefits include:
 

• Creating 788 full-time, well-paying jobs and generating $132 million in economic activity from the development.* The surge in economic activity in Windsor and Sonoma County will strengthen our local economy while supporting our local workforce.
   
• Helping downtown businesses thrive. Residents of the Vintage Oaks on the Town Green residential community will generate over $32 million in annual income,* of which a significant amount will be spent in Windsor, supporting downtown businesses and other Windsor merchants.
   
• Providing $6 million to the town of Windsor from development fees, money that may be reinvested in the community.
   
• Generating $4.4 million in total economic activity in the Town of Windsor each year through direct, indirect and induced impacts.  Another $4.8 million in total economic activity would be generated each year in the remainder of the County.*
   
• Providing $3.5 million to the local economy from new resident spending and the management/operation of the project,* which will increase revenues to locally-owned businesses and further help our downtown thrive.
   
• Saving 104 protected oak trees, 47 more than the original Bisno plans and 26 more than what was approved by the Town Council in 2011.**  
   
• Providing more than $1 million as an in-lieu fee for future affordable housing projects in Windsor. 
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• Providing $50,000 to help fund a new dog park in the Town of Windsor.

*Source: Economic Impact Analysis: Vintage Oaks on the Town Green, The Natelson Dale Group, Inc.

**Note: Tree figures above are preliminary and may be subject to change as the site plan is further refined**