West Hills Fallbrook Point Building Project needs community input before it can be approved..

Your community may be Urbanized, but is it part of a Metropolitan region, or is it a Micropolitan community within a Metropolitan region, and why does this matter?

Micropolitan communities are more likely to have larger plot sizes per residence which in turn keeps the local community population size to under 50,000 residents with less population density. The Micropolitan population is a distinction with a difference and should require that any new business development take into account the local community description and blend in.

Micropolitan communities may or may not have enough local businesses to sustain the community. So one downside to having larger residential plot sizes is members of the community may have to commute longer distances to find employment.

When new business construction is to occur within a Micropolitan community, the wisest and fairest course of action is to ask the local community what would work for them if a new business development were to be constructed.

In the case of West Hills, California, an Urbanized location that qualifies as a Micropolitan community of less than 50,000, the logical course of action would include asking the community what type of commerce would benefit their Micropolitan lifestyle. When the community is not asked what would benefit and align with their local community, the business developer most likely will clash and subvert that which came before them.

What might make the local community happy can vary and can best be found out by asking.  The local Micropolitan community might be thrilled if the new business development actually created jobs within walking distance for the local community. 

Walking distance jobs would also mean less traffic from West Hills to locations all over Southern California, and would mean less overall long distance daily trips to the new Business Development from all over Southern California.

The agenda of the Business Developer may need to shift from one that presumes the local community exists only to consume products made elsewhere, when the real truth may be the local community would delight in having modest business development that would actually allow the local community to create their own small businesses, services and start-ups within the local proposed development.

Large Film Studios like Universal have created boutique rental spaces for start-ups. The start-ups get to use the name Universal as their business address, and if they are able to conjure up work for themselves that also use tehe studio in the future, the symbiotic relationship between the two entities creates a positive outcome.

How many families in our Micropolitan Community have college aged kids who are reluctant to plunk down $100,000 for a college education but would gladly pay 1,000 a month for a boutique space for their kids who want to try their hand at a start-up business?

If the Business developer prefers to construct tall standing buildings that obstruct the view of the mountains in a Micropolitan community called "West Hills", then in essence stealing the Developer is stealing the existing view from homeowners who previously nurtured and allowed the area to thrive so the business developer can now swoop in, obstruct their view of the mountains, and then enjoy the stolen view from their tall buildings, not a neighborly thing to do.

The State of California is supposed to lead the way in Climate Change strategies and energy use reduction, yet the actions of this business developer are not in sync.

Bring work opportunities to our Micropolitan Community the local Residents want; resulting in reduced gasoline consumption, less wear & tear of our roadways, cleaner air, creative jobs, and that create a real sense of community, any thing else is just more of the same old, same old, and not congruous with an allegedly progressive California.