Roughly halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento sits a new housing community that developers call the first "conservation community" in Northern California.

The Lagoon Valley development in Vacaville is opening in phases, with homes up for sale now in multiple neighborhoods, promising a host of new amenities along the way.

About 150 homes have been built, but the development is approved for just over 1,000. Construction will continue over the next five years.

Curt Johansen, director of development in California for Seattle-based Triad Development, says his vision was to build a first-of-its-kind community in Solano County. The project is about 20 years in the making.

"Over 30 years ago, the city of Vacaville approved a project here that was, I would call it, unsustainable. It di

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