This spring season, River Islands is moving ahead with plans to enhance the most successful lifestyle community in Northern California.
Today, more than 4,000 residences have been designed, built and sold by some of the best homebuilders in the state. More than a dozen lakes have been built, ever-increasing the number of waterfront homes available within the community. A dozen parks range in size from neighborhood gathering spots to full-scale community attractions, with playing fields and picnic areas. One of the region’s largest and best-designed inclusive playgrounds is a popular destination within the fifteen-acre Champions Park. The Joyce and Bennie Gatto Trail is a growing trail system that provides a great space for walking, jogging and bicycling along the San Joaquin River. The Boathouse Restaurant, with its expansive menu, wide deck and water views, is a popular meeting place for lunches and dinners.
And Islanders Field offers visitors a chance to watch traveling league baseball from a 400-seat stadium.
The backbone of the community is its charter school system, which includes three K-8 grade schools and River Islands High School. The River islands Academies are chartered by Banta Unified School District, one of the first school districts established in California.
Also fundamental to assuring a high standard of services is the first Lathrop-Manteca fire station at River Islands and a police administrative headquarters building for the Lathrop Police.
One of Modesto’s most popular restaurants, the Redwood Café, made news last year by making the decision to physically move its iconic buildings and artwork to River Islands after its land was needed for a different use. The buildings have been cut apart and placed on trailers for a 20-plus mile move to a new location in the future Town Center area. The new site allows for an expansion of the building and its outdoor areas, adding a true landmark building and an upscale venue for fine dining and special events to the River Islands community.
The homebuilders at River Islands are planning a year of introducing new model homes with some of the most requested amenities for today’s lifestyles: smart home features for comfort, energy savings and security. Adding to the attractiveness of the offering is a variety of architectural styles and a wide range of floorplan designs, and prices ranging from the low $600,000s to well over a million dollars.
Nine communities are already open to the public, and more neighborhoods will be holding Grand Openings throughout the spring and summer and into the fall months.
In addition, Del Webb, a leader in community development specifically for adults 55 and over, has chosen River Islands as the home for its newest master planned community in Northern California.
Three model complexes comprised of single-story plans with two and three bedrooms are already open; its amenity-rich Lakeview Club will open later this year on its own lake.
For an online tour guide, floorplans, features and pricing information, go to RiverIslands.com. The River Islands Welcome Center is open daily from noon till five.
Advertorial provided by River Islands