Glenborough at Easton and Easton Place are part of the Easton Project, a unique 6,400-acre master-planned community located south of Highway 50 roughly between Sunrise Boulevard and Prairie City Road. Located within the jurisdiction of Sacramento County, Glenborough and Easton Place encompasses 1,400 acres where people can live, work and play.

GenCorp Realty Investments, whose parent company is GenCorp, Inc., is managing the application, design, and construction of the project in partnership with the County of Sacramento.

GenCorp, Inc. is a major technology-based manufacturing company headquartered in Sacramento, California. Established in 1915, GenCorp’s businesses, Aerojet and GenCorp Realty Investments, concentrate on the market areas of aerospace and defense and real estate.

Aerojet, also headquartered in Sacramento, is a world-recognized aerospace and defense leader, principally serving the missile and propulsion, and defense and armament markets since 1942. Aerojet has over 3,000 employees, with 1,600 working in Sacramento. Aerojet operations consist of administration, research and development, manufacturing and testing. Aerojet will continue operations on the Sacramento site, retaining a solid base of jobs within the Easton communities.

The Sacramento Board of Supervisors oversees and approves
all major developments within the unincorporated area of Sacramento County.
They work to ensure adequate commercial and residential development
while protecting the environment and quality of life in the region. They
employ various County departments such as Environmental Review and
Planning and Community Development to review technical reports and help
them make informed decisions.

Sacramento County is also the project partner for the Easton Project. County planners are working side-by-side with designers to have fundamental effects on design standards, ensure environmental protection, and oversee effective and sound provision of water, sewer, utilities and transportation infrastructure.

In accordance with state and federal environmental regulations, there will be public meetings held to obtain public input regarding the project.

When complete, currently uninhabited land will be transformed, providing more than 4,800 dwelling units, including affordable housing, and more than 3.5 million square feet of office and commercial uses.

Completion of the entitlement process for Easton is projected to be finished in 2007 or 2008 at which time construction can begin.
The project will be built in phases, beginning most likely with Glenborough at Easton. The build out will occur over 20 years.

Glenborough is expected to obtain is water supply from the city of Folsom. While current proposals for water supply do not contemplate annexation to the Sacramento County Water Agency’s Zone 41 for retail water supply, DWR staff is reviewing the project proposals for conformance with objectives associated with the Sacramento Area Water Forum, including but not limited to optimum use of regional surface water supplies and groundwater basin management goals.

The Department of Environmental Review and Assessment (DERA)
ensures that developments are consistent with state and federal environmental laws.

A draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is now under development for portions of the Easton Project. The EIR is being conducted under the guidelines of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). CEQA and NEPA define procedures for environmental review and impact analysis of projects that need approval by local, state agencies and federal agencies.

Of the 12,000 acres of the GenCorp land, only about 10 percent were used for Aerojet operations. The remainder was used as passive bufferlands. Several areas within Glenborough at Easton require minimal clean-up, including an area once used as an office waste disposal site for Aerojet.

When named as a Superfund site in 1984, the entire Aerojet campus – including open space areas only used as buffer between the community and Aerojet operations – were designated as Superfund lands. The majority of lands that are now part of the Easton Project were removed from Superfund status by the Federal Government in 2002.

Nearly 400 acres will be dedicated to open space at the Easton Project. The bulk of the open space – approximately 255 acres – is the Alder Creek corridor. This area meanders about 2.6 miles and roughly parallels Highway 50. The creek feeds into Lake Natoma, eventually reaching the lower American River.

A resource conservation management plan is being developed for the area. It outlines the protection of more than 18,000 trees within the Easton
Project and preservation of 274 acres of oak-dominated habitat.