The modern history of El Dorado Hills dates back to the early 1960s when original developer Alan Lindsey began its development as a master planned community. The original master plan, prepared by architect Victory Gruen, covered the area generally north of U.S. Highway 50, and part of the area south of US 50 now considered to be part of the community. El Dorado Hills was envisioned as a large-scale master-planned community that would be completely planned from its inception as a group of residential "villages". Other land uses in the master plan included a business park, two 18-hole golf courses, community parks, schools, a community shopping center, and small commercial centers in each village. The master plan emphasized open space between villages and opportunity for outdoor recreation. El Dorado Hills real estate and homes for sale Serrano El Dorado Hills Real Estate.
Between the late '60s and mid-1990s growth occurred at a moderate pace as new families relocated from Sacramento, Southern California and the Bay Area. This growth consisted primarily of residential housing, as retail developments were limited to two shopping centers on the corners Green Valley & Francisco and El Dorado Hills Blvd. & Hwy. 50. Each neighborhood created during this time period was given a name and referred to as a "village" by the local inhabitants. The original villages of El Dorado Hills include Park Village, Ridgeview, Saint Andrews, Crown, Governor's Village, Marina Village and Lake Hills Estates. In the 1980s and 1990s the major part of Lake Hills Estates was reorganized into Lake Forest Village, containing the neighborhoods of Waterford, The Summit, Green Valley Hills, Winterhaven, Marina Woods and Windsor Point. Additional villages that have developed subsequently include Fairchild, Sterlingshire, Highland Hills, Highland View and the master-planned community of Serrano.
By the 1990
census, El
Dorado Hills had
an estimated
population of
6,395 residents.
Growth slowed
during the early
part of the 90's
due to an
economic
recession
throughout
California, but
resumed at a
staggering pace
by the mid
1990s.
Businesses,
particularly
those interested
in escaping the
high costs of
Silicon Valley
began to set up
operations in
the El Dorado
Hills Business
Park south of
Highway 50. In
1995, the Parker
Development
Company acquired
3,500 acres
(14 km2)
along the
eastern boundary
of El Dorado
Hills to create
Serrano, one of
the largest
master planned
communities in
Northern
California.
Serrano was the
site of an
innovative case
of recycled
water irrigation
on a large
scale.
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