Overview
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Creekside Village is a residential community located on 200 acres immediately south of the El Dorado Hills Business Park where a 4.7 million square foot warehouse/distribution facility was previously proposed. The site has been planned for development since the 1980s and is within the El Dorado Hills Community Region. Creekside Village includes 613 active-adult (age 55 and above) and 150 non-age restricted single-family homes, plus parks, trails, and open space. The undeveloped property previously was zoned for “Research and Development” land uses, which allowed for a variety of potential business, industrial, or warehouse facilities. The project site is situated south of the John Adams Academy K-12 school, and is between the Heritage residential communities to the west and Blackstone residential community to the east. The planned homes will blend seamlessly into and connect with those communities and their trail systems.
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Broad community support
Creekside Village was approved on January 27, 2026, by the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors in a lengthy hearing attended by dozens of El Dorado Hills residents, business representatives, and other stakeholders who expressed their support for the proposal. Many others conveyed their support in written communications to the Board prior to the hearing. The participation of so many community members was very powerful and instrumental in securing project approval, and the Winn Communities project team thanks everyone who took the time to be a part of that process.
Project benefits
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Active adult homes are in red shaded area, with conventional homes in mint green to the north.
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Public parks on the east side of the project will have a variety of potential uses. Renderings are for illustrative purposes only.
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Why active adult homes?
The Creekside Village project is the product of significant outreach to and collaboration with numerous stakeholders, including area residents. Through that process, the Latrobe School District, which serves the property, indicated it could not accommodate the number of students that would have been generated by the originally proposed conventional-home project. The inclusion of active adult homes also will reduce traffic by approximately 60% compared to the originally proposed project and will protect sensitive cultural resources found on the site.
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Community engagement
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The Creekside Village plan was shaped by significant feedback from area residents -- including in the Blackstone, Heritage, and Four Seasons communities -- and through collaboration with numerous other stakeholders, including the El Dorado Hills Business Park Owners Association, El Dorado Hills Area Planning Advisory Committee (APAC), Latrobe School District, tribal government representatives, and more. In all, the Winn Communities team held approximately 30 community and stakeholder meetings after re-initiating the Creekside Village proposal in 2023.
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Traffic
Analysis indicates that the Creekside Village project will produce significantly less traffic than what would have been generated from uses under the property's previous zoning and what is allowed under the El Dorado County General Plan. The inclusion of active adult homes further reduces traffic impacts by approximately 60% compared to the originally proposed project with all non-age restricted homes, and the project will contribute more than $13 million for area road improvements.
Schools
Creekside Village is located within the boundaries of the Latrobe School District (LSD) and the El Dorado Union High School District. With 150 market rate single family homes, the project is expected to generate approximately 50 students in the LSD, which district staff has indicated it can accommodate. John Adams Academy, a K-12 charter school, is located immediately north of the project site in the El Dorado Hills Business Park.
Water
The El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) does studies and updates them frequently to ensure water capacity for current and future users. EID has confirmed that it has more than adequate water supplies to serve Creekside Village, even under drought conditions.
Project history
Winn Communities initially proposed Creekside Village in 2020 after the site in 2018 was de-annexed from the El Dorado Hills Business Park. Business Park owners overwhelmingly supported the de-annexation to enable residential development. Some area residents initially opposed that project while indicating they wanted the property’s research and development zoning to remain. Several months after Creekside Village was proposed, Dermody Properties approached Winn with proposed plans to develop a 4.7 million square foot warehouse/distribution facility on the property, later known as “Project Frontier.” Winn agreed to let Dermody purchase the property and proceed independently with its application. After Dermody in May 2023 withdrew its application due to substantial opposition, community leaders approached Winn about re-initiating the proposed Creekside Village project and in July 2023 Winn agreed to do so. The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on January 27, 2026, approved Creekside Village, which required a General Plan amendment and rezone of the property, plus an environmental impact report.