Clovis has a reputation for good schools, walking trails, parks and upscale neighborhoods. It’s also one of California’s faster growing cities. People want to live there. So as the city grows, pressure is growing for developers to add new houses, often converting farmland to subdivisions. So how do rural residents there coexist with new development while keeping their country way of life? Reporter Marc Benjamin explains how one neighborhood is adapting to change. On the northern edge of Clovis is a neighborhood that remains part of the county. People here live beside orchards, raise animals and get water from their wells. It’s called the Dry Creek Preserve. It’s about 800 acres, wedged between exclusive neighborhoods about a mile east of the highly touted Buchanan High School. For Dale Mitchell and 240 other property owners, it’s a rural paradise that they don’t want changing. The Dry Creek Preserve is about 800 acres. It’s wedged between exclusive neighborhoods about a mile east of
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