Les Johnson, a resident of Wood Colony for 64 years, reflected the views of residents who packed a meeting Wednesday at Hart-Ransom School near Modesto.
“I am not for any changes in Wood Colony,” he said. “No subdivisions. No industrial. Keep it farming. Keep it that way.”
Proposals for city encroachment into the historic farming area on the western fringe of Modesto ran into vocal opposition in 2014. The Modesto 2050 general plan update is setting up another round of fighting in the land use struggle…