The project promises over 500 new units, a mix of detached homes and attached flats, as well as a new 158-acre public river park. photo credit: Noah Abrams/KRCBDevon Zuegel, founder of the Esmeralda Institute and Esmeralda Land Company (center) addresses the crowd at an Esmeralda open house at the Cloverdale Veteran’s Memorial building on Oct. 10, 2025.
Developers behind an idyllic and ambitious new neighborhood and resort in Cloverdale again made their pitch at a town hall this week.
Esmeralda—the human-forward, car-light project—is getting a mixed reception.
Modeled in the vein of Chautauqua, New York, Esmeralda promises over 500 new units, commercial space, a hotel resort, and a large public park bordering the Russian River…