Does the City really need more residential land?

Yes. The City’s Housing Needs Analysis (a comprehensive analysis and projection over the next twenty years, which the City’s Planning Commission and City Council reviewed and adopted in 2014) independently validates the need for inclusion of the Frog Pond West neighborhood to meet state-required supply for residential land. For some years, Wilsonville had more jobs than residents. While in recent years the number of jobs has leveled while the population has continued to grow (in 2012, there were nearly 18,000 jobs, and 20,515 residents), the future development of the Coffee Creek and Basalt Creek industrial areas will likely exacerbate the need for housing. The community’s largest residential growth area, the 500-acre Villebois Village, is forecasted to build out within the next 5-8 years. After which, approximately 125 acres of buildable residential land will remain within the City limits.