Shops are just another strip mall

My husband and I just stopped by the planning office to take a look at the plans for The Shops at Oak Creek. I'm sorry to say that we were very disappointed. It looks like another strip mall, complete with a sea of parking, and we were hoping to get away from more of the same.

We were sincerely hoping that it would be more of a new urbanist plan like the Agoura Village plan. Other than the architecture and landscaping it is just like the current strip malls scattered around the Conejo Valley.

Since mixed use is not likely to be an option in this area, the very least would be a lovely gathering place like they have at the Malibu Country Mart. In what we saw, and we know that the plans are not in their final state, we did not see anything about this plan that will make Agoura Hills a special place.

If this were more like the Malibu Country Mart it would definitely be a special place for Agoura Hills. Jennifer and David Lebowitz Agoura Hills