Editing Windsor, California (section)

=== Incorporation and modern history ===

The Windsor area grew five-fold in the 1980s as [[urban sprawl]] developed north of Santa Rosa along portions of [[U.S. Route 101 in California|U.S. Highway 101]].<ref name="Chronicle2006">{{cite news |last=Perrigan |first=Dana |date=October 8, 2006 |title=The Village Person |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/THE-VILLAGE-PERSON-New-urbanism-concepts-come-2486287.php |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |accessdate=April 19, 2025}}</ref> The local economy shifted from [[agriculture|agricultural]] work, mainly involving [[wine grape]]s, to services that catered to commuters and the new residential area. On July 1, 1992, Windsor was incorporated as a town. Prior to that, it had been part of unincorporated Sonoma County.<ref name="WindsorHistory"/>

A large [[mixed-use development]] in "Poor Man's Flat" around the former [[train station]] in downtown Windsor began construction in the 1990s. A walkable village that incorporated [[New Urbanism|New Urbanist]] design principles was created at the behest of the city government, which also restricted development outside of the downtown area.<ref name="Chronicle2006"/> A large city park, named the Town Green, opened in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |last=King |first=John |date=April 9, 2007 |title=Instant Urbanism: New urban centers take on a stage-set feel in Bay Area |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/place/article/INSTANT-URBANISM-NEW-URBAN-CENTERS-TAKE-ON-A-2576408.php |work=San Francisco Chronicle |accessdate=April 19, 2025}}</ref> By 2006, over 130 condominiums and 50 businesses had moved into the downtown development, which cost an estimated $120{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="Chronicle2006"/>

In January 1998, Windsor voters approved a twenty-year [[urban growth boundary]] (UGA), with 72% in favor.<ref>{{cite news |work=Press-Democrat |date=January 7, 1998|author=Steve Hart|title=Windsor Rejects Recall; Voters Favor Growth Limit|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SA&p_theme=sa&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFEDDA2AE77BFC&p_field_direct-0=document_id}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Better Cities & Towns |url=http://bettercities.net/article/more-72-percent-citizens-windsor |date=March–April 1998 |title=More than 72 percent of citizens in Windsor}}</ref> In 2017, the UGA was renewed, by vote, for another 22 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Espinoza |first=Martin |date=2017-11-08 |title=Windsor urban growth boundary extended 22 years |url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/windsor-voters-approve-22-year-extension-of-urban-growth-boundary/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Santa Rosa Press Democrat |language=en-US}}</ref>