By Cecilia Chan | Gilbert Sun News
A bitter battle is raging between residents of Ashland Ranch and a developer over plans for a 41-unit rental community on the last undeveloped piece of land owned by the ancestors of one of Gilbert’s earliest settlers.
The land was part of the pioneer Riggs Family homestead, founded more than 80 years ago.
The developer, New Village Homes, is owned by Gilbert residents Reed Porter and his wife, who say their Lamb Lane development at Ray Road and Val Vista Drive would feature units that look like single-family homes with their own backyards and garages and would offer another housing choice for Gilbert.
