After years of being on the back burner, a community development company is hoping to get started on a new housing and shopping project next to Verde Santa Fe.

Brookfield Communities, a master planned community developer with neighborhoods built in Cornville and Laughlin, Nev., established the Verde Santa Fe development in the Verde Valley off Cornville Road a decade ago.

The company set out to build a golf course neighborhood on 480 acres. Today, there are only 12 lots left available said Phil Petersen, Brookfield Communities president.

For the full story, see the Wednesday, Jan. 16, edition of the Cottonwood Journal Extra.