that are passing. With the busy week, the weekend is the time that the streets come to life ... mowing the lawn, washing the car, helping a child learn to ride the bike for the first time.


Residents call this home. They play with their kids, barbecue tri-tip sandwiches on the weekends, wash their cars and tend their lawns—outside the hustle and bustle of the city’s beachside. From the beginning of cityhood in 1965, Carpinteria civic leaders were steadfast in their efforts to maintain this small town feel. Ernie Wulbrandt, a longtime civic leader in Carpinteria once said in the early 1960s when asked about Carpinteria and its future, “We want a city that our grandchildren can be proud of.”


A series of community visioning workshops that took place in the early 1990s reinforced this and has helped guide current-day developments in an effort to maintain Carpinteria’s small town charm and quieter side.


Each of these developed neighborhoods has its own identity—its own style and expression, while blending into the adjacent neighborhood. It provides a living record of how residential development occurred over time in Carpinteria and how styles changed over that period of time.


Some houses are one-story California Ranch style, while others are two-story contemporary or blended styles. There are a few examples of small


TOP, the Eighth Street bridge crosses Carpinteria Creek and connects the Concha Loma neighborhood to downtown. RIGHT, In Seacoast Village the suburban lawn is king.


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