Original plans called for construction to occur for a 16-year period and eventually house over 25,000 people, with the community including an 18-hole golf course, 12 swimming pools, 3 artificial lakes, a marina on the Genesee, and commercial and industrial centers.
[4] Language mandating such a rapid transit system was even written into the act creating the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority as a "Charlotte-Henrietta Corridor.
This touched off controversy over the future of the nature park, as the DeMinos wanted to expand the golf club to a full 18 holes using the undeveloped land.
[10] Today, Riverton is all but gone as a separate community; most current residents identify with West Henrietta and share its ZIP code.
Riverton Knolls is now a rental property with many renters tending to be students from the nearby Rochester Institute of Technology.