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Greenbelt Alliance In the News
May 14, 2005 Environmental Groups Organize to Oppose Proposed Development in Livermore Subheading BylineAn open range war is about to erupt in the east bay where citizens and environmentalists are fighting a proposed housing development. KCBS reporter George Harris in Livermore noted the birds of prey circling overhead the scenic valley of rolling hills and grasslands north of Interstate 580. That site is the battleground of a thirty year fight for open space. "Livermore has gone to focus on themselves as a wine growing region, part of that is north Livermore and keeping north Livermore agriculture and open space," said Matt Morrison of the Tri Valley Sierra Club. It's part of a coalition trying to block a proposed development outside Livermore's urban growth boundary. 2,400 homes on 1,500 acres are planned along with new schools, a sports park and other amenities. Don Miller of the group Save Our Hills isn't buying the proposed development. "Land speculators and developers take huge profits out of our communities and leave the problems like traffic and air pollution behind," he said. And David Reed of the Greenbelt Alliance says every environmental group in the region opposes the development despite the demands for new housing. "It's really a critical area for plant and animal species, some of which are hardly found anywhere else in the world," he said. Five years ago Livermore citizens defeated a proposed 12,000 unit development planned for the very same open space area. (9:21am,sam) ### |
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