Victory! BMASP Drops Park Dev Plan
Today’s update of the Berkeley Marina Area Specific Plan (BMASP) website says in bold letters: “Please note that no development is
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Unanimous NO on BMASP
The Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Commission met on Zoom last night with the largest attendance in memory unanimously telling Commissioners
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BMASP: A Betrayal of Nature
Letter to City Council and related parties from Susan Black, June 28 2022: Today on my usual morning walk around
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Alarmed About the BMASP Plan
Exchange of messages between park visitor Ryan Turner and Berkeley City Council member and Vice Mayor Kate Harrison, June 12-21
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Open Letter from Sierra Club about BMASP
The East Bay Public Lands Committee of the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club addressed the following letter
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Open Letter from CESP about BMASP
The following open letter is from Shirley Dean, former Mayor of Berkeley, and Robert Cheasty, in their current capacities as
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BMASP: Park Wrecking Scheme
I’ve been negligent in keeping up with the Berkeley Marina development plans coming out of City offices. Back in January,
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Park Week 9/15/23
Birds of the Week The big bird news this week in the park was the return of the White-crowned Sparrows.
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Park Week 7/7/23
Snowy With a Bad Leg This Snowy Egret used its wings more than it normally would because its right leg
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Park Week 6/30/23
Birds Hanging In Three birds are showing great love for the park, or something, by remaining longer than usual. The
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Park Week 5/26/23
Weed and Water the Plant Babies Sunday Morning The baby native plants that Conservancy volunteers put in the ground last
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Park Week 5/12/23
Shorebirds Together Standing in the Open Circle Viewpoint looking north, I spotted a young Black-crowned Night-Heron perched in the shallows
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Park Week 3/17/23
After a Spring Break, the daily Chavez Park blog is coming back as a weekly. Every Friday at 5, subscribers
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Conservancy: Annual Report 2022
Your Chavez Park Conservancy played a meaningful role in the park this year. We initiated and led a successful public
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Numbers, Numbers
Shortly after the City announced that BMASP (the park wrecking scheme) was NOT going to include “development” at Cesar Chavez
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Weeding with the Coast Guard
This Saturday Aug. 27 all Chavez Park lovers will have a unique opportunity to go weeding with the Coast Guard.
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Welcome New Subscribers
If you’ve just signed up to chavezpark.org, welcome! This website is devoted to Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley. Its main
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Back to Nature
The work to save Chavez Park from the BMASP proposals has taken me and some other Conservancy volunteers to the
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1800 and Growing
The chill seaside gale almost blew the Conservancy kiosk away Sunday afternoon, so we decided to shut it down after
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More Recent Letters
Letters and comments about the proposed commercialization of Chavez Park continue to come in. Here is a selection, some penned
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Now Over 1700
The signature count on the Petition to Save Our Park from BMASP topped 1700 this afternoon, and that’s just counting
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See You In the Park
The decision to save Chavez Park or to let it be destroyed lies with City Council. The petition to City
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Millions and Meetings
The local online daily, Berkeleyside, had a story yesterday titled “City secures $15M state earmark to improve Berkeley Marina.” This
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