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Community gives back to Brocks in multitude of ways
By Greta Mart
Staff Reporter
Friday February 03, 2012
Downtown merchants and several community members rallied over the weekend to gather funds for the Martinez family who lost their home in a Jan. 17 fire, raising over $800.
For the past 28 years, the Brock family transformed their former Walnut Street residence into a Christmas-themed extravaganza, attracting visitors from all over the world. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District investigators identified the family's pellet stove as the probable cause of the blaze.
NPS aims to entice with rotating exhibits
By Greta Mart
Staff Reporter
Friday February 03, 2012
Many Martinez locals, with their own back yard national park, have visited the John Muir house just once, some never.
Now the National Park Service is offering a new feature at the John Muir National Historic Site, with an eye towards encouraging repeat visits.
Long road for historical building
By Greta Mart
Staff Reporter
Friday February 03, 2012
The now-officially historic Sharkey Building at 630 Court Street came close to being demolished in 2006, when the second developer to enter into an exclusive negotiating agreement with the City asserted it would cost too much to retrofit properly.
A few months later, however, the developer dropped out of the deal. According to a Council report authored by former City Manager Don Blubaugh in Nov. 2006, "B&H Development was no longer interested in pursuing an agreement for the purchase of the property and development of a restaurant at 630 Court Street. Its proposal to demolish the building and build a new structure (while preserving historical feature) was triggering costly environmental review and likely litigation before permits could be issued."
Court Street deal enters negotiations
By Greta Mart
Staff Reporter
Friday February 03, 2012
Modifications to 610 and 630 Court Street are the planned topic for Wednesday's Zoning Administrator meeting at City Hall.
Starting at 3 p.m., Senior Planner Corey Simon will serve as the administrator presiding over a request by applicant David Fischer of Southport Land and Commercial Company to create a four-unit commercial condominium subdivision at 610 Court and a two-parcel "airspace minor subdivision" at 630 Court.
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