Marking 90 years of preserving open space: ‘The park district provides residents in the East Bay access to nature close to home.’

A sign shows East Bay Regional Parks District and Regional Parks Botanic Garden on a fence beyond which there is a lot of green and yellow foiliage.

The East Bay Regional Park District began during the height of the Great Depression with a ballot measure asking voters to institute a property tax for the purpose of creating a park system. Despite the hard economic times, voters overwhelmingly agreed to tax themselves so they could have more parks. Ninety years later, about 25…

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Bicycle and pedestrian trails will improve with recent $10.2 million grant

Representatives John Garamendi, Barbara Lee and George Miller, along with East Bay Regional Park District Officials, will be at the Oakland Airport/Coliseum BART Station today at noon to celebrate a recent grant to improve bicycle and pedestrian trails in the Bay Area. Last week, the US Department of Transportation awarded the Park District with $10.2…

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