The trademark of the Bay Area’s Greenbelt Alliance is promoting open space and environmental stewardship with a spark of realism. So, for example, it doesn’t oppose growth but encourages compact development so that people can walk to parks and the like instead of driving everywhere.
An empty lot has a commanding view of the partially built Diablo Grande in the hills west of Patterson. Nicotine patch mogul Donald Panoz spent $120 million to bring his dream — including two golf courses, a vineyard and winery — to life. The project filed for Chapter 11 in March after the anticipated Bay Area transplants failed to materialize.
Slideshow: An empty lot has a commanding view of the partially built Diablo Grande in the hills west of Patterson. Nicotine patch mogul Donald Panoz spent $120 million to bring his dream — including two golf courses, a vineyard and winery — to life. The project filed for Chapter 11 in March after the anticipated Bay Area transplants failed to materialize.
The trademark of the Bay Area’s Greenbelt Alliance is promoting open space and environmental stewardship with a spark of realism. So, for example, it doesn’t oppose growth but encourages compact development so that people can walk to parks and the like instead of driving everywhere.
