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From the President At this time of year, as we all reflect on the events of 2007, Committee for Green Foothills and our supporters have so many reasons to be thankful! We’ve enjoyed many legislative successes and celebrated key victories on issues that have tested the determination, resourcefulness and stamina of our regional environmental community for decades. We’ve completed our five-year strategic plan and expanded the breadth of our educational initiatives to include economic viability for local agriculture and the expansion of cultural/ethnic/ economic diversity within the environmental movement. Our informative mini-farm tour at the end of June introduced CGF Board members and colleagues from other advocacy organizations to key growers and food processing entrepreneurs who are running successful agricultural operations within Santa Clara County. Look for your invitation to a larger public farm tour in the summer of 2008. We’ve received a generous grant from the San Francisco Foundation to open an environmental dialogue with historically underrepresented groups. Members of diverse communities have a lot to teach us about reaching out and connecting with them on their own terms — not ours. After years of unrelenting efforts by CGF and other environmentalists to protect the ecological jewel in Half Moon Bay known as Wavecrest, a wonderful resolution was announced in August by Peninsula Open Space Trust and the owners of the property. POST will purchase the 216-acre site, permanently protecting its extraordinary winter raptor habitat and extensive wetlands. See "The Celebration of the Raptors." Celebration of one of CGF’s proudest victories continued as construction of the twin bores of the Devil’s Slide tunnel project began on September 17 in Montara. Our own Lennie Roberts was at the controls of a huge earthmoving machine, making the ceremonial first cut as the crowd roared, “We can dig it!” See our coverage and exciting event photos. All in all it’s been an historic year that we won’t soon forget. Our many accomplishments and achievements would not have been possible without the support of our members. You continue to stand with us, giving CGF the energy and the confidence to prevail and for that we are most thankful. Published Fall 2007 in Green Footnotes. Page last updated December 15, 2007. |
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