Martinez may be known for many things, but its waterfront might not immediately jump to mind. City officials are planning on changing that perception in the near future.
"A restaurant," said Mayor Brianne Zorn, for starters."We'll have a fully remastered harbormaster office. We'll have an updated bait shop. We will have an environmental center and conference center and a café."
The city is now finalizing a blueprint for approval by the state, and the project would - by necessity, be transformative.. Just as the Martinez Waterfront may be heading for a transition, it's currently home to a collection of people who find themselves in between places. "Sometimes on the weekends, we come out here and do barbecue with each other and try to scrounge up our money to buy some food for each other," he said of those living on the waterfront."It's a beautiful place. I know I agree with developing out here. Yes, I am worried about losing my spot, but honestly it's very underestimated out here."
What's driving the city's additional room to maneuver on the waterfront is actually a change in how they dredge the marina on the Carquinez strait. For years, the waste was vacuumed up and simply dumped into holding ponds.
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