Summer 2010
Making Waves at Wavecrest: Plan Considers Future Uses of Coastside Treasure
- The future of Wavecrest
is coming into sharper focus
thanks to a concept plan
developed for POST to facilitate
future use and management of the
206-acre property in Half Moon Bay.
- POST saved Wavecrest from
the threat of extensive development
when it bought the coastal property
from private owners in 2008.
Connected to both natural and
urban areas, it is an important open
space resource serving residents and
visitors to Half Moon Bay and
surrounding communities.
- Berkeley-based Design,
Community & Environment (DCE)
developed the planning document,
which was funded by a generous
grant from the David and Lucile
Packard Foundation. The study
imagines various usage scenarios and new features for Wavecrest
including a possible visitor center or
pavilion, hiking trails with interpretative
signage, organized sports on
expanded ball fields, group camping
sites, wildlife habitat protection and
seasonal wetlands management,
agriculture including a potential
farm stand or community gardens,
and facilities for youth activities.
- With such a wide range of uses
to consider, POST is carefully
examining how these and other potential ideas for Wavecrest might
be combined, and how the property
might best serve the community.
In the meantime, POST continues
to raise funds to keep Wavecrest
protected and to seek out the
appropriate public agency partner
for permanent ownership and
management. To learn how you can
help, please contact POST Senior
Major Gifts Officer Daphne Muehle
at (650) 854-7696, x317, or email her
at dmuehle at openspacetrust.org.
Summer Outings . . .
