To Friends of PLAY Youth Organization and Tassajara Valley Residents:

The fight against the cemetery in Tassajara Valley is gaining a lot of supporters. The influential environmental group Save Mount Diablo and PLAY Youth organization (http://www.weidb.com/playclub) will lead a hike, along with Vice Mayor Phil O'Loane, on August 16th. It is important that as many people as possible participate in this hike. It will send a strong message to City and County politicians about how much we love our beautiful community and how much we oppose the cemetery.

The hike is on Tassajara Ridge through San Ramon’s Hidden Valley Open Space to see the proposed Creekside cemetery site.  A one mile hike reveals world class 360 degree views, or you can walk 3.5 miles round trip to the NE corner of the Open Space and back. The first quarter mile is moderately uphill, the rest is rolling and easier.

We will enjoy beautiful scenery and walk right next to the sites of the proposed Creekside Memorial Cemetery and Tassajara Parks projects.  Views include rural Tassajara Valley to the east and Morgan Territory Regional Preserve and the Black Hills of Mount Diablo State Park to the north.

Creekside Memorial Cemetery borders the Tassajara Parks development project’s proposed protected open space and would deplete scarce water resources, negatively impact recreational trails, create traffic problems, fragment rare wildlife habitat, destroy rare plants, and spoil the top of a prominent ridgeline. It would also be culturally offensive to many nearby residents.

Hike details at a glance:

Sat. Aug. 16th, 9am-12pm

Tassajara Ridge Hike in Hidden Valley Open Space (Save Mount Diablo)

Leaders: Seth Adams, Juan Pablo Galván, Phil O’Loane, PLAY Youth Organization

Meeting place: park across from 2187 Longleaf Circle, San Ramon, CA.

Please carpool if possible.

Please bring water, a hat, a snack, sunglasses, sunscreen, and appropriate shoes.

Please sign up below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YkIiabRm0IWaX9fdIcimQ7d3Fxpo76FNWYIgYiFx2Nk/viewform

In the meantime, continued thanks to all who have signed the online petition (https://www.change.org/petitions/contra-costa-county-board-of-supervisors-deny-the-special-use-permit-for-the-creekside-memorial-park-cemetery ): 2,903 people so far, with many heartfelt comments, which is great! Please keep encouraging your friends and neighbors to sign it and to include their own comments. Also, please encourage them to go to the website www.stopthecemetery.org and add their names to our distribution list (the website also has a link to the petition).

We look forward to seeing you on August 16th!   Together we can stop this project!

PLAY Club