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Downtown PH Sold
Last March, the real estate business of UBS Global Asset Management purchased Downtown Pleasant Hill. Carl Pierce, an asset manager for UBS Global said at the April 1 City Council meeting that “Dow...
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May Mayor's Message
The Martinez City Council holds its meetings twice a month (the first and third Wednesday of the month) at 7:00 pm in the city council chambers at City Hall. Depending on the issues on the agenda, ...
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MDUSD and City Council Holds Joint Meeting
For two hours on April 15, questions, concerns and ideas abounded at the joint meeting between the Mt. Diablo Unified School District and the Pleasant Hill City Council. With the purpose of discus...
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MAYOR'S COLUMN: MY TOP 10 LIST
At February's Mayor’s Breakfast sponsored by the Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce I presented my personal Pleasant Hill Top 10 list for the past 12 months. With due respect to the many wonderful p...
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Martinez 2012 Citizen Awards
The Martinez 2012 Citizen of the Year Award banquet was held on April 13 at the Martinez Event Center to honor the following individuals who have dedicated extraordinary time and effort over the pa...
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MDUSD School Board Member Seeking Meetings with City Councils
At the March 6 city council meeting, Mayor Schroder stated that Cheryl Hanson, president of the Mt. Diablo School Board of Trustees, is seeking a joint meeting of the school board and the city coun...
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“The Little Foundation That Could!”
That certainly describes the Foundation for Pleasant Hill Education (FPHE). From its humble beginning in 2007 and the creativity of a few enterprising and hard-working parents, the Foundation for ...
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Martinez Mayor's Message
Boards, commissions and city councils traditionally hold annual retreats to talk about accomplishments of the past year, but more importantly, to hammer out the goals and priorities for the next on...
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Emergency/Homeless Shelter Update
On February 4, the Pleasant Hill City Council approved a zoning district for an emergency homeless shelter (but also put in place reasonable operating standards to protect the neighbors looking for...
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Pleasant Hill Education Initiative
“Our children are the future we may never see.” Well-educated children who are prepared to face the challenges life presents are essential to our future. I’ve been an educator for over fifty year...
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Martinez Mayor's Message
Every year all transportation agencies in the nine Bay Area counties are required by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to adopt a Short Range Transit Plan (SRTP). This plan is the bl...
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PHPD Helps With School Safety
John Moore, Pleasant Hill Police Department Interim Police Chief, recently met with representative from each of the nine Pleasant Hill schools with the purpose of discussing campus safety and secur...
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February Mayor's Message
Dawn and I spent last December traveling in Chile and Argentina, two very interesting and beautiful countries. We experienced everything from hiking on glaciers to enjoying the two-mile long majest...
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2013 Community Awards Night Winners
The 42nd Annual Community Awards Night was held on Thursday, January 17th at Back Forty Restaurant in Pleasant Hill. This event is hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, City of Pleasant Hill and the P...
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December Martinez Mayor's Message
Revitalization and economic development of downtown Martinez has been the mantra of every candidate that has ever run for the Martinez City Council, including me. Not that there aren’t other issues...
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