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Strawberry medical office plan dead on arrival

One and Two Belvedere Place sits on a hill in Strawberry. Neighbors fought a plan to use some of these office spaces as medical offices. Frankie Frost – Marin Independent Journal

By Richard Halstead, Marin Independent Journal

POSTED: 12/14/16, 5:32 PM PST | UPDATED: 37 MINS AGO

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A plan to allow doctors’ offices in a Strawberry office complex has died on the vine.

San Francisco-based Bentley Holdings Inc. decided to sell the property at 1 and 2 Belvedere Place in mid-November despite winning county approval for its plan to lease space to Marin General Hospital for medical offices. Approvals followed a lengthy county review process.

Neighbors opposed the plan, fearing it would add to traffic congestion in the area; a group filed suit to block the scheme after county supervisors gave the plan the green light in April. See article HERE

Editor"s Note: Strawberry Residents asked for REALISTIC traffic data of this crowded area and the Supervisors, Developer and the Marin IJ called them NIMBYs.  If you read the comments on the Marin IJ following the article you will find the full story.  The lesson for Marinwood Lucas Valley is community involvement is the ONLY way to shape the community. Developers win while we sleep.