17,000 dump trucks of dirt: Neighbors group fights to save Walnut Creek hills from houses

by Tony Hicks, Bay City News June 18, 2022June 18, 2022

Rosalie Howarth, left, and Michele Sheehan try to raise awareness of the proposed assisted senior community development planned on the 30-acre Seven Hills Ranch in Walnut Creek. The two women are part of a group that has obtained nearly 4,000 signatures petitioning the city's leaders to oppose development of the tree-covered property that is adjacent to Heather Farm Park. (Photo by Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News)

Seven Hill Ranch is surrounded.

And not just by opponents of a planned development on the site. There’s an online petition with more than 3,700 signatures, asking Contra Costa County to “say NO to a proposal for an oversize development next to Heather Farm Park. Let’s join together to ask that this 30-acre piece of Walnut Creek’s natural heritage is saved.”

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